Favorite ski towns in the world! & Most Overrated!

[Anonymous]

Best: Aspen and Telluride, maybe Steamboat also

Worst: Vail

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like Breck. The town is laid back and unpretentious

+1= I love Breckenridge- great town with lots of good restaurants. Not snooty at all and you can ski right into the town. I'm not looking for fancy fine dining when I go on ski trips. I just want to relax, eat good food and drink craft beer in an unpretentious restaurant. Other ski areas that I love for similar reasons are Steamboat and Park City.
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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My favorite places to ski are the places with no town. That is how you select for the most serious skiers Plus after a day of skiing I prefer to eat in.

But as towns go, I do love Sun Valley/Ketchum.

I am not serious, just enjoyment but I love Kicking Horse, it is not much of a town at all, you are eating in but the skiing is really fun.

I cannot really think of a ski town I don't like though. They all get the job done. Some have a bit more going on culinary wise like Banff and Park City.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Favorites are Aspen and Jackson. Great towns, great restaurants and excellent skiing. Also love Vail. Alta is my favorite ski area but there is no town.

Vail isn’t a town. It’s a development.

Kind of like Chevy Chase, Reston, Columbia, Greenbelt? Developments can also be towns, hell Fedex field was originally the town of Raljohn with it’s own zip code.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Best: Aspen and Telluride, maybe Steamboat also

Worst: Vail

Telluride is my favorite that I've been to - hands down. Aspen, I would love if I was really rich

Vail is the absolute worst. It is not a town - it's a development sandwiched in between a highway and the mountain full of people who think they are rich and cool but have nothing on the folks who are really rich at Aspen or really cool.

I also love Breck.

Steamboat is meh. Love Durango though Purgatory isn't that great of a mountain.

Europe is a whole different story...love the ski towns there.

East Coast - Tremblant.

[Anonymous]

I love Steamboat as a town but didn't like the mountain. I thought it was over-groomed and that the group kids ski lessons weren't great. I also like Breck as a town but the mountain I find to be crowded (esp on weekends) and it takes too long to get to where I want to ski.

I agree with all the negative statements about Vail.

Anyone stayed in Ogden to ski Powder Mountain? Ogden looks cute but I have never been.

[Anonymous]

Serious skiing - Jackson Hole

Partying - Park City

[Anonymous]

Is Telluride worth the hype? I really want to go, but hard to justify anytime soon with a baby and a spouse that doesn’t ski.

My favorite anywhere for amenities, atmosphere, and quality of terrain: Verbier
Super cute: Grindelwald

I recently went to Park City and I was a bit underwhelmed. Feels like a tourist trap and skiing around rich peoples’ houses isn’t my idea of fun. The Canyons has good terrain but I’d never return.

[Anonymous]

We enjoyed staying in Interlaken and visiting the Swiss Alps.

[Anonymous]

Crested butte, park city and jackson hole are my three favorites in the US. I live in Denver now and ruled out breck, vail, beaver creek/Avon, keystone copper winter park etc. - I’ll buy in CB

[Anonymous]

Tremblant is cute but not in an authentic way. It’s like a Disney version of a ski town. Very commercial and all focus is on looks, not substance (I.e. shops are chains and the food is not that great).

Banff is better than Tremblant but I preferred the meals I had in Breck and Steamboat.

[Anonymous]

Alyeska

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Alyeska

I've been to Aleyeska in the summer and wondered what it would be like in the winter. Beautiful location, for sure. Ski area looks a little small compared to big resorts out west, but size isn't everything. I loved the Aleyeska hotel- price was reasonable, grounds and setting are beautiful, and rooms were nice, but was underwhelmed by the food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Alyeska

How much sunlight is there for skiing? Is it super cold? I read reviews that a lot of the terrain is often closed, is that right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is Telluride worth the hype? I really want to go, but hard to justify anytime soon with a baby and a spouse that doesn’t ski.

My favorite anywhere for amenities, atmosphere, and quality of terrain: Verbier
Super cute: Grindelwald

I recently went to Park City and I was a bit underwhelmed. Feels like a tourist trap and skiing around rich peoples’ houses isn’t my idea of fun. The Canyons has good terrain but I’d never return.

I was just going to post this. DH and I felt like we were skiing tilted golf courses, basically. Bleh.