Every Ski Resort Upgrade YOU Need to Know About for 2023-24

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0:00 Intro
1:14 Tier 1: Minor Investments
1:37 General Upgrades
1:52 Vail Resorts
2:04 My Epic Gear (Vail, Beaver Creek, Keystone, & Breckenridge)
2:36 Deer Valley
3:10 Park City
3:40 Powder Mountain
4:17 Revelstoke
4:51 Silver Star
5:08 Stratton
5:28 Sugarbush
6:10 Windham
6:36 Tier 2: Noteworthy Investments
6:49 Alpental
7:52 Breckenridge
8:37 Copper
9:43 Gore
10:07 Magic Mountain
10:26 Mammoth
10:58 Mount Bachelor
11:47 Mount Hood Meadows
12:16 Sierra-at-Tahoe
12:50 Solitude
13:30 Stevens Pass
14:12 Telluride
14:42 Whistler Blackcomb
15:50 Winter Park
16:35 Wolf Creek
17:26 Tier 3: Substantial Investments
17:36 Aspen Mountain
18:20 Attitash
18:50 Big Sky
20:03 Brighton
20:39 Loon Mountain
21:22 Marmot Basin
21:48 Schweitzer
22:23 Snowbasin
23:04 Sun Valley
24:12 Sunday River
24:55 Taos
25:56 Whiteface
26:45 Tier 4: Game-Changing Investments
27:09 Keystone
28:22 Steamboat
29:08 Sugarloaf
30:11 Final Thoughts

[@shorties7]

Just a suggestion to add timestamps for resorts

[@matth9709]

Agreed

[@mastpg]

What? You're not skiing Stratton, Revelstoke, a private club in NY, Deer Valley, and Alpental? Me...I ski only one day each year at Heavenly, Telluride, Ski Cooper, Purgatory, Boyne Highlands, Wolf Creek, Ober Gatlinburg, Mt Hood, Fernie, Grand Targhee, Angel Fire, Mad River Glenn, Mammoth, Crystal, Buttermilk, Sunlight, Whitefish, Alyeska, Stowe, Big Bear, Red Lodge, Loveland, Steamboat, Whitehorse, Brighton, Snowshoe, Kirkwood, Loveland, Gore, Taos, Schweitzer, ABasin, and Red River...in that order.

[@PeakRankings]

'Tis done

[@Eaglethegreat]

@@mastpgif you go to buttermilk you better go to snowmass

[@mastpg]

@@Eaglethegreat Nay! I protest the lack of Snowmass-Buttermilk connecting trail off Longshot by not skiing Snowmass again until it is done. Behind One Wasatch, the Snowmass-Buttermilk download connecting trail is the 2nd most obvious and awesome idea that fails every season to exist for no reason at all....except that I think there's some kind of wildlife conservation zone between Snowmass and Buttermilk, BUT STILL. I will not ski Snowmass again until the connect exists or they add a lift up the West Willow Creek bowl off the back....or they get a big early season dump. Seriously, Snowmass should have a download trailer or three from the top of Longshot to Buttermilk, and the dreamed Ajax to Highlands gondola should extend to Buttermilk so you have full, 4 mountain access.

[@rjmrzyglod]

Time stamps to individual resorts so y'all don't have to watch the entire 30 minutes Minor Investments: 1:37 General Nationwide Upgrades 1:52 All Vail Resorts 2:04 Vail, Beaver Creek, Keystone, & Breckenridge 2:36 Deer Valley 3:10 Park City 3:40 Powder Mountain 4:17 Revelstoke 4:51 Silver Star 5:08 Stratton 5:28 Sugarbush 6:10 Windham Noteworthy Investments: 6:49 Alpental 7:52 Breckenridge 8:37 Copper Mountain 9:43 Gore Mountain 10:07 Magic Mountain 10:26 Mammoth Mountain 10:58 Mount Bachelor 11:47 Mount Hood Meadows 12:16 Sierra-at-Tahoe 12:50 Solitude 13:30 Stevens Pass 14:12 Telluride 14:42 Whistler Blackcomb 15:50 Winter Park 16:35 Wolf Creek Substantial Investments: 17:36 Aspen 18:20 Attitash 18:50 Big Sky 20:03 Brighton 20:39 Loon Mountain 21:22 Marmot Basin 21:48 Schweitzer 22:23 Snowbasin 23:04 Sun Valley 24:12 Sunday River 24:55 Taos 25:56 Whiteface Game-Changing Investments: 27:09 Keystone 28:22 Steamboat 29:08 Sugarloaf

[@PeakRankings]

Thanks! We've updated with this.

