WEST COAST
Stretching out along the Pacific Coast and Northwest up into the Alaskan Range, mountains driven up by the Ring of Fire reach into the sky. In the west you’ll find it all: screaming black diamonds, unparalleled powder, well-appointed ski towns, and people devoted to nature and its’ gifts, particularly those of the icy and inclined variety.
4 GIANT STATES TO SKI
Alaska
California
Big Bear Mountain
China Peak
Heavenly
June Mountain
Kirkwood
Mammoth Mountain
Mt. Shasta Ski Park
Northstar
Palisades Tahoe
Snow Valley
Oregon
Hoodoo Ski Area
Mt. Ashland
Mt. Bachelor
Mt. Hood Meadows
Washington
49 Degrees North
Crystal Mountain
Hurricane Ridge
Mission Ridge
Mt. Baker
Stevens Pass
Summit at Snoqualmie
White Pass Ski Area
Treat your inner adventurer to the powder blue skies that melt into turquoise at Lake Tahoe’s famed vistas. Slice into off-piste expanses at SoCal’s Big Bear runs. And when the time is right, answer the call of the wild in Alaska, where the highest US peaks provide gnarly, gut-wrenching opportunities to challenge your endurance and speed at the edge of one of the last frontiers.