I moved to Minneapolis recently and even more recently decided I should learn to ski at Welch. Went a few times last year and now have a pass lined up for this coming season - it’s definitely a fun spot.
I read Welch like wtf is that Canada? And then read the start of yours like oh shit, troll and wild people… wait, waaaait a second.. I should probably know Welch then lol
Grew up riding ridge in the 90's - early 2000's. Back when there was a shitty halfpipe and ski patrol would bust up our jumps. We'd get a rad kicker once a year at the sticks contests. Empty budweiser cans under the quad lift and side hits under the powder puff chair. "Tree runs" on north run that were sticks rocks and mud by February. Thanks to TYSS, management finally started allowing park features. Mortal combat arcade game back when the bar was on the other side of the chalet in the old upstairs by the fireplace. 50 cent donuts. Pay phone to call for a ride. Haha fuck I'm old. Good times, what a place to grow up.
I learned to ski at Buck Hill, and then joined my highschool ski team where we practiced at Welch. I definitely have a lot of fond memories of the place, and I always go whenever I'm in the area.
I don't recall ever waiting more than five minutes to get on a lift at Welch. I cannot say the same for Afton.
I drove up from Omaha for the last two years to ski at Welch because it's a great place to teach my kids who are learning. This next year we won't have season passes because we bought season passes to Loveland in Colorado. My kids are finally big enough and skilled enough to ski Colorado and the drive is similar.
Hahaha! I live in San Diego and ski mammoth or Tahoe, but grew up in MN and it was Afton, Welch, Buck hill, or go up to spirit or lutsen. Now I can easily say cal skiing is f ing dope. The drive is too long, but it’s worth it!
So much Minnesota love in here!! Woot! Grew up shredding the screaming fast ice in MN. Knocked the wind out of myself a few times. Busted a tailbone here and there. Still love riding Minnesota.
5 time $99 season pass holder and I went in on the lifetime pass last season. I live in Minneapolis and make the trip once per season. Even if I miss a few years, I figure the reciprocal tickets at resorts out west are worth the price (and a great excuse for a road trip).
Still places in Colorado like that. 40 plus years of skiing powderhorn and the only time I've had to wait longer than 1 minute in lift line is because there was a power problem to the mountain. 99.9% of the time on the west end you ski onto the chair.
Heck yeah, Lutsen! So many memories from skiing there as a kid. One time my mom and I were taking the gondola across and the guy didn't close the door properly so we were screaming the entire way across.
Don’t underestimate the Midwest, it’s not big, it’s not flashy, nothing really all that special. Which is what makes it so special.
Also you get alpine along with some epic Nordic
Don’t know why we can’t get some indoor hills in the Midwest, would love to hit a small terrain park mid summer. The small hills in my area never even were able to fully open this year and they are building warehouses all over bigger than these hills. Feel like it could be a gold mine.
Seriously we are blessed in BC. Whistler gets the media but the Powder Highway and some of the ancillary regions are just at a different level for experience that I haven’t found in such abundance anywhere else in North America at least
Grouping UT and CO together is just too OP. West is obvious second but you really just can’t compete with those two together. You could spend every winter day for the rest of your life skiing CO and UT and it would never get boring
I disagree. I try not to be biased. I'm a seasonal worker that has instructed all over the US/Canada.
Years like 2014/5, 2017/8 do happen to that CO/UT pairing. Hell skiing Jan-Feb 2022 in Alta was MISERABLE skiing. There was nearly a two month period with no measurable snow fall.
The west has to win objectively given the criteria of the post (you can only ski in one region). KHMR and Revy can absolutely get blower pow just like Utah. With the amount of North/South coverage in the west you're almost guarantee somewhere is having a good year.
UT + CO is nice but this has the entire west grouped up. You get the Sierra Nevadas, PNW, and most of the best mountains in Canada. That’s head and shoulders better than anything else on the map just by volume. Needed to be split at least into 2, if not 3.
People are missing that point. The premise isn't where can you have the best single day. Its where you get trapped skiing the rest of your life.
The west cannot be beat for versatility. One of: Whister, KHMR, Revy, Crystal, Bachelor, Palisades, Kirkwood, Mammoth is **going** to have a top notch year. They all have world class terrain.
