Cool shot of Kicking Horse. Image Credit: Lucas Catania

Lucas Catania has grown a massive following on YouTube thanks to his epic skiing adventures across North America.

During his lifetime, Lucas has visited 45 ski resorts, many of which have the most challenging in-bounds terrain in North America. He usually picks a top ten resort for mountains he skied during the past season, but he decided to rank all the mountains he’s skied.

To determine his list, he created a stoke formula. This formula multiplies the average resort snowfall, terrain difficulty, and minor factors (like vertical drop and convenience of access).

His number one pick is Snowbird due to its deep average snowfall, variety of daring steeps, and fewer traverses than Alta.

Ultimately, this list feels incomplete, as he’s yet to conquer Okemo’s daring steeps. Jokes aside, he gave a thorough analysis of why he shaped the rankings, and a lot of these picks frequently show up in the ten most extreme ski resorts list. This ranking is probably the most valuable to advanced and expert skiers trying to challenge themselves on their next winter vacation.

For another great Catania video, check out his five best runs of his last season below.

Image/Video Credits: Lucas Catania

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