Score Change: McCoy Park Is Beaver Creek’s Most Consequential Expansion in Decades

While the new zone only comprises beginner and intermediate terrain, it offers some of the most unique runs in Colorado.

Ratings Adjustment: Re-Navigating Criteria for Three Resorts

Slight tweaks to this category aim to better encompass certain facets that make it difficult to get around.

One-Third Of Resorts Earn the Same Score for Mountain Aesthetic. It’s Time for a Splitter.

We’re splitting our ‘8’ score for Mountain Aesthetic into two, with most resorts seeing a score change as a result.

Score Change: Snow King Sees The Most Radical Transformation of a Ski Resort in Years

Improvements in lifts, terrain access, and signage earn this Wyoming hill the largest single score increase we’ve ever given to any mountain.

Score Changes: Multiple Resorts Struggle to Handle Increased Crowds

In the wake of unprecedented resort traffic, we are dropping the Crowd Flow scores for several mountains, including seven owned by Vail Resorts.

Score Change: Snowbasin’s New Middle Bowl Express is the Year’s Most Useful Lift Redundancy

The upgrade has eliminated a painfully long lift ride, redistributed crowds in a more practical manner, and democratized access to some of the resort’s best terrain.