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Ski resorts in the world by country. A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports.In Europe, most ski resorts are towns or villages in or adjacent to a ski area–a mountainous area with pistes (ski trails) and a ski lift system.
Mont-Sainte-Anne is a ski resort in eastern Canada, located in the town of Beaupré, Quebec, about 40 km (25 mi) northeast of Quebec City.The mountain is part of the Laurentian mountain chain and has a summit elevation of 800 m (2,625 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 625 m (2,051 ft).
The ski mountain is the flagship attraction at Holiday Valley. Today, the entire mountain holds 56 slopes and 13 ski lifts. Despite its relatively small size, the resort has experienced consistent growth since opening in 1958. Two hotels, the Inn at Holiday Valley and the Tamarack Club opened in which both hold condominiums and hotel rooms.
In 1964, Joe Weirick and his father purchased China Peak Ski Resort near Huntington Lake where he managed and operated the resort for nearly 15 years. During his time at China Peak, Weirick and his wife Joanna were able to significantly grow the resort, adding additional chairlifts, a snowmaking system, and new buildings.
Mount Rose Ski Tahoe (commonly known as Mount Rose) is a ski resort in Nevada, United States. The resort is situated in the Sierra Nevada mountains, near to Reno, Incline Village, and Lake Tahoe. Despite the name, the resort is actually on the slopes of Slide Mountain rather than Mount Rose, which is on the other side of Nevada State Route 431.
The ski season commonly starts in mid-December and runs until early April. [ 4 ] The resort maintains 80 runs (with 20% beginner, 42% intermediate, and 38% advanced trails) and five lifts: a high-speed quad chairlift (the North Star Express ), a triple chair (the Easter ), a double chair (the Tamarack ), a T-bar (the Owl ) and a magic carpet ...
The slopes were originally designed by European skiing legend Johann "Hannes" Schneider, the renowned Austrian ski guide and inventor of the Arlberg Method, the basis of modern alpine ski technique. The resort opened in 1940, just before the U.S. entered World War II, and some of the original structures, including the storied Midway Cabin ...
Sugarloaf (formerly Sugarloaf/USA) is a ski area and resort located on Sugarloaf Mountain in Carrabassett Valley, western Maine.It is the second largest ski resort east of the Mississippi in terms of skiable area (1,240 acres or 500 ha after Killington's 1,509 acres or 611 ha) [1] [2] and snowmaking percentage (95%); its continuous vertical drop of 2,820 feet (860 m) is the second longest in ...