Ski Town Throwdown

Where's the best place to ski? You be the judge

by: published: December 18, 2012
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Maybe you have the whole winter. Or maybe you just have a weekend. Where do you want to ski? In our November issue, we used MIT graduate
Groomer Gary’s algorithm to rank the top 32 ski towns in North America.
Now, it’s your turn. We used that ranking to give each ski area a seed, just like March Madness. Then we put them in brackets.
Welcome to Ski Town Throwdown. We’re down to the finals

Congratulations to Rossland/Nelson for winning the Ski Town Throwdown..

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  • AD3

    MRG AND BUSH ARE THE SLEEPER OF THE TOURNAMENT AT THE 8 SEED

    • Kismet

      Don’t need to worry about power outage… Best day ever during huge storm twenty years ago at MRG with diesel single chair… Changed my life. Ski it Before you die.

  • http://twitter.com/skiingrogge Mike Rogge

    Let’s go East Coast!

    • AK

      Curious to see the FB voting app..

      • http://twitter.com/skiingrogge Mike Rogge

        You’ll be stoked, AK. It was built by our finest engineers.

        • AK

          Oh wait. There’s no prize, means you can go old school style in comments….or..

  • http://twitter.com/johnnystifter John Stifter

    I feel an upset brewing with the 1/8 matchup of Revy and Killington. A lot of people back East. Plus, a lot of people in Canada want to protect their stashes.

    • Jesse Trudeau

      Well we know the Bozone stash has already been dished and served..

      • http://twitter.com/johnnystifter John Stifter

        Trudeau, is that you?

        • Jesse Trudeau

          Of course it is stifter, I have been trying to track you down the last few years buddy! Hope life is well in Cali, I am now married and living in Denver ;)

    • Swamp Moose

      Killington does have a decent bar scene for the apres sessions

  • Griff

    Ketchum over sandpoint for the win

  • nate

    Bozeman vs. Marquette… Yup everybody stay in Michigan and ride that powder.

  • jakeoff

    I’m pretty sure there are more ski towns in AK than just Girdwood. Juneau and Haines get more snow than the Chugach most winters.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/devin.regney Devin Regney

    Why is Whistler 5??

    • http://twitter.com/PowderMagazine Powder

      They finished 17th in the P3 (Powder Per Person) calculation in the November issue. If you have that issue, we explain how those rankings were calculated.

    • mark

      Whistler is just wet snow thats why…

  • Gerry

    Being a Wasatch transplant from Mad River valley, I dont think it has a chance against a formidable opponent like Teton valley. Even if it makes it to that bracket.

  • Rickjamesbiotch

    Where the fuck is Banff?

    • Buck

      Judged from the way you asked your question, I’m not surprised you don’t know where Banff is located. However, located in the Rocky Mountains, Banff is in Alberta, Canada.

  • Layean

    Banff?

  • Ksilli

    Go Whitefish!

    • G

      pitted against whistler, tough competition

      • Chris Davis

        …so pitted

        ^(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJdF8DJ70Dc)

  • Andy

    It says – Voting closed until Monday. But it’s Noon on Monday.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1000940238 Vincent Thomé

    Why are Santa Fe and Taos Ski Valley grouped together? We’ll take it, I guess. But it’s Monday at 2PM Eastern and “Voting is closed until Monday?” It’s Monday, I want to vote now. Are my votes being suppressed?

  • tom

    vote for whatever you like, i’m just stoked that my favourite mountain isn’t listed. not listed = less people there this season. muahahha

  • shakes22

    Why again is Jackson not even in the bracket? Academic fraud? Did our coach rape little boys? Wait, I get it, this is the college bracket, not the pros…

    • shakes22

      Nevermind. I guess we can’t read in Wyoming…

  • montanamade

    learned to ski on Whitefish, loved it then, will always love it! and, i’ve met many Canadians, both west and east of those Canadian Rockies, on the chairlifts. they’ll bad mouth the hills up north of the border for their long lines and expensive tickets – many found an unlikely but very worthy winter wonderland in Whitefish. they’d count Whitefish at the top among almost any. maybe those were just kind words, but to my recollection they couldn’t stop giving their skiing experience an “A”, or was that an “eh”. either way, Whitefish shouldn’t be overlooked.

  • Ryan Duffey

    Whitefish, MT

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  • SMP

    Want to fix the link for Mammoth? What the heck! Not cool! You have to pick the link that says “Salt Lake City V. Government Camp”

  • AKPOW49

    Alyeska and Girdwood are number 1 in the WORLD. 975 inches last year!!! It was unreal. Everyone vote for Girdwod!

    • Arcus Uller

      One place that im not worried about the masses moving in on…or there being enough snow. (I suffer too from Tramaholism) but last year was the one not the every. The Masses of SLC will surely prevail. Sun shine + pow is better than all the flakes in the world.

  • BdAli

    santa fe beat out Park City? ???? Who are these clowns that are voting?

    • My Turns Are Better

      well I’m pretty sure it was more the aspect of Taos, and not Santa Fe, that beat out Park City.

    • Taos Warrior

      NM has the best snow! U only use the top 3″ (that’s what she said!) and ours is the soft & fluffiest due to our arid elevation. Go TSV!

    • fuma

      apparently hi ones

  • tahoe boarder

    how many vote did telluride get

  • DahktaD

    SANDPOINT!!

  • anon

    I grew up on Mad River – there’s nothing like it.

  • David

    Aspen, the power of 4!! Snowmass, highlands, aspen, buttermilk!! You can ride all 4 in one day, where else can you do that?

  • MG

    Bracket won’t let me vote. Teton Valley/ JH with 0% doubt and 100% allstar

  • YMR

    keep it gutter sugarbush

  • German

    TAOS

    • ski bra

      um .,12″ base…good to go. at least its open

  • Pepucho Lengualarga

    Bridger Bowl

  • BCHunter

    Red and White, or I’ll be Blue.

  • http://www.facebook.com/luis.m.ortiz.31 Luis M Ureta Ortiz

    Jackson Hole will crush everyone!!!

  • Ski brains

    Bozeman will beat Jackson on the 18th but fall to the electoral mass of SLC in the finallee….

  • jaliya

    NELSON BC REPPIN’ IT

  • SJ51

    Fernie beat Mammoth?! For real? Fernie is run by RCR and they just rip people off. They have banned man made jumps too so freestyle is so lame there. Sure the powder is good but every time it snows they close the mountain!!

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