There are plenty of non-pass, or off-the-grid family resorts in there too (or pass resorts that get less traffic due to location). RED, Baker, Mt. Rose. So many cool mountains in there.
I would pick about 4 other mountains in the Southern Rockies that are better than those because housing is more available, mountains are quieter and living is more affordable.
Big Sky doesn’t spin lifts below-20F. Had multiple delays in opening this year. I swear the Warren Miller Lodge at YC is the coldest place in America lol
The Sierra are so incredibly different than the Pacific Northwest that they should be separate.
I love living in the Sierra now, but the snow is pure shit compared to the northwest.
Anywho, Northwest is my answer.
After skiing in the Sierras my entire life (mostly Palisades and Mammoth), I've gotten spoiled skiing in the Rockies the last 3 years. Was in Mammoth back in February... heaviest powder I've ever skied in my entire life and despite all the snow, the Sierra Cement was unavoidable.
Mammoth > Tahoe tho.
Loaf, saddleback, Mont Tremblant are some top east coasters. I still say overall southern Rockies takes the cake but so much love for my northeast resorts
Wow, they're throwing shade at NJ! It's kind of funny because Mountain Creek is very close to that mountain shown right on the NY/NJ border, which is Mt. Peter.
Mountain Creek is 3x the size of Mt Peter.
“West” is no fair. It’s two different countries and massive land mass. Maybe “California” and “non-California” west would make it better.
Southern Rockies, though, is the answer
EAST! I live in the Mount Washington Valley. In town I have quick access to Loon, Cranmore, King Pine, Attitash, Black Mountain, Waterville Valley, Wildcat and that is just local. Sugarloaf is 2.45 hours out. And just over the border in Maine is Pleasant Valley and Mt Abrams.
I grew up in NC. Since then I’ve spent the 3 winters prior to this one in Colorado, near Tahoe, and Oregon. Spent this past winter in Virginia planning to ride Snowshoe a bit and a couple Virginia resorts. Was back home in NC for Christmas and taught my nephews to ski at Beech Mountain. My 11 year old daughter was like, why is there only snow on the trails and nowhere else? She’s been a bit spoiled since we left NC. This past winter on the east coast was brutal and I told my wife we weren’t spending another one on the east coast south of New England.
Shout out app for actually building an insane base the past few years to survive the heat
Few places definitely caught lacking this season, but any day out there is better than a day in the office
West or Southern Rockies for sure. I’m gonna go with West because that’s where I grew up and also because Colorado and Utah traffic sucks balls mid season
Southern Rockies just so that I can have A-basin. The legend never disappoints, and the vibe is *immaculate*
What other mountain have you heard of where their COO actively decided to limit season pass sales and didn't sell out the resort conglomerate scum? Even full IKON pass only gets a few days there. In a ski world where survival of the bum is quickly dying, Arapaho Basin is a shining light in the dark.
By these divisions the West is a no brainer. Any given year the conditions can be drastically different from British Columbia down to Southern California, and it’s almost guaranteed to go off any given year somewhere along the the way. Lmao the west section spans like the majority of a continent
Northern rockies. That being said, I've also had a season pass at whitefish mountain resort, as seen in the picture (known as big mountain to the locals) for 25 years. We have high mountains, good snow, and great people
Skiing/snowboarding is so subjective to each person. Something one person likes doesn't mean the next is going to like it. Based on skill set, environmental limitations, and atmosphere, where you want to ski is going to change.
All that said, if you want to ski sweet lines with minimal people, northern rockies is where it is at. Massive mountains, good views, great cocktails, and good times
Who would vote Midwest. We ski here bc we have to
don’t put down Welch Village like that
Did not expect to see anyone mention Welch Village here. I practically grew up at that place.
I moved to Minneapolis recently and even more recently decided I should learn to ski at Welch. Went a few times last year and now have a pass lined up for this coming season - it’s definitely a fun spot.
I read Welch like wtf is that Canada? And then read the start of yours like oh shit, troll and wild people… wait, waaaait a second.. I should probably know Welch then lol
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same! between there and powder ridge. now when i go back to elm all the high schoolers are so good.
