Best small ski areas debate

Lost trail, Montana 2200' 4 lifts
No people lots of dry powder,

Anthony lakes, Or. 900' 1 lift
Great steep touring near by

Whitewater, bc 1800' 2 lifts
Lots of powder,

Bluewood, wa 1200' 2 lifts
No people, lots of super dry snow

Campgaw ski area
Ramapo mountains NJ
300 vrt 2lifts 1 tbar 1 rope
so much concrete now the snow won't stick any more
in the 70's it was $1.75 for a night ticket
anything to get the teenager out of the house
lots of dreaming about out west

I second the Anthony Lakes vote, that place is a gem!

For the east coast lovers:

Burke Mt., VT
2011' vert
4 lifts

Shames Mountain, Terrace BC. 2 lift.. Some of the best sidecountry and BC access on the planet.
See this linky.
www.backcountryskiingcanada.com/index.ph...untain%20Backcountry

Last year I took a trip over to Lookout Pass on the Idaho/Montana boarder and had a great time.

# 3 lifts
# Vertical Drop: 1,150'
# Base elevation: 4,500'
# Summit elevation: 5,650'
# Longest run is 1.5 miles in length

There are sooooo many.

Here are a few of our favorites.

BC:  Whitewater - adding a 3rd lift eliminating the car shuttle back to the base, snow, terrain, touring

CA:   Homewood - locals favorite on big wind days that shut down big resorts upper lifts, trees.
         June Lake  - owned by Mammoth.  Nice terrain and touring access.

CO:  Wolf Creek Pass - snow, touring and terrain

ID:  Soldier Mtn. - great terrain and touring options
       Pebble Cr. - great terrain and touring
       Lookout Pass - terrain, snow, touring

Here's a good site to gain access to most ski areas in the West and South America.

www.skitiger.com/