Best Powder
1. ALTA/SNOWBIRD, UTAH (above)
The license plate. Always with the goddamn license plate. Utah’s plates brag that it has the “Greatest Snow on Earth,” a message brought to us by the prisoners making those things. We get it, Utah. But how about the sticker? Ski Utah printed one up that reads, “It just pukes in Utah.” On it is an illustration of a guy on his hands and knees, barfing into a cloud. But instead of vomit, the cloud expectorates snow, which violates physics and good taste. The sticker’s stuck on a door in our office and we love it because it’s as funny as it’s apt. Alta and Snowbird usually receive between 400 and 500 inches of snow, depending on the season and where it’s measured. A snow reading in a wind-protected meadow at 10,000 feet looks a lot different from one in the parking lot. But last year Alta got 702 inches. That’s nuts.
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Best of the Rest
2. Wolf Creek, Colorado
3. Solitude, Utah
4. Powder Mountain, Utah
5. Steamboat, Colorado
6. Brighton, Utah
7. Snowmass, Colorado
8. Mt. Baker, Washington
9. Jackson Hole, Wyoming
10. Crested Butte, Colorado
