Freeskier Magazine has ranked North America’s top 10 ski resorts. Here’s the criteria they’ve used to justify their rankings:

“Based on what we’ve seen and what we love about these ski resorts, we’ve ranked the top 10 ski destinations; this information is originally presented in our 2014 Resort Guide. We made this list by trying to answer the questions our friends ask us: I have a week of vacation, where should I go? I want to ski a badass park, where should I go? I want to stop at the end of an epic t-to-b run and have a delicious drink, where should I go? I just got fired from my job and I want to move to a ski town for a year (and maybe stay for twenty), where should I go?” – Freeskier Magazine

KT-22, Squaw Valley hits #4. photo: snowbrains.com