Some say Vail has the most to offer.

Winter Park and Mary Jane consistently serve up the best-rated mogul skiing in the Rockies.

Telluride has opened up vast swaths of terrain over the past few years, creating an off-piste skier's paradise.

Powder skiing in glades is what Steamboat is famous for, and with good cause.

It offers the biggest vertical drop in the U.S. and arguably the most diverse terrain in Colorado.

Two seasons ago Durango opened up a 125-acre swath of steep and deep powder skiing for experts called Legends.

One of the purest and most authentic ski towns in the West.

Over the past few seasons, Breckenridge laid the groundwork for this, its 50th anniversary.

"The Highland Bowl is unbelievable," says longtime Aspen local Gordon Bronson, "but hands down my favorite mid-day run is Walsh's on Ajax." Bronson is lucky to have two totally different skiing mountains within a few miles of his legendary hometown.

So much more than a ski town—but a damn fine ski town.