[@bearclaw5115]

What a tremendous base of knowledge it took to make this video (nicely shot and edited too). You guys are amazing, thank you!

[@kasenbarrolaza3385]

I love your channel keep it up

[@SteepTurns]

I love these weekly updates. Please keep it up! Telling all my buddies to watch

[@natswinter8917]

I would like to add that the Chair 16 (Canyon Express) upgrade at Mammoth has a slight 300ft realignment to the north. While it seems insignificant, it will vastly improve opening times on powder days because it will be out of the avy path of the Avy Chutes :)

[@PeakRankings]

Thanks for that context!

[@sc100ott]

Yet another great video! You guys are killing it! I might add that The Highlands, one of Boyne’s original resorts in Michigan, is replacing 3 old fixed grip chairs with a new high-speed heated bubble 6 chair this season which will make a hugely positive impact on skier traffic flow at the resort, and maximize use of the full vertical. It will refocus traffic to the daylodge base, and away from the hotel and the Heather HS quad lift (previously the busiest lift by far), and allowing much better access for several previously underutilized winding green runs on the south end of the resort. This probably fits in the middle tier category of this video, as it’s a pretty big impact at a Midwestern resort that draws significant road-trip business from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Ontario, and Michigan.

[@emerald3331]

That looked like that took a lot of time and effort. Very good job!

[@Gary-np7hl]

That was incredible! I was trying to keep up with all the enhancements and additions and couldn’t. Thank you! I’m on Ikon this year again and can’t wait to check out the boat. With all its little imperfections it’s one of my fav mountain. Interested if they expanded the unloading area at the top of crest @ Brighton. It gets congested up there. I’m pretty excited about keystone as well, but that’ll wait till next year when I do epic.

[@PeakRankings]

Our pleasure Gary!

[@elliotearles8302]

30 minute PeakRankings video?! Blessed today

[@BraydonBlanchette]

Can you please make a video about remembering mom and Pop/family ski resort that are sadly closing due to the lack of snow and financial troubles the current days are facing us. One example is one of my local ski resorts, black mountain in New Hampshire unfortunately, they closed this year after being family founded and owned since 1960.

[@PeakRankings]

Great idea. Might want to check out @Skier72 who is currently making videos along these lines.

[@ellenmoore95]

Great video! A video I think would be very interesting is a mountain review of Sugarloaf, it's lift fleet is pretty horrible but the Snowfield and Brackett Basin area are so cool. I love your channel so much!

[@MrZebanHai]

I appreciate all of the footage you guys put into this video and that most of it was relevant to the talking points. It really gives a good feel for how different other areas are and where I'd be interested in going next.

[@skiingkms2010]

I like how you say unfortunately the Big Sky tram still costs extra to ride it. It’s a great thing that the tram costs extra.

[@joelr5020]

the mid-90's to maybe 2008/2010 were they hey-day of the tram where a dump of snow allowed lap after lap of helicopter type skiing. The last time I rode the tram was just before the price hike, had to wait 2.5 hours but rewarded with thigh deep wind-blown powder top to bottom. In the end, something had to give ... either charge market rates ... or you would spend a whole day in line for one chance at the summit.

[@niubi42069]

was it that busy before? now that they charge more money, i feel like it’ll still be fully packed meaning the customer gets the same snow quality for more $. Am i missing something? Haven’t been yet just curious :)

[@jayjackson5705]

Even though Loon is far from my favorite mountain due to lack of glades and overcrowding because it's too close to Boston, the new base lodge access is huge. Getting to the mountain is terrible and parking is a mess, usually requiring a shuttle. Now many more people will either be able to park at south peak or simply walk across the bridge from the downtown area. I'm a transportation engineer so I view these videos a bit differently and would love a video on the best ski areas that can be accessed without driving. Reducing auto dependency to these places would be a huge game changer, especially in the Cottonwood areas, or Stowe and other ski areas with a difficult parking footprint, which are close to a town. Some of the better examples in the north America are the train to Winter Park, the town lift in Park City and the commuter rail to Wachusett. I wish there were more.

[@paulgaughan1585]

FYI, Snowshoe Mountain is replacing its Powder Monkey fixed grip triple with a quad chairlift.

