According to the editors and correspondents at Travel + Leisure, Deer Valley is the best ski resort on the planet.
This week, Travel + Leisure shared a list of their picks for the twenty best ski resorts on the planet. Their picks are all over the globe and include ski resorts in North & South America, Europe, and Asia.
Here are Travel + Leisure’s picks for the twenty best ski resorts in the world:
- Deer Valley, Utah
- Verbier, Switzerland
- Aspen Mountain, Colorado
- Big Sky Resort, Montana
- Courchevel, France
- Stowe, Vermont
- Niseko, Japan
- St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria
- Park City Mountain Resort, Utah
- Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- St. Moritz, Switzerland
- Telluride, Colorado
- Sun Valley, Idaho
- Portillo, Chile
- Mont-Tremblant, Canada
- Bormio Ski, Italy
- Cerro Catedral, Argentina
- Les Deux Alpes, France
- Kitzbühel, Austria
- Whistler Blackcomb, Canada
First off, where the hell is Mount Sunapee? All jokes aside, it’s not a terrible list. Deer Valley at number one always makes ski bums and snowboarders (especially snowboarders) roll their eyes, but it makes sense for Travel + Leisure, which is a magazine that targets luxury travelers. The big names make the list, but there are a few omissions. For Utah, I think any of the Cottonwoods’ ski resorts are better than Deer Valley and Park City Mountain Resort. I feel Stowe’s a bit high, and maybe shouldn’t be on the list in general. Sure, it’s got the history and great terrain, but it’s also got traffic and that East Coast ice. In Europe, not having Zermatt is a bit surprising too.
Click here to read Travel + Leisure’s reasoning behind their picks.
Image Credits: Kitzbühel (Featured Image), Ian Wood (Header Image), Phillip Goldsberry