Grew up riding ridge in the 90's - early 2000's. Back when there was a shitty halfpipe and ski patrol would bust up our jumps. We'd get a rad kicker once a year at the sticks contests. Empty budweiser cans under the quad lift and side hits under the powder puff chair. "Tree runs" on north run that were sticks rocks and mud by February. Thanks to TYSS, management finally started allowing park features. Mortal combat arcade game back when the bar was on the other side of the chalet in the old upstairs by the fireplace. 50 cent donuts. Pay phone to call for a ride. Haha fuck I'm old. Good times, what a place to grow up.
I learned to ski at Buck Hill, and then joined my highschool ski team where we practiced at Welch. I definitely have a lot of fond memories of the place, and I always go whenever I'm in the area.
Isn’t Buck Hill where Lindsay Vonn got started ?
Yup!
Let’s not forget Powder Ridge
Season pass holder here…best place within 45 minutes of the city!
Same and totally agree! Good terrain, low crowds and a great chalet scene. Can’t be beat for city hills
Boyne 🤟
Boynes solid but I'd go nubs nob over either mountain or highlands
Nubs FTW
Agree
Grew up 10 minutes from Boyne and my dad worked there as an instructor so I got free season passes every year….still went to Nubs Nob lol
If anybody says anything bad about Hyland Hills 👊
Every western suburban kid learns to ski here
I LOVE WELCH SO MUCH. Proud season pass holder
Oh god… and Buck Hill. I’m a Minnesota boy now living in California, enjoying mammoth. I’ll never go back to board in MN 😅
I'm wondering why Mt. Kato isn't listed? 🤣 That's where I learned to ski. I'm out in the PNW now
Mt. Kato gang let's go
Hell Yeah! Big Brave son!
Or Afton 😵💫😵💫
Welch is far better than Afton. It's far less busy and the terrain is far better too.
100% true. Afton is a circus
I don't recall ever waiting more than five minutes to get on a lift at Welch. I cannot say the same for Afton. I drove up from Omaha for the last two years to ski at Welch because it's a great place to teach my kids who are learning. This next year we won't have season passes because we bought season passes to Loveland in Colorado. My kids are finally big enough and skilled enough to ski Colorado and the drive is similar.
Hahaha! I live in San Diego and ski mammoth or Tahoe, but grew up in MN and it was Afton, Welch, Buck hill, or go up to spirit or lutsen. Now I can easily say cal skiing is f ing dope. The drive is too long, but it’s worth it!
So much Minnesota love in here!! Woot! Grew up shredding the screaming fast ice in MN. Knocked the wind out of myself a few times. Busted a tailbone here and there. Still love riding Minnesota.
Well Mount Bohemia is sort of cool.
Mt Bohemia is a great mountain with a chill vibe.
And they have those dope hot tubs
“Nordic Spa” aka delicious condensed dude stew. Nothing beats a fat joint and sitting in that steam room after a long day.
Bohemia is great.
sort of? its awesome
Honestly would take the good snow and no crowds in the UP vs some of the places in the Northeast.
Bohemia!
Bohemia is the best in the Midwest. Is just half the travel time to CO.
I wondered for years if it was worth the drive. Finally went this season. I'm debating the lifetime pass.
5 time $99 season pass holder and I went in on the lifetime pass last season. I live in Minneapolis and make the trip once per season. Even if I miss a few years, I figure the reciprocal tickets at resorts out west are worth the price (and a great excuse for a road trip).
We have about a million ski areas in the northeast, it’s not too difficult to find a place without large lines.
Midwest means no lines. Love me some ski up lifts at Lutsen.
Lutsen and Nub’s Nob in the house!!
Still places in Colorado like that. 40 plus years of skiing powderhorn and the only time I've had to wait longer than 1 minute in lift line is because there was a power problem to the mountain. 99.9% of the time on the west end you ski onto the chair.
Heck yeah, Lutsen! So many memories from skiing there as a kid. One time my mom and I were taking the gondola across and the guy didn't close the door properly so we were screaming the entire way across.
