Bucket wish list:
Taos
Portillo
Crested Butte
Telluride
Revelstoke
Big Sky
Mt Shasta
Mt Tallac
Every Tahoe resort and xc area
Taos
Portillo
Crested Butte
Telluride
Revelstoke
Big Sky
Mt Shasta
Mt Tallac
Every Tahoe resort and xc area
That's an OK list, I guess....Anything to distract from Coronavirus/politics/environment right now.....
I got 15 countries (if you include Scotland, England and Wales as separate countries) and 86 resorts but didn't include any touring areas.....
As for bucket list, I don't really have a bucket list as such as it's more places I want to go and explore as future destinations for work. If I wasn't working, then my dream trip would be to heliski to AK. That's definitely happening when I hit the big 5-0. Other than that, the next places once the pandemic has calmed down that I will be visiting, should be:
- Killington (VT)
- Pico (VT)
- Sugarbush (VT)
- Okemo (VT)
- Telluride (CO)
- Red Mtn Cats (CO)
- Crested Butte (CO)
- Silverton (CO)
- Arapahoe Basin (CO)
- Loveland (CO)
- Keystone (CO)
- Copper Mountain (CO)
- Vail (CO)
- Aspen (CO)
- Steamboat (CO)
- Eldora (CO)
- Granby Ranch (CO)
- Snowbird (UT)
- Squaw Valley (CA)
- Alpine Meadows (CA)
- Cairngorms (Scotland)
- Lecht (Scotland)
- Aonoch Mor (Scotland)
- Rossendale (England)
- Llandudno (Wales)
- Vars (France)
- Risoul (France)
- Pila (Italy)
- Couremayeur (Italy)
- Wengen (Switzerland)
- Grindelwald (Switzerland)
- Murren (Switzerland)
- St. Anton (Austria)
- Lech (Austria)
- Stubai (Austria)
- Hintertux (Austria)
- Gudauri (Georgia)
- Tetnuldi (Georgia)
- Gulmarg (India)
- Silk Road Resort (China)
- General’s Mountain (China)
- Aletai Snowpark (China)
- Hemu (China)
- Moiwa (Japan)
- Grand Hirafu (Japan)
- Hanazono (Japan)
- Niseko Village (Japan)
- Annupuri (Japan)
- Rusutsu (Japan)
- Sapporo Kokusai (Japan)
- Sapporo Teine Highlands (Japan)
- Sapporo Teine Olympia (Japan)
- Kiroro (Japan)
- Tenguyama (Japan)
- Snow Cruise Onze (Japan)
- Sapporo Bankei (Japan)
- Asarigawa (Japan)
- Mt. Racey (Japan)
- Tomamu (Japan)
- Sahoro (Japan)
- Furano (Japan)
- Kamui Ski Links (Japan)
- Asahidake (Japan)
- Hakkoda (Japan)
- Aomori Springs (Japan)
- Owani Onsen (Japan)
- Appi Kogen (Japan)
- Amihari Onsen (Japan)
- Iwate Kogen (Japan)
- Shizukuishi (Japan)
- Okunakayama (Japan)
- Tazawako (Japan)
- Geto Kogen (Japan)
- Hakodate Nanae (Japan)
- San Lavia (Japan)
- Nevados de Chillan (Chile)
- Broken River (NZ)
- Porters (NZ)
- Cheeseman (NZ)
- Mt. Hutt (NZ)
- Ohau (NZ)
- Roundhill (NZ)
- Mt. Hotham (Australia)
- Mt. Buffalo (Australia)
- Falls Creek (Australia)
- Perisher Blue (Australia)
Macedonia,
Kosovo,
Siberia,
Kamchatka,
Greece,
Turkey,
Mt. Elbrus,
Further exploration of Republic of Georgia,
Uzbekistan,
Kazakhstan,
Corralco and Antillanca in Chile,
Argentina,
Slovenia,
Iran,
Lebanon.
That should keep me busy for a while....
That's an OK list, I guess....
Now which one is your favorite?
Considering that I never skied outside of Michigan until I was 40 years old...