[@AllBraunZeroBrains]

For my Vegas peeps, Lee canyon has FINALLY gotten our newest ski lift and will be operational this season

[@yzScott]

I am (finally) getting my wife into skiing. I'd love to see an episode that covers beginner friendly parks.

[@mario9896]

Good stuff!!

[@nickreitmaier5648]

Love Sugarloaf! As a Maritimer it was only an 8h drive away. Even closer than Quebec that isnt Gaspe.

[@BballerMMS]

I’m excited for the Keystone changes. I’ll be there in February

[@markkeep2030]

Snowshoe also added a new high speed chairlift for access to the western side

[@beneminger3666]

Fun Fact: Sugarloaf’s new west mountain express quad is Big Sky’s former Swift Current 4

[@squeegeeman2000]

Great presentation!

[@cheddarmx5969]

In addition to the Sun Valley Lift Update we will be getting a huge park upgrade too. According to Cody (the park manager) we will being getting the old lift poles as tubes, and a huge 50, 60, 70 jump line with access from the midpoint. This should drastically change the demographic of warm springs side from very old to a good mix.

[@vampiresoldier]

Can't wait for the Bergman Bowl at Keystone.

[@davidmartinez4713]

I Love Everything

[@JasonTaylor-po5xc]

The Keystone Bergman Bowl looks interesting, although I need get a lot better really take advantage. I'm also curious about the 5-chair upgrade at Breck since that serves Lower Four O'Clock - the ski-back trail.

[@MrZebanHai]

It doesn't seem like you'd have to. The majority of the runs are blue, and there is even a green straight off the lift exit. For 550 acres of extra skiable terrain that looks like it will be good for pretty much all skill levels.

[@niubi42069]

cool story, go get better

[@MadKatJack]

Hi, im not sure if this would be a fit to have been mentioned in this video and where it would fit. But Big Bear resort, California is planning to connect 2 of its main resorts (Snow summit & Bear mountain) With a large addition and revamps of Snow summits lift system. The permit procces just started for the new land and would include 5 new lifts With 1 at Bear and 2 at Summit with the other 2 connecting the 2 resorts. with snowmaking being on all new trails. (There isnt anything new this year except new bike trails and roads for the new planned area, why I'm not sure if this woud fit in this video.)

[@bradleyengel1225]

Great video! I'm super excited to check out the new sun valley lifts. They are going to make the cold springs side of the mountain so much more efficient.

[@grant2707]

Cool Video!

[@DublinTrickShots]

get to visit aspen for the first time this season, guess it’s worth trying those new double blacks at Aspen Mountain! Thanks and great video as always.

[@mack.attack]

15:14 there was nothing last minute about it. Vail was told by Park City (the city, not Park City Mountain Resort) that expansion was contingent on them having a plan for their traffic and parking issues for 22-23. Vail then showed up at city council without a plan and was surprised that they couldn't just walk all over Park City like they do the cities in Colorado

[@niubi42069]

how do u know this tho 😮

[@dootdoot1867]

Mt seymour off vancouver got a new lift. Replacing a 35 year old lift. Grouse mountain is replacing its main gondola upload.

[@susieasado6675]

Looking forward to the impressive Deer Valley expansion.

[@christianwestling2019]

Great video! While bubbles might be expensive and difficult to operate in windy condition; there really is nothing that beats a bubble with heated chairs; especially in the beginning of the season. I ski mostly in Sweden & Norway and when its -25 celsius (13 Farenheit) in january; getting away from the elements and warming your body and hands in between runs is a game changer.

[@ricercr44]

Being in a bubble when I huge wind gust hits is absolutely terrifying.

[@downhillupside]

Part of Whistler's Fitz chair upgrade was to provide throughput during the mountain biking summer season. Fitz is the primary access chair for the bike park, which often gets overwhelmed during peak times.

[@keith2076]

Have always wanted to try Sugarloaf….the new updates really sweeten the pot! May have to venture to that remote part of Main.

[@JollyLamaCom]

Great video! Amazing how much money Boyne generates just by heating up chili and charging $15 per ladle. Great news about PowMow tho... their night riding terrain is a tiny fraction of their total terrain but still better than the majority of hills where I am from in the MW! Go Reed Hastings!

[@PeakRankings]

Thanks!

[@eriksahlin7104]

I’m so excited for the Utah upgrades! aren’t you guys gonna rank last season’s resort enhancements?

[@PeakRankings]

Yes! That will come out later this fall.

[@brandonm1708]

While a smaller resort, Lutsen in the Midwest is getting a new 6-pack express lift! From what I can tell of it, it’s gonna be a substantial improvement to the resort’s main mountain.

