Non Region Specific Your Definitive List of Ski Areas Skied So Far, and Bucket Wish List.

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OMG
@TonyC wins in a landslide

Truly amazing

 

[Sibhusky]

Errr. Okay. This isn't a resort like Whistler. Although we do have some high-speed quads.

I ski for people , and snow fall now.

"I've got no friends on snow days" Yet, friends and laughter is all I've got and the only reason to exist.

Resorts? Meh! You can have 'em.

 

[CalG]

Errr. Okay. This isn't a resort like Whistler. Although we do have some high-speed quads.

Sib

For me, any place that has a lift is a "resort".

Never really got into the "destination" thing. ;-)

Don't get me wrong, I love lifts. But the fixed grips give a much better chance at conversation. Sometime we should share a ride up!

 

[BoofHead]

AUSTRALIA
Mt Buffalo
Hotham
Buller
Falls Creek
Dingo Dell
Thredbo
Perisher
Main Range - ski touring

NEW ZEALAND
Mt hutt
Treble Cone
Cardrona
Craigieburn
Mt Olympus
Broken River
Porters Heights
Temple Basin
Pisa Range - ski touring

CANADA
Mt Washington
Whistler
Cypress
Sun Peaks
Big White
Silver Star
Apex
Fernie
Kimberely
Panorama
Kicking Horse
Lake Louise
Norquay
Sunshine
Red
Chrystal

US
Aspen Snowmass

JAPAN
Niseko
Moiwa
Furano
Rusutsu
Kiroro
Hakuba
Iwatake
Tsugakie
Goryu/47
Cortina
Myoko Kogen
Nozawa Onsen

2017-18 Winter - Brian Head and Eagle Point, UT - Aspen Snowmass, CO. Zao onsen, Shiga Kogwen JPN

Eagle Point is a maybe. If I get there that will be number 50

 

[Doug Briggs]

Impressive. A man after my same goal.

I'm missing one continent, Africa. That one will likely be checked off on a WROD in southern Africa as that is high season for safaris and would not detract from our winter. In the near term, most new additions to the above list of 212 areas will probably be in the Alps.

Try a hut trip in Morocco. I got this close to being able to ski there following a two week trip in Europe. If I'd thought about it I'd have arranged for a ski tour here. As it was, I met my GF in Madrid and we took a bohemian vacation by train and ferry to Marrakech. Lots of fun.

It is also my goal to ski all continents. I only have three and unless I encounter a generous benefactor don't expect to get Antarctica. The others missing are Asia, Africa and Australia. Huh. The four I have left all start with A. How auspicious. Or not.

I'm really thankful I've gotten where I have been already, including but not especially yesterday at Breck.

Oops. I meant to attach these...


The skiing is up there somewhere...

As seen from down here.

 

[Bigtinnie]

AUSTRALIA
Mt Buffalo
Hotham
Buller
Falls Creek
Dingo Dell
Thredbo
Perisher
Main Range - ski touring

NEW ZEALAND
Mt hutt
Treble Cone
Cardrona
Craigieburn
Mt Olympus
Broken River
Porters Heights
Temple Basin
Pisa Range - ski touring

CANADA
Mt Washington
Whistler
Cypress
Sun Peaks
Big White
Silver Star
Apex
Fernie
Kimberely
Panorama
Kicking Horse
Lake Louise
Norquay
Sunshine
Red
Chrystal

US
Aspen Snowmass

JAPAN
Niseko
Moiwa
Furano
Rusutsu
Kiroro
Hakuba
Iwatake
Tsugakie
Goryu/47
Cortina
Myoko Kogen
Nozawa Onsen

2017-18 Winter - Brian Head and Eagle Point, UT - Aspen Snowmass, CO. Zao onsen, Shiga Kogwen JPN

Eagle Point is a maybe. If I get there that will be number 50

Very light on US destinations. I see you’re planning to remedy that soon. While you’re heading to Aspen why not check out Sunlight just near Glenwood?

 

[Jim McDonald]

Sunlight is a real gem, no crowds, low cost and when I was there the snow was just as good as Aspen.

 

[Choucas]

New York
Mystic Mountain (NLE)
Snow Ridge
Song Mtn
Toggenberg
Labrador
Greek Peak
West Mountain
Whiteface
Bristol Mtn
Kissing Bridge
Hunt Hollow (NLE?)
Cazenovia Ski Club
Hunter

Pennsylvania
Camelback
Jack Frost
Seven Springs

Connecticut
Powder Ridge

Massachsetts
Nashoba Valley
Butternut Basin

Maine
Sugarloaf

New Hampshire
Bretton Woods
Waterville Valley
Dartmouth Skiway
Tuckerman Ravine
Mt. Cranmore

Vermont
Mt Snow
Stratton
Bromley
Ascutney
Suicide Six
Queechee
Killington
Pico
Middlebury Snow Bowl
Sugarbush
Mad River
Stowe
Smuggs
Burke