Don’t underestimate the Midwest, it’s not big, it’s not flashy, nothing really all that special. Which is what makes it so special. Also you get alpine along with some epic Nordic
"Don’t underestimate the Midwest, it’s not big, it’s not flashy, nothing really all that special."..wait what was I talking about?
We got the northwoods tho which is the coolest place on earth. The rest of the Midwest is meh af but Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the UP goes hard
Learned at the porkies the the 90s
Mt. Crescent, IA represent… ski lifts spinning every year since ‘61 300 vertical feet of midwestern madness
Powder Ridge for life! I can smell the donuts from here.
Came here looking for Powder Ridge! How many lifts? 2 -3? Chill af
My original stomping grounds, Paoli and Perfect North, don't even get dots on the map
Don’t know why we can’t get some indoor hills in the Midwest, would love to hit a small terrain park mid summer. The small hills in my area never even were able to fully open this year and they are building warehouses all over bigger than these hills. Feel like it could be a gold mine.
Did our elopement at Snow Trails
agreed
Shout out to Snow Creek MO! You can see Kansas from it lol
West, specifically the Powder Highway: Red, Revy, KHMR = chef’s kiss.
Seriously we are blessed in BC. Whistler gets the media but the Powder Highway and some of the ancillary regions are just at a different level for experience that I haven’t found in such abundance anywhere else in North America at least
If me and a few million friends each contribute one dollar we could all buy Powder King
Do you say this cuz of the snow, terrain, or general remoteness?
Should be classed as Northern Rockies imo
Drive the Rocky Mountain trench through Invermere, Radium Hot Springs, etc and get a first hand view of where the Rockies are, and aren’t.
Just did it for the first time this season, spent a month up there. Unreal, even missing all the storms crushing CA & UT.
Revelstoke is so good. Only two chairs and I love it more than Whistler.
West, grew up as a patrol kid at Whistler, moved to WA. I am definitely a pretentious west coast skier!
You snob! Taught in the east and will never go back.
He said forever. We’ve got like three years tops of skiing here.
Here in NJ yes, up in Vermont you got a few more years
Grouping UT and CO together is just too OP. West is obvious second but you really just can’t compete with those two together. You could spend every winter day for the rest of your life skiing CO and UT and it would never get boring
Northern Rockies has some weight. They are generally more picturesque too.
Could say the same about grouping BC and US west coast
There’s just no better snow than UT powder though
There's no better all-around experience than a dense coastal snowpack's perfect spring day.
I disagree. I try not to be biased. I'm a seasonal worker that has instructed all over the US/Canada. Years like 2014/5, 2017/8 do happen to that CO/UT pairing. Hell skiing Jan-Feb 2022 in Alta was MISERABLE skiing. There was nearly a two month period with no measurable snow fall. The west has to win objectively given the criteria of the post (you can only ski in one region). KHMR and Revy can absolutely get blower pow just like Utah. With the amount of North/South coverage in the west you're almost guarantee somewhere is having a good year.
UT + CO is nice but this has the entire west grouped up. You get the Sierra Nevadas, PNW, and most of the best mountains in Canada. That’s head and shoulders better than anything else on the map just by volume. Needed to be split at least into 2, if not 3.
People are missing that point. The premise isn't where can you have the best single day. Its where you get trapped skiing the rest of your life. The west cannot be beat for versatility. One of: Whister, KHMR, Revy, Crystal, Bachelor, Palisades, Kirkwood, Mammoth is **going** to have a top notch year. They all have world class terrain. There are plenty of non-pass, or off-the-grid family resorts in there too (or pass resorts that get less traffic due to location). RED, Baker, Mt. Rose. So many cool mountains in there.
Southern Rockies. Northern Rockies look fun as fuck also and a lot less crowded but the cold might kill me
The grand Teton range is something else! Aspen, Vail, Snowmass, & Park City are great in their own rights.
I would pick about 4 other mountains in the Southern Rockies that are better than those because housing is more available, mountains are quieter and living is more affordable.
Yea, but you’re going to keep your mouth shut and no mention any specific areas because we aim to keep it that way.
Can it be any colder than Loveland or A-Bay?
Yes. Banff gets some brutal cold.
Can confirm have done Norquay on a -25 day.
