How To Choose Between Vail and Aspen For Your Colorado Ski Trip
The state's two most popular ski resorts offer vastly different vacation experiences. Here’s a breakdown of what to expect.
Samantha Berman is SKI’s travel and resorts editor. Since joining the editorial team in 2003, Sam has helped mold the direction of the brand’s travel coverage, sharing her years of experience visiting ski resorts and mountain towns across North America, the Alps, and beyond.
Growing up in an East Coast ski family, Sam cherished family time with her mother, father, and two brothers at resorts in New York and Vermont, and has successfully passed her love of the sport down to her three sons, all of whom are avid skiers. Now living in Denver, Colo., she spends weekends skiing the resorts of Colorado’s Front Range, learning new things about the region’s most-visited resorts and sharing them with SKI’s readers. Follow her coverage for inside intel on where to ski, stay, eat, après, and more at resorts across the globe.
The state's two most popular ski resorts offer vastly different vacation experiences. Here’s a breakdown of what to expect.
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