Mountain Review: Northstar
This family-friendly resort offers excellent grooming and a top-tier terrain park, but expert and above-treeline terrain is lacking.
Mountain Review: Sierra-at-Tahoe
While it can’t boast the same crazy lake views, striking terrain, or expansive base village as some other Tahoe areas, this moderately-sized resort offers reasonable prices and a local feel.
Mountain Review: Kirkwood
This relatively undeveloped mountain isn’t for everyone, but its striking aesthetic, local feel, and extreme terrain are tough to match.
Mountain Review: Heavenly
This Lake Tahoe area offers some of the most beautiful slopes we’ve seen anywhere. A few logistical problems diminish the resort’s size advantage.
Mountain Review: Palisades Tahoe - Alpine Meadows
Really still more of a local mountain than a true resort, this often overlooked Lake Tahoe spot offers low crowds, untracked slopes, and surprisingly extreme terrain.
Mountain Review: Palisades Tahoe - Olympic Valley (Squaw Valley)
It’s tough to beat this large resort’s formidable, high-alpine environment. Expect pronounced wind exposure in many mountain areas.
Mountain Review: Beaver Creek
Despite its family-centric reputation and lack of above-treeline terrain, Beaver Creek delivers an experience that visitors of all ability levels will enjoy. Just don’t expect anything to be cheap.
Mountain Review: Copper
This Colorado favorite offers very competitive terrain, but many lifts outside base areas are slow.
Mountain Review: Stratton (2019-2023)
This southern Vermont mountain delivers an ideal family experience thanks to excellent grooming and easy navigation, but you’ll be giving up some snow and terrain quality for the location.
Mountain Review: Stowe (2019-2022)
Despite a few logistical flaws, this classic Vermont resort holds its own against the best on the East Coast.