7 Ways Your Ski Season Is About to Get Better
From expanded resort acreage to turbocharged lifts, we tracked down all the ways you can make this winter your best ever
new terrain
Breckenridge, Colo.
An endless variety of skiing, from well-groomed greens to epic slopes.
Bachelor Gets Bigger
The Cloudchaser lift accesses 635 acres of new terrain at the Oregon resort.
Diamond Peak Hosts Sick & Twisted Peak Slopestyle March 1
The Toyota Sick Twisted Freestyle Tour is open to men and women of all skills and ages.
Telluride Season Pass Sale
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Whistler to Remain Open Through June 8
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Bigger Better
Travel East
Whistler, B.C.
Travel: After a snow-starved season, the king of Canadian ski resorts comes back with new terrain, hotels, dining and deals. Let's get the ugly facts out of the way: It did rain in Whistler last January. For eight torrential, unheard-of days. "It was an anomaly, says mountain manager Doug MacFarlane, who's been here for 17 years. (Last year was the second-worst season on the books, with 33 fewer feet of snow than during the record-breaking '98—'99 season.) To Whistler's credit, the lifts kept running, but little could save the season—not even the sun that shone through clear skies for the next six weeks straight.
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