#ski-resorts

#ski-resorts

Home to the White Mountains, New Hampshire has a vibrant ski culture that few places can match. "The best things about skiing in New Hampshire are the authentic skiing vibes and its variety of great resorts within a stone's throw of each other, allowing adventurous people to explore multiple resorts while on one trip-an experience very similar to what you would find in Lake Tahoe,"

It's hard not to love a nice cruiser ski run. Making your way down the mountain while enjoying as many turns as possible, sometimes that's the best thing a skier or snowboarder could ask for. Some resorts feature top to bottom runs, extending for miles and miles over thousands of feet. If something like that sounds appealing to you, you might want to take a look at this ranking of the world's longest ski runs.

Utah is home to some of the deepest ski areas in the United States, with some resorts recording hundreds of inches of snow every year. It doesn't necessarily have the oldest ski history in the United States, but it does have a few ski areas that are 80+ years old. These are the 4 oldest (and still active) ski areas in Utah. 4 Oldest Ski Areas in Utah 4. Snowbasin - Opened in 1940 13 lifts 115 trails 325 inches of snowfall on average

New England is full of ski areas, from single, surface lift fed hills to larger resort experiences. Some of the oldest ski areas in the United States are located in New England, in addition to some of the most well known (to be clear, New England is a set geographic and cultural region that includes Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut).

Western Canada is home to some of the best skiing in the world. From the picturesque Rockies to the breathtaking coastal mountains, Western Canada provides some of the best scenery of any region on earth. Not only are these ski areas picturesque, but they are also big. This region is home to some of the biggest ski resorts on the continent. Not only do these resorts boast impressive vertical drops, but they also provide some of the biggest skiable footprints in North America.

But to overlook the South is to overlook Boone, North Carolina, the "Ski Capital of the South." Not only does Boone have three nearby ski areas, each within 19 miles of the next, but it's beautiful to get to: The town is tucked just off the Blue Ridge Parkway, aka "America's Favorite Drive," which runs for 469-miles through the Appalachian Mountains.

Densely populated with cold, snowy winters, the Empire State has one of the oldest and most accessible networks of ski resorts in the country. It's home to three major mountain ranges-the Adirondacks, Catskills, and parts of the Appalachians-along with a thick sprinkling of steep, glacier-carved hills. Enthusiasm for the sport swelled when Lake Placid hosted the 1932 Olympic Games, and under the New Deal, the Civilian Conservation Core helped supercharge the development of New York's trails and infrastructure.