OnTheSnow.com Announces 2024-25 Visitor’s Choice Awards
OnTheSnow’s Visitors’ Choice Awards are an annual list of the top ski resorts, across categories like terrain, family-friendly activities, après-ski, and more, as ranked by user ratings and feedback. .
OnTheSnow Users Pick Big Sky as Best Ski Resort for the 2024-25 Season
OnTheSnow.com’s visitors and app users have rated Big Sky Resort as the top overall ski resort in North America in its annual Visitors’ Choice Awards for the 2024-2025 ski season. OnTheSnow users rate and review the resorts they visit for characteristics such as terrain, après-ski, family-friendly amenities, terrain parks, and more. Big Sky came out on top as the Best Overall Resort.
“We are deeply honored to be recognized as OnTheSnow’s 2025 Best Overall Ski Resort,” said Troy Nedved, president and COO of Big Sky Resort. “When we unveiled our Big Sky 2025 vision nine years ago, it represented an ambitious roadmap to elevate us into the realm of world-class destinations. The recognition from our guests validates that our unprecedented investment—one of North America’s most ambitious capital plans—has truly transformed the resort experience.”
Purgatory Rated Best Ski Area for Beginners for the 2024-25 Ski Season
OnTheSnow.com’s visitors and app users have chosen Purgatory as the best ski area for beginners in North America in its annual Visitors’ Choice Awards for the 2024-2025 season. OnTheSnow’s users, who take millions of destination ski trips each winter, rate and review the resorts they visit for characteristics such as terrain, après-ski, family friendliness, terrain parks, and more. Purgatory was rated the no. 1 ski resort for beginners.
Purgatory boasts an impressive school school that has everything from child, youth, and adult group lessons to private instruction to multi-week programs to clinics and more. Purgatory’s most unique offering for beginners is the Free Beginner Experience, which is offered throughout the winter for those who have never skied or snowboarded before. It’s a free lesson, however, guests will need to purchase lift ticket and rentals. The 45-minute experience offer a nice introduction to skiing and riding for first-timers.
Jackson Hole Rated Best All-Mountain Terrain Resort for the 2024-25 Ski Season
OnTheSnow.com’s visitors and app users have chosen Jackson Hole Mountain Resort as the top ski resort for all-mountain terrain in North America in its annual Visitors’ Choice Awards for the 2024-2025 ski season. Jackson Hole was rated no. 1 as Best All-Mountain Terrain Resort for the second year in a row.
Jackson Hole is home to an incredible 2,500 acres of in-bounds terrain on two mountains, while featuring an open backcountry gate system that accesses more than 3,000 acres of additional terrain. It has 133 named runs, and 13 lifts, including the iconic Jackson Hole Aerial Tram. While featuring such an expansive variety of terrain, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort is arguably most known for Corbet’s Couloir, which is a rite of passage for advanced skiers.
Angel Fire Rated Most Family-Friendly Ski Resort for the 2024-25 Ski Season
OnTheSnow.com’s visitors and app users have chosen Angel Fire as the Most Family-Friendly Ski Resort in North America in its annual Visitors’ Choice Awards for the 2024-2025 season.
As a family-first ski resort, Angel Fire has no shortage of activities and experiences designed for families, from a great children’s ski school to family-friendly lodging to off-mountain activities and more. This is the second time in three years that Angel Fire has taken home the award for Most Family-Friendly Resort.
Copper Mountain Rated Best Resort for Terrain Parks for the 2024-25 Ski Season
OnTheSnow.com’s visitors and app users have chosen Copper Mountain as having the Best Terrain Park in North America in its annual Visitors’ Choice Awards for the 2024-2025 season.
Woodward Mountain Parks at Copper is a network of terrain zones, designed for progression, across the mountain for skiers and riders of all abilities. Woodward Mountain Parks at Copper has so much variety, including multiple progression parks, a learning zone, half pipe, super pipe, and much more.
Breckenridge Rated Best Ski Resort for Après-Ski for the 2024-25 Ski Season
OnTheSnow.com’s visitors and app users have chosen Breckenridge as the ski resort with the best après-ski in North America in its annual Visitors’ Choice Awards for the 2024-2025 season.
Breckenridge is dotted with great après-ski spots, including TBar, at the base of Peak 8, which we named one of the best après-ski bars in North America. All total Breck serves up dozens of bars, restaurants, live music venues, and more.
Silverton Rated Best Small Ski Area for the 2024-25 Ski Season
OnTheSnow.com’s visitors and app users have chosen Silverton as the best small ski area in North America in its annual Visitors’ Choice Awards for the 2024-2025 season.
Silverton is an advanced-only ski area, with just 1 lift, but 1,819 acres of skiable terrain. It’s the highest ski area in North America with a peak of 13,487 feet, and Colorado’s steepest heli & lift-served skiing, and comprised of completely natural terrain featuring bowls, chutes, cliffs and more. Silverton is for the most adventurous, advanced skiers and riders. There’s truly no place like it in North America.
