California/Nevada Squaw Best Ski Resort 2016

[Tricia]

According to Reader's Choice - USA Today, Squaw is the #1 ski resort for 2016
The list is interesting, I'm noticing a particular resort brand that doesn't have any in the top 10.
Best Ski Resort Winners 2016 10 Best

See this local write up about it from Tahoe

 

[Eleeski]

Hooray for Squaw no matter how the results were generated! And Squaw IS a big fun mountain. Let's all enjoy that USA Today is talking about skiing.

Eric

 

[Lorenzzo]

Last night Chris Rock called the Oscars the White People's Choice Awards. What do we call a top 10 area list without Jackson Hole or Snowbird?

 

[KevinF]

Well, they put Stowe on the list, so it's obviously legitimate.

 

[Alexzn]

Last night Chris Rock called the Oscars the White People's Choice Awards. What do we call a top 10 area list without Jackson Hole or Snowbird?

Marketìng?

 

[Philpug]

Marketìng?

Targhee, Alta and Taos have bigger marketing budgets than Jackson or Snowbird?

Also, note, NO Vail resorts! No Vail, no Park City/Canyons?

 

[Lorenzzo]

Targhee, Alta and Taos have bigger marketing budgets than Jackson or Snowbird?

Also, note, NO Vail resorts! No Vail, no Park City/Canyons?

I just compiled my own top 10 list of most credible news publications. Let me check and see if USA Today is on it… Um… Nope.

Wait let me check honorable mentions.…Um... still no.

 

[Muleski]

Ahh, the well known "popular vote!" Kind of hard to imagine a list without JHMR, Snowbird, and Vail. My kids know 3 of the 4 experts, and they put together an interesting list of 20, as well. Bridger Bowl, and Baker? At least these things, in the mainstream press {or on their sites} do get people reading about, thinking about and talking about skiing.

 

[Erik Timmerman]

Are any of the 20 nominees owned by the big ski area conglomerate?

 

[Xela]

Should have been at Squaw on Thursday 2/18/2016. Only ran three lifts and only starting at 1:30. I love Squaw, but I just don't see it as the big destination place for family vacation skiers from afar. It's too bottlenecked in the base area. I've said this before, but they need a way to get intermediates over to Shirley before the upper mountain is fully mitigated. Similar story for wind holds.

 

[Muleski]

Are any of the 20 nominees owned by the big ski area conglomerate?

Looks like just Park City, as a nominee. You'd think that with Vail's Abby Ghent in the group of four "experts", at least Vail would have made that list. You have four twenty somethings, and Vail is considered the evil empire. Foolish. Probably the biggest draw for non-US visitors. Unquestionable top 10, globally.

I have to really chuckle at this list. As others have noted, no Jackson Hole, no Snowbird? Grand Targhee, and Mt. Bachelor. Pretty sure it has to do with how they compile the public "vote". I think one person can vote every 24 hours. Or more specifically one phone, or one laptop, or tablet. They had a similar poll for ski bars, and one of my friend's son's was "voting" through a number of work friends every day......casting over one hundred votes a day.

Kind of flawed!!

 

[Josh Matta]

Well, they put Stowe on the list, so it's obviously legitimate.

If I were to choose a resort with a 130 inches YTD snow total Id choose stowe every time.

 

[KevinF]

If I were to choose a resort with a 130 inches YTD snow total Id choose stowe every time.

130 inches? Is that your prediction for the end of March? Stowe web site is currently saying 112".