Heading out west once or twice for a big destination trip is an established part of most easterners’ ski playbook each season. It’s a pretty easy call – the mountains are bigger and steeper; the snow is deeper and drier; and most importantly, conditions are far more reliable than what we’re used to.
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Teton Valley, ID: Tapping The Powder Keg -
Exploring Canada's Powder Highway -
Northwest Wyoming: Powder Triple Play -
Lake Tahoe, CA: The North End of Big Blue -
Grand Targhee, WY: Gone To The Powder Room -
Jackson Hole, WY: The Ultimate Sin -
Brian Head, UT: Red Rock West -
Snow King, WY: Local Hill Makes Good -
Pajarito, NM: A Labor of Love -
Monarch Mountain, CO: A Rough-Cut Gem -
Revelstoke Mountain Resort: The Mt. Mackenzie Legacy -
Jackson Hole, WY: One Man's Paradise -
Red Mountain and Whitewater, BC: A Best-Kept Secret -
Solitude, UT: Channeling The Wasatch -
Loveland and Winter Park, CO: I-70 Outliers -
Alta, UT: Searching For First Tracks -
San Juan Mountains, CO: Continental Diamonds -
Whitefish and Big Sky: Montana Means Mountains -
The Inland Northwest: A Destination, Not a Gateway
While Colorado’s Summit and Eagle County and Salt Lake City’s Wasatch Range attract a large number of long-distance visits, it’s great fun to check out the many smaller off-the-beaten-path ski regions and areas. From the desert vistas of northern New Mexico to southern Colorado’s San Juans, Washington’s Inland Northwest, and eastern British Columbia, you could spend many years discovering the West’s mouth-watering ski country.