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Top 10 Ski Resorts in the world
Christmas, and winter is just around the corner, and its time to decide on the perfect destination for your next ski holiday. We review the best ski resorts in the world, where you`ll never tire of returning to enjoy the finest scenery and beautiful ski routes. 10. Aspen, Colorado, Western United States Ski with the rich and famous! Known for its steeps and its four mountains, Aspen is the place to be seen, whether skiing or just indulging in a shop of winter shopping. This Colorado ski resort accommodates all comers by featuring excellent terrain for skiers of all skill levels. Filled with steeps and bumps, Aspen Mountain has well maintained intermediate runs and hundreds of acres of terrain off the back of the mountain for experts. The resort-of-choice for the wealthy, Aspen has a tendency to be a little costly. 9. Cortina, Italy Italy`s best known ski resort, matches any resort in the Alps and served as the host of the Olympic games in 1956. Similar to Zermatt in Switzerland, life revolves around a trafficless street. One of the world's first ski resorts, Cortina is also Italy's most stylish. 8. Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Eastern Canada French Canadian joie de vivre meets North American service standards. Tremblant, Eastern Canada's best-known ski resort, has recently been given a facelift. Open since 1939, Tremblant was the first resort to open in Canada and the second in North America. It`s accessible too, a mere hour`s drive away from Montreal. An alternative would be Mont-Sainte-Anne, which is a nicer mountain and a short trip away from Quebec City, perhaps North America's most historic city as the gateway into the "New World." 7. Stowe, Vermont, Eastern United States Known as a most picturesque and scenic ski resort with over 90 shops and 60 restaurants, Stowe offers traditional New England charm and the biggest vertical drop in the area. Stowe's two ski areas are Mount Mansfield and Spruce Peak, which lies in the shadow of Smugglers' Notch. As a result, Stowe is amongst a handful of American resort that has a lift-link to another resort. 6. Chamonix Mont-Blanc, France The host of the first Winter Olympic games way back in 1924, Chamonix is located at the foot of Mont-Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps and the second highest in Europe at 4,810 m. Chamonix Mont-Blanc also holds bragging rights both for its lift-served vertical drop of 2807 meters and for having one of the world's longest runs ( Vallée Blanche), a total distance of 22 km. Learn more about the top 5 ski resorts |
On the road to Aspen 
Aspen by night 
Skiing at Aspen 
Chamonix 
The view from Chamonix |
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