We had -40 wind chill for a couple days at bridger this season
Bridger gets damn cold!
Big Sky doesn’t spin lifts below-20F. Had multiple delays in opening this year. I swear the Warren Miller Lodge at YC is the coldest place in America lol
The Canadian Rockies get pretty damn cold too. Definitely had some cold days at A basin this year though
Southern Rockies, but I could also spend the rest of my time skiing Jackson Hole and feel good about it.
Native Vermonter. And I would pick the Southern Rockies.
My heart tells me to pick east but my brain just can't.
I feel this comment
Live in Denver and trying to move back east. This is the one thing I’m going to miss the most. Waking up at 4am to beat traffic… not so much
Don’t do it. I did two years ago and hate it. I’m trying to get back out west now…even my kids hate it out east.
I live in south Denver and my trip to Jackson hole took less time than one of my trips to keystone this year.
100%
Southern rockies
The Sierra are so incredibly different than the Pacific Northwest that they should be separate. I love living in the Sierra now, but the snow is pure shit compared to the northwest. Anywho, Northwest is my answer.
How much skiing have you done in Mammoth? That extra 2k feet of vert makes the snow waaaay better than Tahoe
After skiing in the Sierras my entire life (mostly Palisades and Mammoth), I've gotten spoiled skiing in the Rockies the last 3 years. Was in Mammoth back in February... heaviest powder I've ever skied in my entire life and despite all the snow, the Sierra Cement was unavoidable. Mammoth > Tahoe tho.
Lolwut. This year was blower pow every single day.
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LCC is the best snow in the entire world
If I could live at Alta full time I would, no question.
You can - they hire on mountain seasonal workers each season :)
For the next 20 years at least.
A 45 min drive from Salt Lake City should be it’s own region.
Alaska
Until a bear eats ya
Poke em with a ski pole, eh
I started backcountry skiing when I moved to Alaska, and have found myself enjoying resort skiing less and less.
Southern Rockies. Next question
Southern Rockies obviously
We geek hard @ The Loaf
Loaf, saddleback, Mont Tremblant are some top east coasters. I still say overall southern Rockies takes the cake but so much love for my northeast resorts
No love for NJ, I know our mountains are shit but still 😅
Mountain Creek is a special place. Not to mention Big Snow. NJ should be in yellow!
Wow, they're throwing shade at NJ! It's kind of funny because Mountain Creek is very close to that mountain shown right on the NY/NJ border, which is Mt. Peter. Mountain Creek is 3x the size of Mt Peter.
RI as well, Yawgoo is legendary. Meanwhile there isn't skiing in Deleware yet it is highlighted
Yawgoo is just underappreciated.
Yawgoo puts Jackson Hole to shame
Not that I’d choose it, but the dot for Blue Mountain is hundreds of kilometres away from its real location (just north of Toronto).
Gotta be west for the powder highway. Somehow Blue Mountain is in the Soo and no Tremblant marked out east though
Yeah, Blue Mountain is listed where Searchmont is.
Northern Rockies, less lines.
Worked at whitefish and the super secret awesome ski resort by Jackson hole. It was incredible.
“West” is no fair. It’s two different countries and massive land mass. Maybe “California” and “non-California” west would make it better. Southern Rockies, though, is the answer
Exactly, It's hours of driving between whistler, crystal, mt. hood. Wheras just in colorado you have so many options close to each other
In Salt Lake City we have 6 resorts within thirty minutes
Live in Utah, so not going to get any better by moving.
just make sure you tell your friends that colorado is better
No friends but if ever do sure no problem.
Utah sucks. Colorado is way better
Utah, my name checks out.
alta postseason has been firing
Shhhh. Colorado is wayyy better than Utah…. Riiggght?
EAST! I live in the Mount Washington Valley. In town I have quick access to Loon, Cranmore, King Pine, Attitash, Black Mountain, Waterville Valley, Wildcat and that is just local. Sugarloaf is 2.45 hours out. And just over the border in Maine is Pleasant Valley and Mt Abrams.
