MUST-SEE Ski Resorts Before You Die (US/Canada)

[@AskSebby]

Lake Louise is on the list for the 2024/25 season, so glad to see it at number 1 here! :)

[@elguapo6750]

One place you might not have considered, but is absolutely one of the most beautiful is Cypress Mountain, right outside Vancouver. The Sky Chair views are literally second to none. From the city of Vancouver to the fjords of Howe Sound. It's a smaller resort but punches well above its weight in stunning views and sunsets.

[@foamnfibr]

Don't forget there are some decent peaks when looking to the NE. Howe Sound, Straight of Georgia, and a commanding view of all of Vancouver. You don't get more variety anywhere else!

[@RD1R]

What about Baldy in LA? Can be fun in a good snow year, and the summit reaply does look diwn on the city.

[@adellis24]

As a former Olympic Venue it should always be considered, although I feel like it is still a missed opportunity with its lack of on-Mountain Resources and Transportation Options. There should be more of a village area and/or accommodations for it to realistically make it onto a list like this along with an expansion of its skiable footprint... but if you are traveling all the way to BC you go to WhistlerBlackcomb not Cypress/Grouse, which are essentially locals runs.

[@adellis24]

@@RD1R Looks like you are conflating a Summer Olympics City with a Winter Olympics City... They are not the same at all.

[@danieljay8009]

@@adellis24 theyre building a shit ton at the base of cypress at the moment

[@claytonjordan277]

Kicking Horse - Lake Louise top 2 is perfect and the Le Massif shout is well deserved too

[@blangeleven]

My wife and honeymooned in Banff. We skied Lake Louise and Sunshine Village. Best trip of our lives. I do agree with Lake Louise taking the number 1 spot. Sunshine Village has some truly stunning views too. I definitely want to go back to this zone. Kicking Horse is high on the list. We're heading to Revelstoke in February.

[@johnmay9598]

Hell of a shot from the top of Brownshirt on the LL part of this.

[@brandonwebb4221]

Crested Butte deserves to be on this list!

[@sethc4758]

Finally peakrankings gives big sky a little love and respect.. at least with the thumbnail. i worked big sky 3 years and have rode maybe 75% of the terrain despite skiing it pretty much every day in those 3 seasons. Little Couloir is the most insane inbounds run in North America, and nothing will ever convince me otherwise. even if peakrankings will never give it that validation.

[@davidgrant3699]

I'd say Crystal Mountain, WA should slot into the middle of this list somewhere

[@ewallt]

I thought of that one. Especially the view of Mt. Rainier.

[@chrisproulx5651]

Great list. I like yours statement, skiing these mountains is like sightseeing with skiing on the side. I think this is why I love skiing so much. Any ski mountain is a beautiful experience. I haven't been to all on the list but I definitely agree with Homewood, Heavenly, Vail, Alta, and Whistler and cant wait to get to the rest.

[@illes_invest]

The 2 Banff resorts on the list are fantastic as is the town of Banff. Hope you make it there one day. Not on the list, the smaller ski resort in Banff, Mt. Norquay also has some absurd views.

[@DetailWizard]

Here to see if Alyeska was on the list. It has astonishing views of the wild ocean and mountains. Beautiful place.

[@RD1R]

Almost as good as Eaglecrest

[@Beythoven]

Love seeing Mt. Bachelor here - found a perfect bluebird, post-storm day last season and I cannot wait to get back.

[@pally_wally]

Heading to Banff in three weeks from Ontario. First timer. Gonna be epic.

[@Niklasgosoutside]

Lutsen on the North Shore of Lake Superior

[@xGSFxGoat]

10:47 there's a ~4km ski out trail at Sunshine Village that you can ski from the main base area to the parking lot, so you don't have to take the gondola to leave

[@spencjon4822]

I love to see Mt Bachelor on the list! Not the absolute best (fully understand others being higher up) but it's still beautiful :) After leaving Oregon, I understand a lift open so infrequently is abnormal.

[@AntonSostaric]

Aussie skier here skied Vail, Kicking Horse , Lake Louise and Whistler can vouch for the top 2 although I’d switch them around : Kicking Horse is beautiful but also epic bowls and short lift queues. Got caught up in cold snap at KH and it was brutal plus they closed the resort . Best value accommodation as well

[@Reztelps]

I just skied at Boston Mills which has a beautiful view of the Ohio Turnpike ❤️

[@adriandmd]

Are you skiing on trash heaps like in Michigan?

[@Reztelps]

@adriandmd Mt Brighton could be on my list of most beautiful places I'll ski this season

[@ewallt]

😂

[@Pieman2889]

W lake louise you love to see it

[@muniersalem6600]

Aspen Highlands was done dirty by this list.