*Places that I have considered my home mountain/ski hill
Been there:
Michigan-
- *Caberfae Peaks
- *Crystal Mountain
- Boyne Mountain
- Boyne Highlands
- Nubs Nob
- Cannonsburg
Colorado-
California/Nevada -Tahoe
- *Arapahoe Basin
- Loveland
- Vail
- Beaver Creek
- Keystone
- Breckenridge
- Aspen Mountain
- Aspen Highlands
- Aspen Snowmass
- Winter Park
- Mary Jane
- Copper Mountain
- *Northstar
- Squaw
- Alpine Meadows
- *MtRose
- Sugarbowl
- Kirkwood
- Heavenly
- Mammoth
Montana-
Wyoming-
- Big Sky
- Bridger Bowl
- Moonlight Basin
Canada-
- Jackson Hole
Vermont-
- Whistler/Blackhomb
- Okemo
- Killington
- Stowe
- Mad River Glen -checked off my bucket list
Bucket List Places
Places I'd like to ski but not necessarily bucket list
- Taos, NM
- Silverton, CO
- Mt Hood
- Schweitzer
- Aleyeska
- Whitefish
- Sunlight Mt
- Wolf Creek
- Homewood
- Diamond Peak
- Sierra at Tahoe
Michigan-I missed Utah on that list.
- Snowbasin
- Snowbird
- Alta
- Powder Mountain
- Solitude
- Park City
- Canyons (before it was merged with PC)
- Deer Valley
- Steamboat
Picked up my first Colorado area with Steamboat.
Gawd I'm old!
Ontario:
defunct/ closed: Oak Hills, Nacona, Mont Madawaska, Dacre/Candiac Skiways, Bethany Ski Club,
still going: Batawa Ski Hill, Sir Sams, Calabogie, Oshawa-Kirby/Brimacombe, Devil's Elbow, Blue Mountain (Collingwood), Snow Valley, Craigleith, Georgian Peaks
Quebec:
defunct,/closed: Grey Rocks
still going: Mont Tremblant, Mont Ste Anne, Belle Neige, St Saveur, Mont Habitant, Avila, Morin Heights, Mont Gabriel, Mont Blanc. Mont Sutton, Owl's Head, Bromont, Edelwiess, Camp Fortune, Mont Ste. Marie, Mont Cascades
New York:
defunct/name change: Moon Valley
Whiteface, Snow Ridge, Mt Titus
Vermont:
Jay Peak, Smugglers Notch
Maine:
Sugarloaf
Western Canada:
Whistler Blackcomb, Todd Mountain/Sun Peaks, Silver Star, Panorama
Western US: A-Basin, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Vail, Beaver Creek, Heavenly, Squaw Valley, Alpine Meadows, Big Mountain/Whitefish, Alta, Snowbird
Europe:
France: Trois Vallee, Val D'Isere
Bucket list:
Red Mountain, Fernie, Banff, Le Massif
Want to go back:
Panorama, Sugarloaf, Sun Peaks...
I've logged in at least 83 resorts. Some time ago I pulled a list of North American resorts from Wikipedia so I just pulled names from that list.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_North_American_ski_resorts
Favorites: resorts, like children are all special. Some more than others. So like a parent I'll just say I love them all. When thinking about this, I find memories of time spent with people have at least as much impact as the nature of the hills.
Bucket list: just keep adding to the count
Steamboat did not disappoint.Hey! I can make a similar update...
Updates to my list from 2019:
Mid-A
Boyce Park
Seven Springs
Hidden Valley
Laurel Mountain
Blue Knob
Timberline
Canaan Valley
Winterplace
Massanutten
Whitetail
Liberty
Roundtop
NE
Pat's Peak
Okemo
Sunapee
Stratton
Mount Snow
Stowe
Mad River Glen
Sugarbush
Sunday River
West
Vail
Aspen Mountain
Aspen Highlands
Buttermilk
Snowmass
Copper
Breckenridge
Loveland
Mammoth
Squaw Valley
Alpine Meadows
Whistler-Blackcomb
Alta
Snowbird
Snowbasin
Big Sky
Taos
Jackson Hole
Grand Targhee
Steamboat
Bucket List
Telluride
Lake Louise/Sunshine
Lots of places in Europe, NZ, Chile, Japan....
Not much of my original bucket list left ... In reality, I'm sure I'd be just as happy to hit Winter Park, Heavenly, and Sun Peaks, for instance.