This Top 40 Ski Resorts in America List Is A Head-Scratcher

Condé Nast Traveler released their annual top forty ski resort list. Readers rated the resorts from a one to a hundred scale, although the categories are not specified. Deer Valley comes in as the number one, which is questionable based on terrain, but Condé Nast loves luxury, and Deer Valley definitely provides that.

And then there’s Camelback Mountain Resort in Pennsylvania on the list as 8th. Originally, the mountain ranked both 8th and 17th before the writer edited it. I’m not sure if Camelback is deserving to be on this list with some of the best ski resorts in the country, even if it has a nice hotel with an indoor waterpark at its base. It also beats out mountains like Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Park City, and many other powerhouse west coast mountains. Some gems of North America skiing, like Alta and Jay Peak, didn’t even make it on the list.

Another issue with the list is they don’t really specify what makes up these scores. With Condé Nast being a luxury travel magazine, we can assume fancy hotels and restaurants make up the scoring.

The official list is below: