"Top 10" resorts poll

[Ducky]

That settles it. This is the year I'm going to tick off "First Tracks At Deer Valley" from my list of things to do.

[Toadman]

Maybe this was all a joke, and they'll come up with their real list soon.

Did anyone ever see one of Ski's "rating cards"? I'm ashamed to admit that I've subscribed for a while, and I've never seen one.

DV #1 - get used to it.

That's one of the problems with Ski and their resort poll. It's the same people filling out the poll year in and year out. So, you get the same poll results year in and year out. I actually wrote to the editors and told them that their survey figures are stale and they needed to update their polling pool. IIRC, their response basically was, " yeah, we know but oh well." Besides Ski's demographics hardly fit the Maggot profile.

[Poz]

No Silverton? Who votes on these things?

I think the vote is in the form of which resort spends the most on advertising in Ski magazine... just a thought.

It is just like when they do product reviews, if they get a free product to demo it turns out to be an ad more than anything else.

[GoldenBear]

i like to read ski magazine whilst having my testicles scrubbed

Beer just came out of my nose onto my keyboard! That is funny shit.

[Ottime]

What are you kidding! Jackson Hole can't hang with the big boys! Their room service, ice skating rink, fine dining, day care, and valets can not come anywhere close to the badasses of Deer Valley, Vail, Snowmass, Aspen, Beaver Creek, ect., ect. ect. You name me ONE, just ONE, 5 star chief at Jackson! I dare you! See you can't, you know why??? Because all Jackson is about is powder, vertical, and steeps as if premium coffee and a good turn down service aren't their equals.

5 star chief? Is that a Volkl carver/K2 powder ski mix? It always amazes me what happens when one company buys another...

[hutash]

When quality and amount of the mountain groomed is a major component of the selection process one knows that these lists are useless as far as skiing goes. Ski valet services rank higher then gnar terrain.

This list is about "Resorts", that just happened to be associated with ski areas.

[moonlightdbag]

SWEET!! Maybe now even less gapers will come to my gnarsty, little, end of a sketchy dirt road, portapotty bathroom using, exposed ridge hikin', 200 skier per day, under $10 dollar burger eatin', 4000 foot vertical, 400" a year snowin', shitty..shitty ...shitty ski area.

[freshie247]

Did you really expect anything different from the media,perceptions & people that are controlled ,& guided by it? This is like saying GW is an imbecile & how did he get voted into office. Expect greater strides in idiotic thoughts & behaviors from our residents,& the world at large as we move bravely into the new world order.

[Ottime]

SWEET!! Maybe now even less gapers will come to my gnarsty, little, end of a sketchy dirt road, portapotty bathroom using, exposed ridge hikin', 200 skier per day, under $10 dollar burger eatin', 4000 foot vertical, 400" a year snowin', shitty..shitty ...shitty ski area.

I think you mean *fewer* gapers. And is it really only 200 skiers per day? I would have though you were much more crowded than that. Maybe I need to visit.

[Jer]

Besides Ski's demographics hardly fit the Maggot profile.

That pretty much sums it up. Does anyone really expect Silverton or Mt.Baker to be on any list in Ski magazine? The last time I leafed thru an issue of Ski magazine (which, admittedly, was about ten years ago - so things may very well have changed) half the magazine was some supplemental featuring $500,000+ mountain real estate.

[Tippster]

jackson, alta, bird, squaw, they all suck

You shut your whore mouth. You want to overrun by fartbags?

I say Hurray to Ski Magazine for getting it right!

[Tippster]

...It is just like when they do product reviews, if they get a free product to demo it turns out to be an ad more than anything else.

Preeeetty sure that's the way it works in the Bro-zines as well....

[moonlightdbag]

I think you mean *fewer* gapers. And is it really only 200 skiers per day? I would have though you were much more crowded than that. Maybe I need to visit.

yeah...*fewer*....our biggest day last season, with a packed parking lot and cars parking allong the road, was 2000 skiers. Most weekdays there were way less than 50 cars in the parking lot.

[dorikin]

If Vail is the second best resort in the U.S. I quit skiing...

[Steepdeepnlong]

I think the vote is in the form of which resort spends the most on advertising in Ski magazine... just a thought.

It is just like when they do product reviews, if they get a free product to demo it turns out to be an ad more than anything else.

Bingo. Money talks. If it is anything like Golf Digest, you could even find a statistical correlation between size/number of ads placed and ranking on the "Best Places to Play" list.

Free market my ass.

[ColoradoFuknRulz]

If Vail is the second best resort in the U.S. I quit skiing...

Its not 2nd best its the best.At least you dont have to quit skiing.Cause Vail rulz and all the other I 70 resorts fukn rule.Then you got hwy 40 with the fukn radness that ensues.

Best snow
most vert
fewest people
most steeps

You know it to be Colo its so fucking rad yo!!!!!!!

[Jim S]

The list is P E R F E C T.

Let the SKI readers go to those resorts and not get drawn to where I ski. I don't need the longer lines and attitudes.


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[powdork]

Bingo. Money talks. If it is anything like Golf Digest, you could even find a statistical correlation between size/number of ads placed and ranking on the "Best Places to Play" list.

Free market my ass.

i'm not sure you have a complete grasp on the whole 'free market' thing.

[Vets]

That's one of the problems with Ski and their resort poll. It's the same people filling out the poll year in and year out. So, you get the same poll results year in and year out. I actually wrote to the editors and told them that their survey figures are stale and they needed to update their polling pool. IIRC, their response basically was, " yeah, we know but oh well." Besides Ski's demographics hardly fit the Maggot profile.

Ski Magazine Top 10 Resorts

2005 - 2006 - 2007
1. Deer Valley UT -Vail CO -Deer Valley UT
2. Vail CO -Deer Valley UT -Vail CO
3. Whistler/Blackcomb BC -Snowmass CO -Whistler/Blackcomb BC
4. Snowmass CO -Whistler/Blackcomb BC -Aspen CO
5. Park City UT -Park City UT -Snowmass CO
6. Beaver Creek CO -Breckenridge CO -Park City UT
7. Breckenridge CO -Aspen CO -Breckenridge CO
8. Aspen CO -Beaver Creek CO -Beaver Creek CO
9. Mammoth CA -Steamboat CO -Steamboat CO
10. Sun Valley ID -Sun Valley ID -Sun Valley ID

Yes, I agree with you. However, I have only skied at 4 of the resorts listed above, so I probably don't know what I'm talking about.