Wisconsin
Snowcrest

Colorado
Aspen (Ajax)
Snowmass
Highlands
Vail
Beaver Creek
Winter Park
Copper Mtn
A Basin
Loveland
Steamboat
Keystone

Wyoming
Jackson Hole
Grand Targhee

Idaho
Sun Valley

Utah
Snowbird
Alta
Park City
Solitude
Brighton
Deer Valley
Uintas - cat skiing

New Mexico
Taos

California
Mammoth
Squaw Valley
Alpine Meadows

Washinghton
Mt. Baker

Canada
Whistler/Blackcomb
Mike Wiegle Heli

France
Chamonix/Grand Montets/Vallorcine
Val D'Isere/Tignes
La Rosiere
Ste Foy
Les Arcs
La Plagne
Megeve
St. Gervais
Avoriaz
Les Gets
Morzine
Chatel

Switzerland
Verbier
Champery
Arolla
Zermatt
Saas Fee
Andermatt
Oberalppass + ski tour with summits
Klosters
Fideris
Davos
Bivio
Corvatsch
Corviglia
Diavolezza/Lagalb
Haute Route Chamonix -- Zermatt 3x
Berner Oberland -- Ski tour with Summits
Monte Rosa - ski tour with summits 2x
Samnaun


Austria
Warth
Lech
Zurs
Stuben
St Anton
St Christoph
Ischgl
Vent
Oeztal traverse with summits 2x
Stubai ski tour with summits
Zillertal -- ski tour with summits
Grossglockner -- ski tour with summits
Kuthai
Dachstein Glacer -- Summer xc skiing
Silvretta -- ski tour with summits 2x

Italy
Livigno
Ortler -- ski tour with summits
Courmayeur
La Thuile
Cervinia
Champoluc
Gressoney
Alagna
Val Senales
Cortina
San Martino di Castrozza
Passo Rolle
Passo Sella
Falcade/Passo San Pelligrino
Marmolada
Alta Badia
Val Gardena
Corvara
Arabba
Laguzoi
Seiseralm

Iceland
Troll Peninsula -- ski tour with summits 2x

Bucket List
Montana
Back to Sun Valley
French ski area road trip -- La Grave, Alp d'Huez, Les 2 Alpes....
Milky Way/Piemonte road trip -- Italy
Back to Iceland
Back to Zermatt

 

[Art]

I should add a few resorts to this list this winter. I will be skiing one month in Colorado and a couple of weeks in New England.

Been There:

CALIFORNIA:
Heavenly
Kirkwood
Northstar

COLORADO:
Arapahoe Basin
Beaver Creek
Breckenridge
Keystone
Vail

MARYLAND:
Wisp

MICHIGAN:
Mt. Brighton

NEW YORK:
Cockaigne
Holiday Valley
Kissing Bridge
Peak'n Peek

OHIO:
Alpine Valley
Boston Mills
Brandywine
Mad River Mountain
Snow Trails

PENNSYLVANIA:
Hidden Valley
Seven Springs

UTAH:
Alta
Brighton
Canyons
Park City
Solitude

VERMONT:
Okemo
Stowe

WEST VIRGINIA:
Canaan Valley
Silver Creek
Snowshoe
Timberline
Winterplace

Bucket List: Winter Park, Steamboat, Copper, Big Sky, Sugarloaf, Sunday River, Killington

 

[Lofcaudio]

Bucket List: Winter Park, Steamboat, Copper, Big Sky, Sugarloaf, Sunday River, Killington

That sure is an intriguing bucket list...mainly because I see a few of my least favorites on there while noticing that you haven't been to some of my favorites. (CAVEAT: when I say "least favorites", please know I still LOVE to ski at those places, there are just so many other places I would prefer to ski.)

 

[TonyC]

I note from Choucas' list that I have a long way to go in the Alps. Liz and I are starting to work on that.

 

[at_nyc]

I note from Choucas' list that I have a long way to go in the Alps. Liz and I are starting to work on that.

Europeans have a different ways on how they call a “ski resort”...

For example, Davos and Kloster are linked by lift. And Marmolada,Corvara,Arabba,Laguzoi are all part of what makes up the famous Sella Rhonda area. Corvatsch,Diavolezza/Lagalb are all in the St Moritz area. Though the last two (actually 3 depends on how you count) are not fully linked by lift. Still, they are linked by train and are on a area-wide combined ticket.

 

[TonyC]

Yes it's less cut and dried in Europe to say what's a discrete area. Davos/Klosters is a case like Chamonix where the areas are not lift connected so easier to say separate: Parsenn, Jakobshorn, Madrisa, Pischa, Rinerhorn. How is that any different from Ajax/Highlands/Buttermilk/Snowmass being separate? There are also cases where two formerly separate areas are connected by lift but not by piste (Les Arcs and La Plagne, Kitzbuhel and Pass Thurn). I'm inclined to call those separate too. Sugarbush is a good American analogy. The hard cases are the ones like Sella Ronda. I'd have to see it in person to say whether there are clear cut geographic boundaries.

