High-End Ski Resorts in the Western US – Top Honors for the 2009-2010 Ski Season?

Every year major ski resort areas throughout the western US try to promote themselves and get people to stay, spend money and play. Last year, well last year, I mean, the 2008-2009 ski season was not a pretty one with all the economic challenges our great nation faced. So one has to wonder if this year’s 2009-2010 ski season will bring them back to normal.

Many ski lodges are in foreclosure and the consumer has become hardened. Holiday retail is forecast to be better than last year, but that wouldn’t be too difficult considering where it was. In the western states there are a number of really great ski areas in the US to consider. But which top ski resorts in our West will rise to the occasion and take top honors in the 2009-2010 ski season?

Fortunately, it looks like the cold weather came early this year for a good first snow pack, which is a very good sign, but still nothing is set in stone, El Nino has been acting a bit weird. . Personally, I like Sun Valley, ID and I also enjoy Park City UT, but the reality is that they are all good.

Consider upscale resort communities like McCall ID, Kalispell MT, Sun Valley ID, Jackson Hole WY, Aspen CO, Banff Canada, Park City UT, Mammoth CA, Coeur d’ Alene ID, etc. etc. I mean, come on, it’s a great lineup, and if you spent two weeks in each one chasing the weather, can you imagine that would be a season you’d never forget? Please consider taking a ski vacation this winter and supporting those who would love to have them come visit us.