Your Top Five Ski Areas?

[TeleGrrrl]

Other:

5. Three Vallees, Courchevel, France
4. Whistler/Blackcomb
3. The Grand Montets, Chamonix, France
2.5 Taos, New Mexico
2. Zermatt, Switzerland
1. Alta, Utah

New England

5. Sunday River
4. Big Squaw
3. MRG
2. Saddleback
1. Sugarloaf

 

[smootharc]

Okay, I'm chirping up....

East:

1. MRG
2. Bush
(Can ya tell I like the valley ?)
3. Jay
4. Smuggs (Shhh...don't tell....)
5. Snow Ridge (Turin, NY). Lake effect off Ontario, and, well, there's been some massive winters - 378" one year. Only 500 vertical, but one weekday after an 18" overnight dump (yes overnight) my Avocet Vertech clocked just shy of 12,000 vertical, with every turn untracked. One short hike to Snow Pocket, where the T-bar was closed, yielded an incredible sight as I drove off - about 15 farmed lines, all mine, all in synch. My ego needed a month to deflate. My wife threatened to divorce me. May as well have been heliskiing. Nice trees, too.


West:

1. Fernie
2. Kirkwood
3. Alta
4. Alpine meadows
5. Taos - on a good snow year


:dunce:

 

[2knees]

I have to include the east only as my western experience consists of 3 days at heavenly and 1 at kirkwood under, ahem, new england conditions to put it mildly, but i agree with a previous post on this, there really is no comparison.

5) Bromley. East face on a sunny day is alot of fun.
4) Killington. say what you want, you can always find something worthwhile
3) Magic. IF they got more snow, would be my favorite.
2) Stowe, unrivaled steeps, ungodly wind when i've been there.
1) Sugarbush. Castlerock makes my mouth water.

I have a feeling mrg would be at the top of this list but i, somehow, have never made it there.

 

[skintowin]

1) Mad River Glen. A no brainer.

2) Bridger Bowl, MT. Great terrain, great community.

3) Jackson Hole, WY. Steep from top to bottom, and huge.

4) The Notch! You didn't specify whether our faves had to have lifts or not!

5) Tuck's. Crowded and icy, yes. But nowhere else in America is ski culture so alive.