Top Ski Resorts in world
Find the best slopes for you with our list of the top ski resorts in the world
Whether you plan to travel or to ski on your own local mountains, it is essential to check the status of international travel and the ski resort's website for the latest information and updates
1. Whistler Blackcomb
Now part of Vail Resorts group, Whistler Blackcomb combines the superb terrain of two mountains to make it Canada's premier ski resort and the largest winter sports area in North America. The combined skiable terrain offers more than 200 runs accessed by 37 lifts. One of these, the three-kilometer-plus PEAK 2 PEAK gondola joins the two mountaintops and is the world's longest unsupported lift span.
Official site: www.whistlerblackcomb.com
Accommodation: Where to Stay in Whistler: Best Areas & Hotels
2. Courchevel
Despite its decidedly upscale villages and reputation, Courchevel is for serious skiers looking for snow thrills of a lifetime. Part of Les 3 Vallées region, the world's largest Alpine ski domain, with 600 kilometers of interconnected ski runs across 10 summits higher that 2,500 meters, Courchevel offers 150 kilometers of alpine ski terrain accessed by 60 lifts.
Official site: www.courchevel.com
Accommodation: Where to Stay in Courchevel
3. Zermatt
Even if it didn't have one of the world's most beautiful mountains as a backdrop, Switzerland's ski resort of Zermatt would be a place skiers dream about. It's the highest winter sports area in the Alps, and it has the greatest vertical drop in Switzerland, plus the magnificent peak of the Matterhorn can be seen from almost everywhere on its 350 kilometers of trails and slopes.
New last year was the world's highest 3S Lift, carrying 2,000 skiers an hour to the Matterhorn Glacier, at 3,883 meters altitude, where you can ski year-round. Not enough reason to ski here? Try the chance not only to ski over a mountain pass and down into a trail system on the other side, but it's over an international boundary, as well.
Official site: www.zermatt.ch
Accommodation: Where to Stay in Zermatt: Best Areas & Hotels
4. Vail Mountain Resort
The biggest of Colorado's ski resorts, and one of the largest in the world, Vail offers enough terrain to keep an avid skier in any skill level busy. Long, well-groomed runs overlook the luxury hotels and upscale restaurants and shops in the equally well-manicured town of Vail.
Official site: http://www.vail.com
Accommodation: Where to Stay in Vail
5. Aspen Snowmass
Top among the several ski resorts in Colorado, Aspen Snowmass is made up of four ski areas surrounding Aspen and Snowmass Village. The combined terrain of Snowmass, Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands, and Buttermilk exceeds 5,500 acres, with Snowmass alone accounting for more than 3,000. Although the smallest of the four, Buttermilk is known for hosting the Winter X-Games since 2002. The 2021 games are scheduled for January 28-31.
Official site: https://www.aspensnowmass.com/
Accommodation: Where to Stay in Aspen
6. Val d'Isere
Skiing legend Jean-Claude Killy made his home-town one of the best-known ski resorts in Europe after his breathtaking sweep of three gold medals at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. Val d'Isere shares the high valley with neighboring Tignes to provide more than 300 kilometers of interconnected ski terrain served by more than 150 ski lifts.
Official site: www.valdisere.com
Accommodation: Where to Stay in Val d'Isere
7. Cortina D'Ampezzo
The five ragged peaks of the Cinque Torri give upscale Cortina D'Ampezzo the most beautiful setting of any of Italy's ski resorts. Known only to avid skiers before it hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics, Cortina became an overnight sensation for the well-set winter set.
Official site: https://www.dolomiti.org/en/cortina/
Accommodation: Where to Stay in Cortina
8. Telluride
Telluride
In a beautiful setting with plenty of challenging terrain at an altitude that promises consistent snow, Telluride is one of Colorado's most popular ski resorts. The height of the San Juan Mountains makes it possible for the resort's base to begin at an impressive 8,725-foot elevation, and lifts carry skiers to 12,515 feet. In between is more than 2,000 acres of skiable terrain. It's this impressive vertical and expanses of hike-to terrain that bring extreme skiers to Telluride.