[@ronlerner72]

Lake Louise on TOP. Canada lowkey wins for asthetic

[@adellis24]

...In an absolute shock to nobody with a functioning brain.

[@GodzillaEater]

0:00 already a w vid

[@Jesus-Loves-You_T]

Bretton woods View of Mount Washington is unmatched

[@RohanMitta]

First also I feel like crystal should replace my bachelor

[@noahtedandjuliasandler227]

for real!!

[@noahtedandjuliasandler227]

but both are amazing

[@alexj0101]

Nice, I like the sense of urgency with the video title.

[@bayfish_9156]

LETS GO mt.baker shout out!

[@B-902]

Lake Louise 100% deserves the #1 spot. Breath taking out there

[@scottgouthro4311]

Le Massif de Charlevoix, Quebec was beautiful.

[@ewallt]

I was wondering if you’d include Lake Louise. Not surprised it’s #1. The prettiest resort I’ve been to is Heavenly. What comes to my mind as #2 is Winter Park on top of the Panaramic. You can take a short hike, not for skiing, just viewing, maybe up 50 ft, to get an amazing 360 view. The view from the top of Big Burn in Snowmass is very nice. Brighton has a couple of beautiful views, one from the Great Western lift and the other looking off the backside of Snake down to Midway. I’d have put Brighton above Alta and Snowbird, but all the Salt Lake and Park City resorts have beautiful views. Deer Valley has some great views of Jordenelle reservoir, and also from the Silver Lake Express if you take it going back, you can see all of Park City.

[@marknovak2413]

I'm a multi-year Alta season pass holder (just got back from there), and I think Snowbird's scenery is better. And the snow is just as good, at any given elevation. (Snowbird goes down lower.)

[@blangeleven]

My wife and I are traveling to ski Utah for the first time in early March. Planning one day at Alta and one day at Snowbird.

[@johnmay9598]

This was weird to me too. Mineral Basin on a clear day is just unbelievable.

[@kazuichicarter-mcginty3565]

Great Video - I want to see more top 10-20 lists from peak rankings

[@davidferris8782]

Great list. I've only been to 2 of them 😢. Sundance isn't a destination resort, but views of Timp should earn it honorable mention. Was expecting to see Crystal.

[@wuffos]

0:38 Mt. Baker, northern WA 1:50 Panorama Resort, southern BC 2:45 Jackson Hole, western WY 3:37 Revelstoke, BC 4:43 Mt. Bachelor, OR 6:00 Vail, CO 7:13 Snowbird, UT 7:57 Whistler, BC 8:51 Le Massif, Quebec 9:45 Alta, UT 10:30 Banff Sunshine Village, AB 11:24 Big Sky, MT 12:26 Heavenly, CA / NV Tahoe 13:21 Telluride, CO 14:04 Alyeska, AK 14:56 Homewood, CA Tahoe 15:49 Kicking Horse, BC 16:30 Lake Louise, AB

[@jackof1]

Honorable mention - Wildcat

[@galacticidk]

PEAK thumbnail

[@Catcrumbs]

AI could never

[@clutchaltx]

Le Massif de Charlevoix is the best imo ❤

[@bobl6139]

Best scenery I’ve seen: EASt gunstock nh lake winnapasaukee, cannon nh Franconia notch, nh Breton woods mt Washington hotel, Maine saddleback carrabasset valley,vt jay peak into Canada, WEST. Heavenly Lake Tahoe,crested butte 12,000 ft , Arapaho basin bowls , Utah Alta bowls, Co steamboat gondolas ,CAnada Quebec mt tremblant lake, Quebec Le massif st Lawrence river

[@ewallt]

I thought of the Steamboat gondola. The prettiest part of A Basin imo is the new terrain they opened up.

[@maximusboyer8098]

im going back to big sky tomorrow ! so exited whats the best run to go on for intermediate off the ramcharger?

[@paulnestor4649]

My personal favorite is Big Horn. Accessible from Ramcharger but take Thunder Wolf back to the top. But lots of options.

[@Vingtenier]

Agree with Lake Louise being #1. I'd put Cypress, Snowbasin and A-Basin up there on the list, though.

[@johnmay9598]

Snowbasin is cool, especially the view of SLC from the top of Strawberry.

