There is no three-peat for the Aspen-Snow­mass ski areas this winter.

After get­ting crowned the top-ranked ski resort in the West for the past two sea­sons, Aspen-Snow­mass fell to fifth this year in SKI Magazine’s annu­al rankings.

SKI has con­duct­ed a read­ers’ sur­vey for sev­er­al years to deter­mine the top-regard­ed resorts. Skico’s four ski areas used to be con­sid­ered as sep­a­rate resorts, much to the cha­grin of com­pa­ny offi­cials. They felt their resorts would fare bet­ter when regard­ed as one. SKI changed its pol­i­cy a few years ago and Aspen-Snow­mass, indeed, came out on top in the 2019 and 2020 rankings.

But 2021 is a new year. Round­ing out the top three behind Sun Val­ley were Deer Val­ley in sec­ond and White Fish Moun­tain Resort in Mon­tana in third. Taos Ski Val­ley fin­ished one place ahead of Aspen-Snowmass.

Round­ing out the top 10 were Tel­luride at six, then Whistler Black­comb, Steam­boat, Beaver Creek and Crest­ed Butte at 10. Vail was way down at 14.

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