Official site: http://www.tellurideskiresort.com
Accommodation: Where to Stay in Telluride
9. Niseko
Four interlinked ski resorts, about 90 kilometers from Sapporo on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, are known as Niseko United; they include Niseko Village, Grand Hirafu, Hanazono, and An'nupuri. Between them, they provide some outstanding and varied terrain on the slopes of a volcano, many of the trails facing the near-perfect cone of Mt. Yotei, known as "Hokkaido's Mt Fuji."
Official site: http://www.niseko.ne.jp/en/
10. Chamonix
The iconic name of Mont Blanc, the first Winter Olympics, and ski slopes with the world's greatest height differential all combine to make Chamonix one of the best-known and most popular ski resorts in France.
Official site: www.chamonix.com
- 11. St. Anton
A legendary name in the hearts of skiers, St. Anton is where the first ski club in the Alps began in 1901. Its 280 kilometers of terrain at heights reaching 2,800 meters are no place for beginners, or even most intermediates, as they include some of the most challenging runs anywhere in the Alps.
The moguls are as legendary as the resort itself, and the off-piste skiing is superb, as it's one of the snowiest resorts in the Alps. For the most breathtaking experiences, hire a guide and head for the spectacular views around Sonnenkopf; ask about the Schindler Chutes or the Waterfall route into Langen.
Official site: www.Stantonamarlberg.com
12. Kitzbühel, Austria
In the Austrian Alps, within easy reach of both Innsbruck and Salzburg, Kitzbühel looks like a travel poster for Alpine ski towns with its fresco-painted buildings and mountain chalets. While its smart boutiques and luxury hotels may give it the aura of a chic Swiss resort, Kitzbühel has a cozy warmth and accommodations that welcome families on a budget, too. Charming as it is, Kitzbühel is more than just a pretty face.
Official site: www.kitzbuehel.com
Accommodation: Where to Stay in Kitzbühel
- 13. St. Moritz
With a claim to being Europe's first winter resort, and still one of its most glamorous, St. Moritz has plenty of credentials to make it stand out among Switzerland's many ski resorts. Although it may be known for its glitz and social scene, there's no questioning the ski challenges of its surrounding mountains. It has hosted two Winter Olympics and five Alpine World Ski Championships, the latest in 2017.
Official site: https://www.stmoritz.ch
Accommodation: Where to Stay in St. Moritz
14.Park City Mountain/Canyons
The merging of Park City Resort and Canyons in late 2015 as part of Vail Resorts made it the second largest of the many ski resorts in Utah. With 7,300 acres of skiable terrain, the combined resorts offer something for everyone, including a cozy bubble-lift and a heart-stopping gondola ride suspended over one of the resort's eponymous canyons.
Official site: http://www.parkcitymountain.com
Accommodation: Where to Stay in Park City
15. Cerro Catedral
With the tallest mountains on Earth outside the Himalayas, the Andes offer plenty of vertical, and no place takes better advantage of that than Cerro Catedral, in the Patagonia region of southern Argentina. Named for the cathedral-spire mountain peaks, Cerro Catedral's scenery is breathtaking, with views across Lake Nahuel Huapi and the surrounding snow-covered summits of the Andes.
Official site: www.catedralaltapatagonia.com
16. Deer Valley
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On almost any readers' poll of favorite North American ski resorts, Deer Valley will rank #1 or close to it. What's not to like about perfect grooming, mountain hosts, free ski storage, help unloading skis from your car, immaculately maintained lodges with blazing fireplaces, slope-side fine dining, and a daily limit of 7,500 skiers (no snowboards allowed here) to keep lift lines short and trails uncrowded?
Official site: http://www.deervalley.com
Accommodation: Where to Stay in Park City
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