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Outside Magazine, November 2008

Winter Hot List
Reader's Speak

Intro | Alta/Snowbird, Utah | Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia | Vail, Colorado | Jackson Hole, Wyoming | Snowbasin, Utah | Fernie Alpine Resort, British Columbia | Silverton Mountain, Colorado | Aspen Highlands and Snowmass, Colorado | Squaw Valley, California | Steamboat, Colorado | Mammoth, California | Telluride, Colorado | Solitude, Utah | Alyeska Resort, Alaska | Taos, New Mexico | The Season's Best | Reader's Speak

When choosing a resort, you care most about: snow quality (78%). You care least about: nightlife (1%). Your favorite resort is: Alta/Snowbird (17%). Your second-favorite resort is: Whistler Blackcomb—great minds think alike (13%). Your favorite place to party is: Whistler Blackcomb (32%). You'd most like to own a ski condo in: Jackson Hole (18%).

Tell Us What You Think
Did we nail the best resorts in North America? Or did we miss your favorite ski area? Weigh in on our ski resort smackdown.

Most of you are skiing purists (70%). Some of you just snowboard (18%). A few of you show-offs do both (12%). More than half of you admit to wearing helmets all the time (52%). A hell of a lot of you are on the way to concussions (40%).

The majority of you think hot tubs are the perfect way to end a day of skiing (69%). Some of you think they're germy pools (21%). And a few of you elaborated: "Best with bikini-clad women and beers … a place for horny men to make fools of themselves … cesspool of cougars and manthers … private hot tubs end the day; public hot tubs—EWW! … A if it's yours, B if it's public."

Think you know a better resort? Join the debate at outsideonline.com/resortssmackdown.




Intro | Alta/Snowbird, Utah | Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia | Vail, Colorado | Jackson Hole, Wyoming | Snowbasin, Utah | Fernie Alpine Resort, British Columbia | Silverton Mountain, Colorado | Aspen Highlands and Snowmass, Colorado | Squaw Valley, California | Steamboat, Colorado | Mammoth, California | Telluride, Colorado | Solitude, Utah | Alyeska Resort, Alaska | Taos, New Mexico | The Season's Best | Reader's Speak