One of the best views in North America from Grand Targhee
We are Ron and AiRung … a couple of avid skiers with a quest to ski what we consider to be the best 100 ski resorts in the US and Canada. In 2025 we completed the project, but will continue to ski and review ski resorts in the US, Canada, and around the world when we can.
We both love skiing, travel, and the excitement of exploring new ski resorts. We have our favorites that we ski year after year and probably have the best overall skiing experiences at those places, but the most fun tends to be when we are exploring a new area and score a huge powder day or find something really unique. There are still many places that we haven’t tried in North America that many would consider to be “must ski” places where we can look for some of that fun.
The reviews on this site are impartial and are based entirely on our own experience(s) actually skiing them. All of the photos are our own. We have skied many of the resorts multiple times and update the reviews when we do.
Explore the Rankings
- Overall Rankings
- Ranked by Snowfall
- Ranked by Vertical Drop
- Ranked by Size
- Ranked by Number of Trails
- Ranked by Lift Pods
Our Top 6 Resorts
- Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Revelstoke, British Columbia
- Telluride, Colorado
- Copper Mountain, Colorado
- Panorama, British Columbia
- Snowbird, Utah
Criteria for the Top 100 list
This is our list of what we think are the best 100 ski resorts in the United States and Canada. We identified a minimum set of criteria that each resort must meet to start the process.
- At least 1400′ vertical
- At least 250 acres of terrain
- We favor areas that get more than 250″ of snowfall but the lower limit is 120″ for Canada and far northern states
- At least 2 ski “pods”, or areas served by distinct lifts.
- Has to have some challenging terrain
Latest updates
- End of the 25/26 ski season
How to make the best of one of the worst Western US snowpacks in history… OK, this wasn’t the best season ever by a long shot, but persistence and resetting expectations regularly kept us in the fun zone most of the time. In fact, out of 67 ski days I can only remember 3 that… Read more: End of the 25/26 ski season - Mid-season update 25/26
Dry in the west Snowfall in the west has been hard to come by this year, but here in Tahoe we’ve been a little luckier than many other regions. We had a major storm that arrived just in time for Christmas, and another one right around the President’s holiday week. Those 2 10-day storm cycles… Read more: Mid-season update 25/26 - The next project…Ski North America 100+
The 100+ Resorts Last year we finished up our project to ski the Best / Top 100 ski resorts in North America, but there are of course lots more resorts that should have been considered for the list. Even just looking at resorts that qualify based on stats alone, there are at least 29 that… Read more: The next project…Ski North America 100+