Base: 1,250m (Plagne Villages) | Summit: 3,250m (Bellecôte glacier) | Piste: 425km (Paradiski with Les Arcs) | Lifts: 136 (Paradiski) | Season: Dec–Apr | Airport: Geneva (GVA) — 2.5 hrs; Chambéry (CMF) — 1.5 hrs La Plagne is one of France’s great ski resorts — ten interconnected villages spread across a vast high-altitude plateau, sharing … Read more
Base: 1,050m | Summit: 3,028m (Titlis glacier) | Piste: 82km | Lifts: 28 | Season: Nov–Apr (glacier year-round) | Airport: Zurich (ZRH) — 1.5 hrs Engelberg is Switzerland’s most accessible glacier resort — just 1.5 hours from Zurich Airport, with skiing from the Titlis glacier at 3,028m to the valley floor at 1,050m, and one … Read more
Base: 1,816m | Summit: 2,798m | Piste: 115km | Lifts: 31 | Season: Dec–Apr | Airport: Zurich (ZRH) — 3 hrs; Milan Malpensa (MXP) — 3.5 hrs; Innsbruck (INN) — 2.5 hrs Livigno is Italy’s hidden gem — a high-altitude Lombardy resort in a glacial valley near the Swiss border, exempt from Italian and EU … Read more
Base: 2,103m | Summit: 3,048m | Piste: 234km | Lifts: 41 | Season: Nov–Apr | Airport: Salt Lake City (SLC) — 40 mins Park City Mountain Resort is the largest ski resort in the United States by acreage — 7,300 acres of terrain spread across two former separate resorts (Park City and Canyons) that were … Read more
Base: 2,424m | Summit: 3,369m | Piste: 145km | Lifts: 28 | Season: Nov–Jul (in good years) | Airport: Mammoth Yosemite (MMH) — 10 mins; Los Angeles (LAX) — 5 hrs Mammoth Mountain is California’s premier ski resort and one of the most unique ski destinations in North America — a 3,369m volcano rising dramatically … Read more
Base: 1,304m | Summit: 2,811m | Piste: 305km (Ski Arlberg) | Lifts: 97 (Ski Arlberg) | Season: Dec–Apr | Airport: Innsbruck (INN) — 1.5 hrs; Zurich (ZRH) — 2 hrs St Anton am Arlberg is where modern alpine skiing was born — Hannes Schneider invented the Arlberg technique here in the early 1900s, and the … Read more
Base: 1,113m | Summit: 2,350m | Piste: 325km (Evasion Mont-Blanc) | Lifts: 107 | Season: Dec–Apr | Airport: Geneva (GVA) — 1 hr Megève is the French Riviera of the Alps — an extraordinarily beautiful medieval village that became France’s first fashionable ski resort in the 1920s, developed by the Rothschild family as an alternative … Read more
Base: 1,650m | Summit: 3,600m | Piste: 220km | Lifts: 59 | Season: Dec–Apr (glacier Jun–Aug) | Airport: Grenoble (GNB) — 1.5 hrs Les Deux Alpes is France’s highest ski resort above the tree line — a glacier at 3,600m, an extraordinary vertical drop, and one of the few European resorts where summer skiing is … Read more
Base: 1,500m | Summit: 2,610m | Piste: 165km | Lifts: 35 | Season: Dec–Apr | Airport: Barcelona (BCN) — 3 hrs; Toulouse (TLS) — 2 hrs; Lérida (ILD) — 2 hrs Baqueira-Beret is Spain’s premier ski resort — a high-altitude Pyrenean destination in the Val d’Aran, consistently receiving the best snowfall in the Spanish Pyrenees. … Read more
Base: 1,522m | Summit: 2,602m | Piste: 150km (Skirama Dolomiti with Folgarida–Marilleva and Pinzolo) | Lifts: 60 | Season: Dec–Apr | Airport: Verona (VRR) — 1.5 hrs; Milan Malpensa (MXP) — 2.5 hrs; Trento–Bolzano (TZX) — 1 hr Madonna di Campiglio is the most prestigious ski resort in the Italian Dolomites — a playground for … Read more