[@rdlangston13]

Dang I haven’t been to a single place on this list and everywhere I’ve boarded with the exception of NM I have thought was beautiful

[@rambultruesdell3412]

Ski Santa Fe, see to the ends of the earth up here ... but yeah, they are all nice views everywhere on a sunny day 😊

[@texan_2ocho965]

The most scenic thing about Big Sky is Yeti dogs

[@goodson77784]

Big Sky #1

[@robertmcmanus5875]

Tell me you have the Ikon pass without TELLING me you have the Ikon Pass 😀The thing about the interior BC resorts is you might not see farther than 100 yards in an entire 5 day ski trip. Agree with a lot of this list but Vail wouldn't even be in my CO top 5 for views. Crested Butte not being on the list is criminal lol. The view of the Elks and the Ruby's and the East and Slate River valleys in the snow is Bananas.

[@dhowe5180]

I agree. Vail isn’t particularly scenic. Ditto with most of the resorts off I 70 including steamboat.

[@ewallt]

@@dhowe5180Steamboat looking back from the Gondola is very nice.

[@dhowe5180]

I’ve skied all of these except homewood (RIP), sunshine, le massif and Alyeska. I’d also put lake louise at #1. There’s no contest for the top spot. The rest are more subjective. I’d put telluride at #2 by including the surrounding area like the drive between telluride and Ouray or the drive south toward Cortez. Simply breathtaking scenery around telluride. I’d also put mammoth around #10

[@justindutton8133]

Homewood plans to reopen next season. Assuming things go as planned, you should have a chance next year.

[@ewallt]

I had never been to Telluride before this year, and spent a day in the city in early July and in late September. I was completely blown away with its beauty in July with everything green, the waterfalls, and the towering peaks. One of the most beautiful places I’ve been to.

[@Gary-np7hl]

No Mammoth or A Basin..... That's tough to leave those two off. One made Ansel Adams famous and the other, the best views of the Continental divide.

[@dhowe5180]

Yeah mammoth is an omission

[@RD1R]

.... June has better views. But one of the two should be here.

[@adellis24]

Which US destinations are coming off the board then? There is no chance they are superior to the Canadian selections so which US Peak are you sacrificing for Mammoth or Basin?

[@dhowe5180]

@@adellis24 vail

[@NortheastExploration9712]

be cool to see a video like this but broken down by region maybe like top 5 in each region would be cool.

[@Pieman2889]

Can’t wait for the skier only resort to open up at mt shuksan 🔥🔥

[@HaoranJJLin]

wait what is it gonna be called???

[@dhowe5180]

You’re gonna wait a long time. Shuksan is all wilderness area

[@monoralph1375]

I've been to most on this list. Missed one or two. For those complaining about Alta/no snowboards, get a monoski, Never a problem except for grumpy old men. Back side of Whistler looking into the park is stunning, but no pictures on this video.

[@mushieslushie]

Or just ski. I snowboard, but had no issue switching to skis for my couple days at Alta and Deer Valley.

[@RD1R]

I will forwver maintain that Eaglecrest AK is the best in NA for views. You literally have the ocean all around you, with everything else Alyeska offers. Glaciers, wilderness, etc....

[@adellis24]

CANADA... WINNING!!!

[@mushieslushie]

10/18 for me, not so bad, though I'm not sure I agree with your #1 but I guess I might not have been there on a clear day.

[@aaronnokaoi]

Nice

[@goodson77784]

Why are most skier jokes one liners? So snowboarders can understand them.

[@marknovak2413]

How does a snowboarder introduce himself? "You should watch where you're going, dude!"

[@bigdaddyshrek5841]

No crystal mountain literally has a direct view of Mt Rainier?

[@JoelBass68]

Well, I've been to 2 of these...lol

[@gunerguner3260]

Yeahhhh dudeeeeeee

[@gpaull2]

Ban on snowboarding?!?! What year do they think it is?

[@rickden8362]

Some mountains, 3 in the US, have decided to maintain a pure skiing and be ski only mountains. Although Alta, last I heard, technically, you could ride the mountain since it is National Forest land, you just can't use any of mountain company facilities such as the lifts, i.e., you have to walk up the mountain if you want to ride down.😆

[@johnmay9598]

@@rickden8362 Is this accurate? Because I guess you could go through the Baldy gate from Snowbird then and hike up Devils Castle?

[@derakah2147]

You forgot Whiteface Mt.

[@ewallt]

I thought of this one. Also Schweitzer.

[@oneone9884]

Alta discrimination should nix them from the list.

[@skiddo1243]

It hurts to watch these videos knowing how expensive these resorts are

[@Videofeedification]

I am astonished that Schweitzer did not make the list. Big miss.

[@RD1R]

Sh. It just rains there.

[@adellis24]

It Ain't Beating a Canadian Spot, Which US Location/Rank would you swap it with?

[@ewallt]

@@adellis24The views of Lake Pend Oreille are nice. I’d swap it for Alta.

[@BoleiMNJournal]

Vail is over-rated

[@rickden8362]

Surprised it took this long to get a Vail hater to post.