Score Change

Score Change: Whistler Blackcomb Removes Horstman T-Bar

Whistler Blackcomb removed their high-alpine Horstman T-Bar, causing the resort’s navigation score to drop. Despite this knock, Whistler remains our highest-rated area.

Ratings Adjustment: Colorado High-Alpine Snow Scores

Here at PeakRankings, we aim to provide the most helpful and transparent content we can. That being said, we’re always iterating on our methodology and decided to change the snow scores for two Colorado resorts this week.

Ratings Adjustment: Alta, Snowbird, and Breckenridge Lift Scores

We’ve corrected Alta, Snowbird, and Breckenridge’s lift scores to factor in previously unaccounted for hike-to terrain. In addition, we’ve updated Alta’s size score to exclude acres that are essentially backcountry.

We’ve Slightly Adjusted Our Facilities Ratings Towards Practicality, Resulting In a Few Score Changes.

We’ve historically weighted some very small facilities with limited space and inconsistent openings as highly as more practical lodges. With today’s adjustment, we’re aiming to fix this discrepancy.

Ratings Adjustment: Sierra-at-Tahoe, Homewood, and Whiteface Lift Scores

We’ve updated the way we factor hike-to terrain into our lift score criteria. Three resorts see score changes as a result.

We’ve Refined the Way We Measure Skiable Acres. Some Resorts See Size Score Changes.

Some resorts measure their acreage by total footprint, which doesn’t always comprise entirely skiable terrain. Others measure their acreage by skiable terrain only, but don’t include parts of the resort that are technically in-bounds but not skiable. To remedy this issue, we employed an acreage calculator to determine the true skiable footprint within the bounds of each resort.