Conde Nast survey

[Sibhusky]

This isn't even approaching a true resort ranking. I thought of posting it in the crazy news or humor threads. It's like they used a dartboard.

Condé Nast Traveler Readers Rank Top Ski Resorts In Questionable Order

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx718WduB2t/ Condé Nast Traveler has released their Readers' Choice Awards for 2023, including a category for best ski

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1. Snowmass 90.27
2. Deer Valley 89.81
3. Smugglers’ Notch 89.69
4. Aspen Mountain 89.65
5. Sun Valley 88.91
6. Bretton Woods 88.83
7. Killington Resort 88.19
8. Telluride 88.11
9. Jackson Hole 87.67
10. Aspen Highlands 86.77
11. Waterville Valley 86.49
12. Whitefish Mountain Resort 86.36
13. Breckenridge 86.35
14. Beaver Creek 86.21
15. Vail 85.52
16. Park City Mountain 85.33
17. Crested Butte 85.09
18. Big Sky 84.73
19. Okemo Mountain Resort 83.91
20. Palisades Tahoe 83.57
21. Sunday River 83.05
22. Keystone 82.96
23. Wildcat Mountain 82.66
24. Mt. Bachelor 92.96
25. Stowe Mountain Resort 82.66
26. Camelback Mountain Resort 82.09
27. Steamboat 81.90
28. Heavenly Mountain Resort 81.61
29. Taos Ski Valley 81.55
30. Winter Park 81.52
31. Whiteface Lake Placid 81.26
32. Snowbird 81.16
33. Purgatory at Durango Mountain 80.36
34. Mammoth Mountain 80.07
35. The Canyons 79.84
36. Stevens Pass 78.44
37. Alta 78.15
38. Schweitzer Mountain 77.35
39. Northstar California 77.33
40. Mt. Baker 77.14

 

[Andy Mink]

Camelback? Every place that comes after is better.

 

[Sibhusky]

Camelback? Every place that comes after is better.

Maybe there's a good spa? (I think some hotel was built since I left.)

 

[fatbob]

I see Whitefish tops all the VR. Watch out the tourons are coming!

 

[Jim Kenney]

There's some kind of bias or ballot box stuffing when these weird rankings come out

 

[mdf]

There's some kind of bias or ballot box stuffing when these weird rankings come out

Nah, they did a fair survey of the first 7 people in line at their local Starbucks.

 

[scott43]

Nah, they did a fair survey of the first 7 people in line at their local Starbucks.

I was going to seriously say, Conde Nast comes at this from a different angle than most of us would ..

 

[dbostedo]

There's some kind of bias or ballot box stuffing when these weird rankings come out

I don't think they're claiming otherwise... it's completely survey based. People are going to do things like vote for their home mountain, or only vote for the places they know or have been. Bias and stuffing are completely inherent in the methodology in things like this. (Though I can't seem to find where they actually lay out the methodology, other than it being a reader survey.)

Conde Nast comes at this from a different angle than most of us would ..

Yes, but it would be nice to see what questions were answered by the readers too... anyone have that info?

 

[Seldomski]

Ah, so this is why my wife was asking where Smuggler's Notch is located.

"It doesn't matter, we'll never travel to ski there...unless we move to the east coast for some other reason."

 

[Fuller]

Alta at #37

"Too much snow, road to get there is scary"

 

[James]

Camelback? Every place that comes after is better.

It beat Snowbird handily!
Putting it in the top 20 is comedy.
This survey reminds me of the Liftopia one several years back. Somehow, Magic Mt, Vt ranked #1 in North America. I could see it if you eliminated the US and Canada and were left with Mexico, but that wasn’t the case.

There will be people who pay attention to this survey unfortunately. Could be bad for Aspen/Snowmass.

 

[cantunamunch]

Every place that comes after is better.

There will be people who pay attention to this survey unfortunately.

Sure, but they all skim through Conde Nast Traveler. It only means the restaurants are crowded.

 

[Sibhusky]

I see Whitefish tops all the VR. Watch out the tourons are coming!

Last year was another new record. Oddly, it didn't seem as bad as the two preceding years.

 

[mikel]

Guess I should read the article to see if they talk about why Copper didn't even make the cut. At 1st I was thinking wtf but then thought maybe it's not necessarily a bad thing

 

[Brian Finch]

Maybe there's a good spa? (I think some hotel was built since I left.)

Nothin beats slumming at the Summit

 

[dbostedo]

Guess I should read the article to see if they talk about why Copper didn't even make the cut.

There's no article or text or rationale that I can find. Just the list with scores.

There's a kind of intro to their overall survey results and links to all the lists... best ski resort was one tiny piece of it (including best hotels, best destinations, best spas, etc.) :

Readers’ Choice Awards 2023: Your Year in Travel Survey Results

Our annual Your Year in Travel survey, part of the Readers’ Choice Awards, is proof that readers are traveling further and for longer.

www.cntraveler.com

READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS 2023

A staggering half million of you voted in our 36th annual Readers’ Choice Awards survey—here are the winners.

www.cntraveler.com

 

[dbostedo]

And they also published the top 5 resorts in Canada:

1. Whistler Blackcomb 89.92
2. Big White 89.07
3. Marmot Basin 88.22
4. Lake Louise 87.10
5. Mont-Tremblant 86.09

 

[tomahawkins]

Baker? It just rains there.

 

[teejaywhy]

I guess someone doesn't realize The Canyons is part of Park City since about 2014.

 

[James]

There’s so many of these things on youtube.
From 3 yrs ago-

Jackson
Vail
Telluride
Park City
Aspen
Alta/Bird
Steamboat
Big Sky
Squaw
Breck