The venue, speed, and difficulty of the ski resort are three components many skiers look for when considering where to go skiing, but what about families, novices, beginners, intermediates, or experts wanting a less populated resort to enjoy them at? These are five of the recognized top United States ski resorts that offer these options to skiers.
Alta Ski Resort
Highway 210
Little Cottonwood Canyon
Alta, Utah 84092
801-359-1078
alta.com
Located 25 miles southeast of Salt Lake City, Utah, on top of Little Cottonwood Canyon, on State Highway 210, many skiers refer to Alta as “The Mecca” for uncrowded skiing. Alta has tons of snow, challenging ski trails, and no ski boarders because they are not allowed on the slopes at this resort. The snow at Alta is deep powder and the mountain terrain is rugged. Skiing Alta can be relatively inexpensive but it does have older lifts, wide trails, and plenty of chute skiing on 54 of them. Alta’s longest run is 16,800 feet long.
Buttermilk Mountain Ski Resort
PO Box 1248
Aspen, Colorado 81612
800-525-6200
info@aspensnowmass.com
Buttermilk is part of the Aspen, Colorado ski scene and has a top rated ski school with small classes. Buttermilk is ranked as one of the best ski destinations for families. The runs are easy and mostly full of novice skiers, but Buttermilk has 43 trails, so there is ample room for all levels of skiers to enjoy the mountain. Buttermilk has moderate terrain and is extremely popular with snowboarders.
Northstar at Lake Tahoe
Truckee, California
800-998-6812
tahoeskiresort.com
Located six miles north of Lake Tahoe, Northstar has four main ski areas: Mount Pluto, the Northwest Territory, the Backside, and Lookout Mountain. Northstar has a 400-foot superpipe for the more daring skier, and a 25-mile cross-country ski trail system. Northstar is the ski resort for the “Not Quite Yet Ready For Prime Time” skier and the favorite destination for these skiers in northern California. Northstar’s terrain is primarily intermediate and the mountain has well-groomed snow. Northstar also has the Magic Carpet smooth transport, airport-style, conveyor belt for skiers unsure of riding lifts up the mountain.
Sunday River Ski Resort
PO Box 4500
Newry, Maine 04261
207-824-3000
sundayriver.com
Sunday River is a four season ski resort in the Maine mountains and one of Maine’s oldest, most visited ski resorts, with 132 trails over eight interconnected mountain peaks. Sunday River has 16 ski lifts. White Cap is located on the eastern end of the resort with mostly difficult terrain, steeps, and glades. Locke Mountain is the resort’s original ski peak with intermediate trails. Barker Mountain offers a variety of terrain. Spruce Peak has two intermediate trails. North Peak has intermediate terrain and the Chondola lift for beginner skiers. Aurora Peak has mixed intermediate and difficult terrain. Oz is a unique bowl with difficult and expert terrain. Jordan Bowl offers a mixed terrain, and South Ridge has Beginner trails.
Deer Valley Ski Resort
2250 Deer Valley Drive South
PO Box 1525
Park City, Utah 84060
435-649-1000
800-424-DEER (3337)
utah.com
Deer Valley is full of smooth, wide open slopes for novice and intermediate skiers to enjoy plenty of uncrowded room, especially in Wild West, the New Beginners-only ski area of the mountain. Deer Valley has been named the Number One Ski Resort in North America by Ski Magazine readers three years in a row, from 2008 to 2010, and for nine years in a row as one of the Top Three Ski Resorts in North America. The specialty of Deer Valley is pampering their skiers with such things as ski valets, on-site child care services, and gourmet dining.
Skiing can be enjoyable for all participants if they just know where to go have fun.
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