Tahoe City, California Apr 19, 2024 (Issuewire.com) - OnTheSnow, the world’s most visited snow sports website, presented its award for Best Overall Ski Resort today to Telluride Ski Resort at the Mountain Travel Symposium in North Lake Tahoe. OnTheSnow.com’s users, who collectively take millions of ski trips each winter, rated and reviewed resorts they’ve visited for characteristics such as all-mountain terrain, après-ski, family activities, and more. Telluride came out on top as the Best Overall Ski Resort.
Chuck Horning, owner of Telluride Ski Resort, stated, "We're honored for the recognition, much of which goes to our amazing team of folks who have created the experience here.” Horning continued, “We are also mindful that there are many great resorts in Colorado, and it is tough to say one is better, so we are grateful to be recognized."
Set in a box canyon in the San Juan Mountains of Southwest Colorado, Telluride Ski Resort has 2,000 acres of skiable terrain, nicely divided between challenging chutes, bowls, steeps, bumps, and wide-open groomers. Its 4,425 feet of vertical drop is the most vertical of any ski resort in the U.S. Telluride has some of the best terrain in North America, as evidenced by OnTheSnow users rating it as the best North America resort for all-mountain terrain the past two ski seasons.
Yet Telluride’s uniqueness extends beyond just the terrain. Its gondola, the first and only free public transportation system of its kind in the U.S., links the towns of Telluride and Mountain Village. The complimentary 12-minute ride offers incredible views of the surrounding mountains and provides guests with easy access to experience the destination’s incredible food and aprés-ski scene.
“OnTheSnow users leave thousands of reviews each ski season for the resorts they've visited,” said Chad Dyer, Managing Director of Mountain News, publishers of OnTheSnow. “The Visitors’ Choice Awards are the culmination of the ski season, when we get to honor those resorts that OnTheSnow users have rated the top in North America.”
Six other ski resorts took top honors across multiple categories in OnTheSnow’s Visitors’ Choice Awards. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort took top honors for Best All-Mountain Terrain. The resort has an incredible 2,500 acres of in-bounds terrain on two mountains, plus an open backcountry gate system that accesses more than 3,000 acres of terrain. Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort, located in Massachusetts, took top honors for Best Ski Area for Beginners for the second year in a row. Jiminy Peak is the largest ski resort in Southern New England, with one-third of its ski runs for beginners.
Breckenridge, which took top honors last year for Best Aprés-Ski, came out on top this year for Best Terrain Park. Breckenridge is home to 3 progression-focused parks, while new for this past season was the debut of its high-speed Five SuperChair on Peak 8 to provide park riders fast and easy access. Aspen Snowmass, the 2022 winner for Best Overall Resort, won this year for Best Après-Ski. Across four mountains and two towns, Aspen Snowmass has tons of great aprés-ski spots, from Backyard at Buttermilk to Ajax Tavern at Aspen Mountain to the Alehouse at Highlands to the sunny deck at Venga Venga in Snowmass and much more.
Winter Park took top honors for Most Family-Friendly Ski Resort. Winter Park is home to some unique activities designed for families, including GlowNight snow tubing, nature snowshoe tours, and the snowcat and s'mores tour. Lastly, Wolf Creek won Best Small Ski Resort. While Wolf Creek doesn’t have the sprawl of Colorado's largest ski resorts, it boasts a bountiful 1,600 acres of skiable terrain, 133 named runs, and 42 miles of trails, and is one of the snowiest ski resorts in Colorado.
OnTheSnow.com’s Visitors’ Choice Awards are an annual list of favorite ski resorts as ranked by user ratings and feedback from the platform’s nine million unique North American visitors. Media assets can be found HERE.
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