 

[TexasStout]

Only been skiing a handful of years so resume not built up yet.

Been there:
California
Heavenly
North star

Colorado
Breckenridge
Copper
Eldora
Keystone
Loveland
Steamboat
Winter Park

New Mexico
Taos

New Reserved/planned for 2018 season:
Snowmass
Aspen Highlands
Aspen Mountain
Arapahoe Basin

Bucket List:
Jackson Hole
Snowbird
Squaw
Telluride
Revelstoke (heli)
Whistler
Alyeska (heli)
Fernie
Chile
Austria
France

 

[Choucas]

Yeah, gets a little fuzzy as to what's an area in Europe. You could just say Dolomite Superski (all lifts are covered by the same pass) or you could break it out by valley. I kind of split the difference. I didn't mention skiing the Val di Fassa lifts (also on the Dolomite pass) which connect into the Sella Ronda at Alba and links all the way to Pozza di Fassa. This lift system alone would swallow most North American ski areas with room to spare. Laguzoi and Cinque Torre are a few lift rides and bus ride away from the Sella Ronda, so that's a separate area in my book.
In St. Moritz, the Engadine lift pass covers all of the areas linked by bus and train in the valley, but it's quite possible to ski there for a week and, for a variety of reasons, not even go to some of the areas. The Arlberg pass covers Warth, Lech, Zurs, Stuben, St Christoph and St Anton. Is that one area or 6? Same with all lot of places, Klosters/Davos, Zermatt/Cervina, Champoluc/Gressoney/Alagna, Chamonix/Courmayeur, Paradise Ski, Espace Killy, and so on. All I know is that there's a lot of fun skiing to be had wherever you go no matter how you label it.

 

[TonyC]

I tend to go with obvious geographic boundaries so count the Arlberg as 4: St. Anton (contains St. Christoph), Lech/Zurs, Stuben, Warth. Someone told me there are 7 distinct lift owners in the Arlberg. The RFID's count each time a lift is used so revenue is divided by the actual use of lifts owned by each company. Zurs reputedly spent $50 million on that gondola link to Alpe Rauz.

But I agree it is far from cut and dried how to count areas in the Alps. This is a problem I hope to have frequently in upcoming seasons!

 

[at_nyc]

it is far from cut and dried how to count areas in the Alps. This is a problem I hope to have frequently in upcoming seasons!

Simple.one of 2 ways to do that:

Start by counting only the big ski "domain", such as the Sella Ronda. 3-Valleys.

As you go back to the area you like that you've been before, you start counting the individual villages.

Or you can reverse the process:

Start by counting all the little villages in one ski "domain" to make an impressive list.

As that lists get too long and too unwieldy, collapse them into big ski domains to keep it manageable.

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[Slim]

There is the question as to what construes a ‘resort’:
Does it have to have base area lodging? If yes, that excludes some pretty cool local areas that might have awesome skiing. If no, that includes some pretty awefull areas like Hyland. Park, MN.

Is there a minimum size? If so, does only groomed count? (.. sorry La Grave) if no, does an indoor slope count?

And what counts as ‘having skied’? I once bought a ticket, rode the lift up, bumped down grass clumps all the way to the base and sold my ticket to someone in the parking lot.

Then there is the fact, that resorts I went to a long time ago, when I was was only skiing easy groomers, would feel completely different if I went there now.


Anyway, here is my list:

Been there:

Austria:
Stubai Glacier in pre-season, first time on snow, snowboard
Kitzsteinhorn-Kaprun, mid season, but glacier only due to horribly warm weather, only 1 day.

France:
St Martin Belleville ( Trois Vallees) snowboarding
Les Deux Alps. Snowboarding. Drought conditions, but very cold. Crazy busy on the WROD, Lift tickets were divided into morning and afternoon users to ease congestion

Colorado:
Copper, skiing, beginner level
Steamboat, skiing low intermediate skiing
Winter Park, skiing, intermediate-advanced

MN
Lutsen, skiing.

I’ll skip the small hills in MN, WI and MI

Bucket List:
Steamboat and Copper, with better skills and skis, planned this winter
Mt Bohemia, MI, hopefully finally this winter
Mt. Bacheror, OR maybe this spring
Grand Targhee, WY
Alta/Snowbird, UT
Cat skiing interior BC
Alps, resort to be determined. This time with good conditions, and better skills.
Japan

 

[Jim McDonald]

Slim, I counted anything with a rope-tow or better FWIW.

 

[Doug Briggs]

The thread is titled 'ski areas', not 'resorts' skied so far. In that light, any developed place to ski qualifies in my book.