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Colorado - New Mexico
Name	ST	Rank	Vert.	Acres	Snowfall	3 Day Ticket				Capacity	Eats	bars
Arapahoe Basin	CO	41	2,270	490	367		15%	40%	45%
Aspen Highlands/ Aspen Mountain	CO	7	3,635	790	239	$204	18%	30%	52%	5,400	100	100
3,267			673	251	$204	0	48	52	10,755	100	100
Beaver Creek	CO	19	3,340	1,625	327	$201**	34	39	27	24,739	22	5
Breckenridge	CO	29
Buttermilk	CO	35
Copper Mountain	CO	32
Crested Butte	CO	23	2,775	1,160	240	$150	14	32	54	18,160	27	24
Keystone *	CO	30
Purgatory	CO	34
Snowmass	CO	28	4,406
Steamboat *	CO	11	3,668	2,939	348	$171	13	56	31	36,195	75	47
Vail	CO	6	3,450	5,289	358	$201**	18	29	53	53,381	73	30
Winter Park *	CO	31
Telluride	CO	13	3,530	1,700	252	$195	24	38	38	20,286	41	11
Taos	NM	22	2,612	1,294	267	$135	24	25	51	15,000	12	13
Utah
Alta/ Snowbird	UT	2	2,020	2,200	520	$120	25	40		11,284	6	4
			3,240	2,500	467	$162	27	38	35	15,000	10	5
Brighton	UT	39	1,745	850	500		20	40	40	11,000
Deer Valley	UT	26	3,000	1,750	300		15	50	35	39,700
Park city	UT	17	3,100	3,300	290	$171	18	44	38	27,200	100	2O
Snowbasin	UT	15	2,959	3,2OO	326	$144	20	50	30	14,650	3	1
Snowbird	UT	(See Alta)
Solitude	UT	38	2,047	1,200	500		20	50	30
The Canyons *	UT	18	3,190	3,500	290	$168**	14	44	42	25,700	107	23
Northern Rockies - Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Alberta
Fernie	AB	10	2,811	2,504	379	$156	30	40	30	13,716	17	11
Lake Louise	AB	21	3,250	4,200	139	$165**	25	45	30	15,999	20	20
Sunshine Village	AB	20	3,514	3,168	236	$113	22	31	47	20,000	30	20
Sun Valley	ID	27
Big Mountain	MT	16	2,500	3,000	324	$129	25	57	15	13,800	10	5
Big Sky	MT	8	4,350	3,600	258	$168	17	25	58	20,000	32	18
Grand Targhee *	WY	42	2,395	3,000	500					6,500
Jackson Hole	WY	3	4,139	2,500	369	$174	10	40	50	12,096	50	20
Northwest (Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon)
Valdez Heli-Ski Guides	AK		6,200	1.6 M	1000
Alyeska	AK	9	2,500	1,000	526	$102	11	52	37	10,335	14	10
Kicking Hourse	BC	24	4,133	2,600	275	$99	26	25	49	14,000	19	5
Whistler/Blackcomb *	BC	1	5,280	7,071	404	121**	15	55	30	59,007	86	25
Mike Wiegele Heli Skiing Blue River	BC		6,000	2 M
Mount Bachelor	OR	36	3,365	3,683	300		15	25	60	21,000
Mount Hood Meadows	OR	45	2,777	2,150	430		15	50	35	16,145
Crystal Mountain	WA	25	3100	2,750	376	$132	13	57	30	19,000	3	2
California - Nevada
Name	ST	Rank	Vert.	Acres	Snowfall	3 Day Ticket				Capacity	Eats	bars
Donner Summit Areas
Boreal Ridge	CA	50	50	380	400					13,200
Sugar Bowl	CA	43	1,750	1,500	500					22,740
Donner Ski Ranch	CA		720
Soda Springs	CA		650
Tahoe Donner	CA		600
Royal Gorge x-country	CA		1,600	9,172
Tahoe
Alpine Meadows	CA	40	1,800	2,000	400					16,050
Heavenly Valley	CA	12	3,500	4,800	235	$162	20	45	35	41,000	165	108
Homewood	CA	48	1,650	1,260	350					8,500
Kirkwood	CA	14	2,000	2,300	466	$150	15	50	35	17,905	5	5
Northstar-at-Tahoe *	CA	33	2,280	2,420	350					19,400
Sierra at Tahoe	CA	37	2,212	2,000	480					14,920
Squaw Valley	CA	4	2,850	4,000	448	$147	25	45	30	49,000	83	46
Diamond Peak	NV	50	1,840	655	350					7,900
Mount Rose	NV	47	1,440	1,000	400					11,000
Other N. Calif
Bear Valley	CA	46	1,900	1,280	360					12,000
Dodge Ridge
Sierra Summit
Mount Shasta
Southern Calif
Big Bear Mountain	CA		1,700	750	120
Mammoth	CA	5	3,100	3,500	359	159**	30	40	30	50,000	55	22
Snow Summit	CA	49	1,200	230	75					18,500
June Mountain	CA
* Best Family Resorts Capacity - lift capacity in Skiers per hour Eats/Bars - Number of Eateries and Bars (Skiing Mag. 2001-02)

Links:
Ski Lake Tahoe at OurLakeTahoePlace.com
Informative Ski Reports and Other Ski Links by Tony Crocker
Gunbarrel at Heavenly

last updated 17 Nov 2002