OnTheSnow Users Pick Telluride as Best Ski Resort in North America for the 2023-24 Season
OnTheSnow.com’s visitors and app users have rated Telluride Ski Resort as the best overall ski resort in North America in its annual Visitors’ Choice Awards for the 2023-2024 ski season
“We’re honored for the recognition, much of which goes to our amazing team of folks who have created the experience here. 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.” – Chuck Horning, owner of Telluride Ski Resort.
Jiminy Peak Rated Best Ski Area for Beginners
OnTheSnow.com’s visitors and app users have chosen Jiminy Peak as the best ski area for beginners in North America in its annual Visitors’ Choice Awards for the 2023-2024 season.
Jiminy Peak prides itself on its offerings for beginners, featuring terrain-based learning to create a dedicated learning environment designed for beginner skiers and snowboarders. More than one-third of Jiminy Peak’s ski trails are beginner trails, while it also has several low intermediate trails for those who are progressing from green to blue runs.
Wolf Creek Rated Best Small Ski Area
OnTheSnow.com’s visitors and app users have chosen Wolf Creek as the best small ski area in North America in its annual Visitors’ Choice Awards for the 2023-2024 season.
Wolf Creek is one of the snowiest ski resorts in Colorado, annually receiving more than 400 inches of snow on average. It doesn’t have the acreage and vertical of Colorado’s largest resorts, yet it still has a bountiful 1,600 acres of skiable terrain and 1,604 feet of vertical drop. All told it has 133 named runs, and 42 miles of trails.
Winter Park Rated Most Family-Friendly Ski Resort
OnTheSnow.com’s visitors and app users have chosen Winter Park as the most family-friendly ski resort in North America in its annual Visitors’ Choice Awards for the 2023-2024 season.
“Families built Winter Park Resort, so we’re thrilled to be recognized as the most family friendly resort. From our many activities both on and off the slopes to our laid-back, come-as-you-are vibe, Winter Park welcomes families of all shapes and sizes to come make memories and to connect and reconnect with what matters most – each other. Thank you to OnTheSnow, visitors and guests. There’s nothing quite like family.” – Jen Miller, Winter Park Spokesperson.
Jackson Hole Rated Best All-Mountain Terrain Resort
OnTheSnow.com’s visitors and app users have chosen Jackson Hole Mountain Resort as the top ski resort for all-mountain terrain in North America in its annual Visitors’ Choice Awards for the 2023-2024 season.
“We are honored to be named Best All-Mountain Terrain in 2024 by OnTheSnow. We pride ourselves on offering a wide variety of terrain for all types of skiers and snowboarders, be it experts who’ve been visiting our mountain for years, or newcomers putting on their boots for the first time. Anyone who comes to the resort can find a run that will ensure they always remember Jackson Hole, and we’re thrilled to be recognized for this award.” – Andrew Way, JHMR Vice President of Marketing.
Breckenridge Rated Best Terrain Park
OnTheSnow.com’s visitors and app users have chosen Breckenridge as the ski resort with the best terrain park in North America in its annual Visitors’ Choice Awards for the 2023-2024 season.
“A big shoutout and Breck High Five to our parks crew for this award and all their work to bring a new terrain parks plan to life this year! With the upgrade of the new Five chair on Peak 8, including a new alignment, the park crew took the opportunity to reimagine the layout and design of our terrain parks across the resort this season, including moving our largest park over to Freeway in order to offer an easily lap-able terrain park experience utilizing the new lift. Our parks crew and our skiers and riders were also stoked to see the return of an 18-foot halfpipe in Freeway this year, as well as a progression-focused build across our three parks, from small to medium to large.” – Sara Lococo, Senior Communications Manager
Aspen Snowmass Rated Best Resort for Aprés-Ski
OnTheSnow.com’s visitors and app users have chosen Aspen Snowmass as the ski resort with the best après-ski in North America in its annual Visitors’ Choice Awards for the 2023-2024 season.
“With four mountains and two towns, Aspen Snowmass has endless possibilities for après. Hit the slopeside hangouts like the Backyard at Buttermilk, Ajax Tavern at Aspen Mountain, the Alehouse at Highlands or the sunny deck at Venga Venga in Snowmass. Or, cozy up to fireside live music in the lounge at the Limelight in Aspen Mountain or Snowmass, visit the legendary J-Bar at Aspen’s Hotel Jerome or grab a wood fired pizza at Mezzaluna. From buckets of beer and classic cocktails and award winning wine lists, there’s an après for everyone here.” – Jeff Hanle, VP of Communications at Aspen Snowmass
2022-23 Visitors’ Choice Award for Most Family-Friendly Resort: Angel Fire
OnTheSnow.com’s visitors and app users have chosen Angel Fire Resort as the most family-friendly ski resort top in North America in its annual Visitors’ Choice Awards for the 2022-23 ski season.