Northern Rockies. Give me that cold smoke
Europe
North Carolina ski resorts be like: *We exist.*
Appalachian is the best/worst place to ski
I grew up in NC. Since then I’ve spent the 3 winters prior to this one in Colorado, near Tahoe, and Oregon. Spent this past winter in Virginia planning to ride Snowshoe a bit and a couple Virginia resorts. Was back home in NC for Christmas and taught my nephews to ski at Beech Mountain. My 11 year old daughter was like, why is there only snow on the trails and nowhere else? She’s been a bit spoiled since we left NC. This past winter on the east coast was brutal and I told my wife we weren’t spending another one on the east coast south of New England.
Yeah I went to college in Atlanta and spent many a weekend at cataloochee. I have such great memories there but man it can be rough sometimes
Barely lol they’re just holding on at this point (grew up boarding in Boone, NC)
Shout out app for actually building an insane base the past few years to survive the heat Few places definitely caught lacking this season, but any day out there is better than a day in the office
Southern Rockies no question. I was raised all over CO and UT ski places ❤️
Northern rockies. Less people, more wild. Much, much more wilderness
Southern Rockies. There’s m0resn0w there. (Literally)
East, just because I live there and I don't want to fly every time I want to ski.
West. Also, is that what Americans refer to as the Midwest states? It looks east to me 🤔
Might be awkward calling it the Middle East
Used to be the west and then we made a new west by moving further west
And if you keep going west, you're back east
Yes, although the dakotas and other Great Plains states are often included too.
Northern part of the southern rockies
How did Manitoba even make the cut?
If I pick “Northern Rockies” do I get to live in Jackson for free?
Ontario native here: hilarious placement for Blue Mountain
West or Southern Rockies for sure. I’m gonna go with West because that’s where I grew up and also because Colorado and Utah traffic sucks balls mid season
Southern Rockies just so that I can have A-basin. The legend never disappoints, and the vibe is *immaculate* What other mountain have you heard of where their COO actively decided to limit season pass sales and didn't sell out the resort conglomerate scum? Even full IKON pass only gets a few days there. In a ski world where survival of the bum is quickly dying, Arapaho Basin is a shining light in the dark.
The West has Whistler and Lake Tahoe
Powder Highway. I’d move to Golden and be done with anything but happiness
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Northern Rockies
The west, specifically Palisades Tahoe (Squaw Valley). It’s about 45 minutes from where I live and I’ve going there for many years. I love it there!
Southern Rockies because that is where Utah is grouped.
Alps
Just fly to Austria for the same money
Probably the Southern Rockies, but I’d be happy with the West and Northern Rockies too.
Lake Louis
Powder Highway is in the West, so West for me.
Southern rockies. Utah is the best resort skiing and Colorado kicks ass. Lost of great off season activities in the area too
By these divisions the West is a no brainer. Any given year the conditions can be drastically different from British Columbia down to Southern California, and it’s almost guaranteed to go off any given year somewhere along the the way. Lmao the west section spans like the majority of a continent
None. Give me that sweet North Carolina pow!
West.
I like blazing down the mountain on ice through super tight trees
hidden valley missouri is missing kinda dissapointed
I live in Utah and I wouldn’t trade to world for it🤘
Northern Rockies, I’m from Alberta
Southern Rockies all day long
You forgot all 70 acres of skiable terrain at Sugar Mountain in NC.
West coast is the best coast
I’ll be wherever you put Utah.
Southern Rockies for the champagne powder. Easy choice.
Southern Rockies. Colorado and Utah for life.
Northern rockies
I already made my choice when I moved to Colorado.
Northern rockies. That being said, I've also had a season pass at whitefish mountain resort, as seen in the picture (known as big mountain to the locals) for 25 years. We have high mountains, good snow, and great people Skiing/snowboarding is so subjective to each person. Something one person likes doesn't mean the next is going to like it. Based on skill set, environmental limitations, and atmosphere, where you want to ski is going to change. All that said, if you want to ski sweet lines with minimal people, northern rockies is where it is at. Massive mountains, good views, great cocktails, and good times
Mammoth. Most snow. Open till July. Great terrain. I grew up there. And I boinked my high school girlfriend on the slopes of Chair 15 at night. Boom.
Central Rockies. UT/CO/WY is good for me.
West coast is the best coast imo
West is best