Best ski resorts in the United States
The crown jewels of US skiing across the Rockies, the Wasatch, the Sierra Nevada, the Tetons and the East Coast: twenty resorts ranked by snow and terrain.
20 resorts
How we picked
America runs the world's biggest ski market and the variety is the point: Colorado's high-altitude Rockies (Vail, Aspen, Breckenridge, Telluride, Steamboat), Utah's powder-hammered Wasatch (Snowbird, Alta, Park City), California's Sierra Nevada (Mammoth, Palisades Tahoe, Heavenly), the wild expert terrain of Jackson Hole and Big Sky, and the rugged charm of Stowe and Killington back East. Sun Valley vintage, Taos' desert powder and Whitefish value round out the season.
Alta
Wasatch Mountains
Snowbird
Wasatch Mountains
Jackson Hole
Northern Rockies
Mammoth Mountain
Sierra Nevada
Breckenridge
Colorado Rockies
Vail
Colorado Rockies
Palisades Tahoe
Sierra Nevada
Steamboat
Colorado Rockies
Big Sky
Northern Rockies
Beaver Creek
Colorado Rockies
Heavenly
Sierra Nevada
Aspen Snowmass
Colorado Rockies
Telluride
Colorado Rockies
Park City
Wasatch Mountains
Deer Valley
Wasatch Mountains
Taos Ski Valley
Sangre de Cristo
Whitefish Mountain
Northern Rockies
Sun Valley
Northern Rockies
Killington
Green Mountains
Stowe
Green Mountains