[@benbreazeale9698]

Love the vid, Great job. You said steamboat will become more competitive in the state so will you have a reranking on it? I think you properly should but it’s up to you. Also keep up the good work!

[@LukePaciocco]

Vail! Vail! Vail! Vail!!!

[@vonsiii]

Copper has announced that timberline express is getting replaced next summer with a HHS, lumberjack is not confirmed yet but likely after Timberline.

[@Bentrix-xk6is]

You need to ski Burke Mountain vermont and make a video about it it's a small mountain with are big heart and a variety of trails

[@jgauth2]

Snowbird gondola was replaced as well

[@ryhky_15]

Can you please do Blue Mountain Ontario?

[@fuzzymuffinsthe3rd]

Do you plan on doing anything with Europe resorts? Going to Austria soon

[@josephrosner905]

Can u pls do stratton mountain review its my home mountain

[@danieldbattin]

Please bring the old Barker high speed quad to Pleasant Mountain!

[@peteq4prn]

Not as big as some of these but at snowshoe they are replacing the powder monkey triple with a quad. They have been careful not to say high speed but 4 is better than 3.

[@FlyballSkiing]

On the thumbnail it says "Coming soon" yet here we are after it came out!

[@foxtonlankin1271]

What about mount St. Louis moonstone 8 seater high speed

[@Puzzoozoo]

It looks like several US ski resort executives may have come across to Europe and have seen how the big resorts here are laid out compared to the ones in the US, and all these improvements are the result. Keep it up America, a way to go yet but you're on the right track. 😉

[@chaddiek8285]

what about berkshire east?

[@DarkBiCin]

Is there a reason snowshoes lift got missed?

[@jonathanpowell6209]

Brightons new crest lift is showing it’ll have less capacity not more. Any idea why?

[@AG7-MTM]

It's a MASSIVE shame u neglegted to mention Mount st louis-moonstone's new Adventure8 8-seater high speed lift (I should know! It's my local destination if the weather co-operates... and Blue Mountain is WAAAY too unpredictable in crowds and conditions)

[@aaron_shreds]

Is the trip planning help free? Or do we have to pay to get the trip planned?

[@PeakRankings]

Under most circumstances, we won’t charge any premium versus if you booked the trip yourself.

[@TApipher]

And Kicking Horse, with zero investments in 20 years

[@evernik9339]

do you plan to make content obout Europe or Japan?

[@cayden-pv3gz]

He’s prob just gonna stay to the americas, it would be cool if he went to Argentina though.

[@PeakRankings]

We might try to do one of those this season, but want to make sure not to get in over our heads with expansions.

[@oranggaming5888]

Upper International Video Confirmed?

[@ItsMoStuff111]

You forgot to mention that Killington is planning on making a massive ski village which will be finished by 2030, and they will add new trails and lifts by 2025-2027which will keep the resort at the biggest ski resort on the East Coast. And other improvements that will make big changes.

[@ChrisJones-vh4sw]

23-24 the title says

[@SkiDaBird]

He's focusing on this year's projects. Longer term items don't always happen as planned, Revelstoke is 5/30 on planned lifts after all.

[@ItsMoStuff111]

Oh yes.

[@ItsMoStuff111]

Didn’t notice that lol.

[@Bram4Real]

Do you have a source for the new trails? I saw the village news earlier this month but am very interested if they've got expansion in the works!

[@user-ek1to4gq3h]

I am starting to think the next generation or next next would be a doubled decker chai lift LoL

[@PeakRankings]

Turns out those already exist in Europe www.seelesarcs.com/lift-system/the-vanoise-express

[@user-ek1to4gq3h]

Nice to know! But I was thinking chairlift and those are tram, but still very very nice!@@PeakRankings

[@Nerdnotwashere]

I am still annoyed that Alta thought Sunnyside needed updating when Collins was where it really should have improved. Anyway, as someone that really enjoys the runs coming off of Eagle at Solitude I am really happy about the new lift. Also Crest at Brighton needed to be upgraded 5 years ago. Super glad that they are doing it though. Especially with the night skiing.

[@Skislopes1]

First

[@zhifanjeffwang8188]

first

[@creekboi7]

I'm looking forward to the Bergman Bowl Lift. 🤙🏂

[@TonyAaronII]

Snow resorts. Not ski resorts. This industry needs a lot of increased inclusion, including language. Non-skiers aren't interlopers.