“Angel Fire Resort is very proud to be recognized as the #1 Family Friendly Resort by OnTheSnow. The Angel Fire Resort guests are family, family, family. We market ourselves as Your Family’s First Resort and half of our guests every year are families learning to ski. Thank you OnTheSnow followers for recognizing our efforts.” – Greg Ralph, Director of Marketing at Angel Fire Resort
2022-23 Visitors’ Choice Award for Best Terrain Park: Keystone
OnTheSnow.com’s visitors and app users have chosen Keystone as the ski resort with the best terrain park in North America in its annual Visitors’ Choice Awards for the 2022-23 ski season.
“It’s incredibly exciting to see our teams recognized for their hard work. At Keystone, our park is uniquely designed for all types of skiers and riders, built out of the creativity and dedication of our park crew.” – Shayna Silverman, Senior Communications Specialist at Vail Resorts
2022-23 Visitors’ Choice Award for Best Après-Ski: Breckenridge
OnTheSnow.com’s visitors and app users have chosen Breckenridge as North America’s best ski resort for après-ski in its annual Visitors’ Choice Awards for the 2022-23 ski season.
“Over at Breck, our legendary après scene is brought to life with our team’s unmatched Big Breck Energy! Thank you to all who put their passion into practice every day to create such unbeatable experiences.” – Shayna Silverman, Senior Communications Specialist at Vail Resorts
2022-23 Visitors’ Choice Award for Best All-Mountain Terrain: Telluride
OnTheSnow.com’s visitors and app users have chosen Telluride Ski Resort as the top ski resort for all-mountain terrain in North America in its annual Visitors’ Choice Awards for the 2022-23 ski season.
“It is truly a privilege to be named Best All-Mountain Terrain in 2023. Most people don’t know that despite having world-class advanced and expert terrain, we also have a blue or green run at the top of every lift on our mountain. That means a family or group of all different skiing abilities can ride any lift together and meet back up at the bottom. We truly have something for everyone, and we’re grateful to be recognized for that!” – Ashley Sawchuk, Marketing Manager at Telluride
2022-23 Visitors’ Choice Award for Best Ski Area for Beginners: Jiminy Peak
OnTheSnow.com’s visitors and app users have chosen Jiminy Peak as the best ski area for beginners in North America in its annual Visitors’ Choice Awards for the 2022-23 ski season.
“We are honored to have been chosen as Best Ski Area for Beginners in the OnTheSnow Visitor’s Choice Awards. We pride ourselves on being a great place to learn and helping to grow winter sports through our lesson programs.” – Katie Fogel, Director of Marketing at Jiminy Peak
Jiminy Peak prides itself on its offerings for beginners, featuring terrain-based learning to create a dedicated learning environment, specifically designed for beginner skiers and snowboarders. More than one-third of Jiminy Peak’s ski trails are beginner trails, while it also has several low intermediate trails for those who are progressing from green to blue runs.
2022-23 Visitors’ Choice Award for Best Small Ski Area: Silverton
OnTheSnow.com’s visitors and app users have chosen Silverton Mountain as the best small ski area in North America in its annual Visitors’ Choice Awards for the 2022-23 ski season.
Silverton is an advanced-only ski area, with just 1 lift, but 1,819 acres of skiable terrain. It’s the highest ski area in North America with a peak of 13,487 feet, and Colorado’s steepest heli & lift-served skiing, and comprised of completely natural terrain featuring bowls, chutes, cliffs and more. Silverton is for the most adventurous, advanced skiers and riders.
2022-23 OnTheSnow Visitors Pick Steamboat as Best Overall Ski Resort
OnTheSnow.com’s visitors and app users have chosen Steamboat Ski Resort as the top overall ski resort in North America in its annual Visitors’ Choice Awards for the 2022-2023 ski season.
“Steamboat is known for delivering an industry leading experience, from our passionate staff, to our incredible on-mountain amenities and terrain offerings; it’s what sets us apart. To know that our guests recognize this by choosing us as the Best Overall Resort is the highest honor,” said Rob Perlman, president and chief operating officer for Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation. “This award is a true testament of how the Steamboat Way guides our team in everything we do.”
OnTheSnow visitors pick Aspen-Snowmass as America’s ‘Best Overall Resort’
Visitors to OnTheSnow.com have chosen Aspen-Snowmass as the top overall ski resort in the United States in its annual Visitors’ Choice Awards for the 2021-22 season.
“OnTheSnow’s annual list of favorite ski resorts are ranked by user ratings and direct feedback from our 9 million unique North American visitors,” said Chad Dyer, Managing Director of Mountain News, publishers of OnTheSnow, a worldwide platform for snow conditions, news and weather. The award was presented Wednesday, April 6 at the annual Mountain Travel Symposium in Vail, Colo.
