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The ten great luxury ski resorts in the United States: what each mountain is like, who it’s for and where to stay

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There’s no best resort. There’s one for you

An expert skier gets bored on a mountain of wide groomers. A family with kids who are just starting out struggles on one built for experts. A couple traveling for the food feels lost at a resort without a town. Choosing by name is the most expensive mistake on a ski trip.

Seventeen pages to choose the right mountain

  • All ten resorts compared in a single table: terrain, families, town, luxury, snow and access
  • Ten traveler profiles and the mountains that suit each one best
  • A profile for every resort: the experience, who it’s for and who it isn’t, where to stay and must-dos
  • Aspen Snowmass, Vail, Beaver Creek, Telluride, Deer Valley, Park City, Alta · Snowbird, Jackson Hole, Big Sky and Heavenly
  • How to combine two mountains in a single trip
  • Epic or Ikon: how to choose your pass without overpaying
  • Visa or ESTA if you’re traveling from outside the US (Mexico, Latin America, Europe)

White Peak

We design bespoke luxury ski trips in the mountains of the United States. Together we choose the mountain, the week and the lodging, and we book every detail in time: passes, instructors, transfers, tables and experiences. This guide brings together everything we weigh each time we choose a mountain.

Tomás · Founder

The right mountain changes the whole trip

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