TOP 10 Recommendation Lists

Categorized lists of xc ski resorts in North America

The xcskiresorts.com Top 10 lists are intended to recommend xc ski areas to xc skiers/travelers in specific categories. Rather than set it up as a "best resorts" list, a panel of well-traveled ski writers developed these lists by categories.

Our panel of "experts" includes representatives in the East, West, Central, and Rockies regions. They have traveled to xc ski areas in the US and Canada during the last 25 years (or more!). The following lists are set up in alphabetical order and you can click to an enhanced page of info on the highlighted areas.

Great Scenery Beaver Creek, CO Bretton Woods, NH Sundance Resort, UT Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, AB Jackson Fork Ranch, WY Lone Mountain Ranch, MT Sorensen's Resort, CA Royal Gorge, CA XC Resorts that Cater to Families Smugglers' Notch, VT Devil's Thumb Ranch, CO Lapland Lake Vacation Resort, NY Maplelag, MN Palmquist's Farm, WI Montecito Sequoia, CA Swan Mountain Ranch, MT Trapp Family Lodge, VT Viking Nordic, VT Vista Verde, CO Great for Romantics Sorensen's Resort, CA Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, AB Devil's Thumb Ranch, CO Lone Mountain Ranch, MT Mohonk Mountain House, NY Mountain Meadows Ranch, MT Mountain Top Inn, VT Rendezvous Huts, WA Sun Mountain Lodge, WA Vista Verde, CO Great XC Regions British Columbia, BC in Canada North Shore, Lake Superior, MN Gaylord, MI Bethel, ME Lake Tahoe, CA Methow Valley, WA Mt Washington Valley, NH Sun Valley, ID Telemark-Cable, WI Aspen, CO Whistler, BC Luxury XC Resorts Green Valley Ranch, Coram, MT Jackson Fork Ranch, Bondurant, WY Lone Mountain Ranch, Big Sky, MT Vista Verde Ranch, Steamboat, CO Sun Mountain Lodge, Winthrop, WA Inn at Thorn Hill, Jackson, NH Freestone Inn, Mazama, WA Top Notch Resort, Stowe, VT Guide Services High Peaks Adventures in NY Bredeson Outdr Adv in CT and VT Internatn'l Mtn Climbing School, NH Swan Mountain Ranch in MT Hilltop Adventures in MA Randonnee Tours in Central Canada Vista Verde Ranch in CO Sun Valley Trekking in ID Northern Cascades Mtn Guides in WA Jackson Fork Ranch, Bondurant, WY White Pine Touring in UT Alpine Skills in CA Yellowstone Expeditions in MT

Great XC Ski Towns Anchorage, AK Bethel, ME Crested Butte, CO Jackson, NH Lake Placid, NY McCall, ID Stowe, VT Sun Valley, ID Traverse City, MI Winthrop, WA Great Cuisine Freestone Inn, WA Gunflint Lodge, MN Hermitage, VT Lone Mountain Ranch, MT Mountain Top Inn, VT Quechee Inn, VT Vista Verde, CO XC at an Alpine Ski Resort Beaver Creek, CO Bretton Woods, NH Sugarloaf, ME Crystal Mtn, MI Giants Ridge, MN Kirkwood, CA Mt Bachelor, OR Silver Star Mountain, BC Northstar, CA Bolton Valley, VT Smugglers' Notch, VT Sundance Resort, UT Stowe Mountain Resort, VT Waterville Valley, NH Great Trails Beetlejuice - Silver Star, BC Rodeo Yellow Jacket - Sun Mtn Lodge, WA Valley Trail - Methow Valley, WA Farwell Mountain Trail - Carter's XC, ME Mountain Rd - Bretton Woods, NH The Wave - Jackson Ski Trg Ctr, NH Vasa Pathway - Traverse City, MI VO2 Max Trail - Minocqua Winter Park, WI Full Spa Service Cranwell Resort, Spa & Golf, MA Devils Thumb Ranch, Tabernash, CO Hills Health Ranch, BC, Canada Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY Keystone Nordic Center, CO (Keystone Lodge) Mirror Lake Inn Resort & Spa, Lk Placid, NY Sun Mountain Lodge,WA Sun Valley Nordic Ctr, ID (Sun Valley Lodge) Top Notch Resort, Stowe, VT Vail Cascade Resort, CO Sustainable Resorts Devil's Thumb Ranch, CO Nipika Mountain Resort, BC White Grass, WV Soldier Hollow, UT Maine Huts & Trails, ME Hardwood Hills, ON Homestake Lodge, MT Maplelag Resort, MN Craftsbury Outdoors, VT Boundary Country Trekking, MN Stump Sprouts. MA