What makes a great ski resort? For some skiers and riders, it's all about seemingly bottomless stashes of chest-high powder. Other guys prefer to go bottoms-up with chesty snow bunnies at a legendary après bar. Maybe you want to snowboard steeps -- or allow a ski valet to park your two planks at a steeply priced lodge. Then there are the common denominators for all of us: cold snow, hot tubs and warm people. Since your legs are going to be plenty busy on the hill this winter, we've done the legwork for you, moving away the molehills to find the country's best mountains.

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