According to the editors and correspondents at Travel + Leisure, Deer Valley is the best ski resort on the planet.

This week, Travel + Leisure shared a list of their picks for the twenty best ski resorts on the planet. Their picks are all over the globe and include ski resorts in North & South America, Europe, and Asia.

Here are Travel + Leisure’s picks for the twenty best ski resorts in the world:

  1. Deer Valley, Utah
  2. Verbier, Switzerland
  3. Aspen Mountain, Colorado
  4. Big Sky Resort, Montana
  5. Courchevel, France
  6. Stowe, Vermont
  7. Niseko, Japan
  8. St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria
  9. Park City Mountain Resort, Utah
  10. Jackson Hole, Wyoming
  11. St. Moritz, Switzerland
  12. Telluride, Colorado
  13. Sun Valley, Idaho
  14. Portillo, Chile
  15. Mont-Tremblant, Canada
  16. Bormio Ski, Italy
  17. Cerro Catedral, Argentina
  18. Les Deux Alpes, France
  19. Kitzbรผhel, Austria
  20. Whistler Blackcomb, Canada

First off, where the hell is Mount Sunapee? All jokes aside, it’s not a terrible list. Deer Valley at number one always makes ski bums and snowboarders (especially snowboarders) roll their eyes, but it makes sense for Travel + Leisure, which is a magazine that targets luxury travelers. The big names make the list, but there are a few omissions. For Utah, I think any of the Cottonwoods’ ski resorts are better than Deer Valley and Park City Mountain Resort. I feel Stowe’s a bit high, and maybe shouldn’t be on the list in general. Sure, it’s got the history and great terrain, but it’s also got traffic and that East Coast ice. In Europe, not having Zermatt is a bit surprising too.

Click here to read Travel + Leisure’s reasoning behind their picks.

Image Credits: Kitzbรผhel (Featured Image), Ian Wood (Header Image), Phillip Goldsberry

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