Park City and Ski mag rankings

Ski Magazine bases its annual ski resort ranking on votes from its readership. This is a tricky endeavor for a publication, as it never fails to irritate most of the resorts that don't see their rankings go up, or God forbid, that watch them go down!

Yet, the magazine keeps doing it for better or for worse, and this year, while Deer Valley Resort failed to clinch what would have been an incredible six years running #1 position, it settled for #2 and not far behind, Park City Mountain Resort upped its ranking to #4 while Canyons finally made it to the top ten!

That Whistler-Blackcomb, our distant neighbor to the north, would capitalize one their good snow year was fully expected, while California, Utah and Colorado, had to settle for a thin cover and make the best of it. This said, what helped Park City in its record placement of three of its ski areas in the top ten position is, without a doubt, it's proximity to Salt Lake City airport and its unmatched ease of access.

As the average lengths of stay have been plummeting over the years (a week was the norm 30 years ago, today we're down to a long week-end), time has never been more precious, and today, a vacation that maximizes the available time allocated is what puts Utah skiing in general, and Park City in particular, as the obvious first choice.