Best Backcountry Access
Resorts with the most accessible slackcountry and sidecountry from the lifts — for riders who spend as much time in the backcountry as on-piste.
- 1ChamonixFrance
More backcountry access than 99% of resorts with data
★★★★★55.3 - 2Whistler BlackcombCanada
More backcountry access than 99% of resorts with data
★★★★★68.6 - 3RevelstokeCanada
More backcountry access than 99% of resorts with data
★★★★★70.0 - 4Timberline LodgeUnited States
More backcountry access than 98% of resorts with data
★★★★☆73.9 - 5Mt BakerUnited States
More backcountry access than 98% of resorts with data
★★★★☆48.4 - 6RiksgransenSweden
More backcountry access than 97% of resorts with data
★★★★☆23.6 - 7EngelbergSwitzerland
More backcountry access than 97% of resorts with data
★★★★☆65.1 - 8CourmayeurItaly
More backcountry access than 97% of resorts with data
★★★★☆38.1 - 9Mestia (Hatsvali/Tetnuldi)Georgia
More backcountry access than 96% of resorts with data
★★★★☆19.1 - 10Jackson HoleUnited States
More backcountry access than 96% of resorts with data
★★★★☆58.7 - 11AltaUnited States
More backcountry access than 95% of resorts with data
★★★★☆58.6 - 12VerbierSwitzerland
More backcountry access than 95% of resorts with data
★★★★☆62.6 - 13St Anton am ArlbergAustria
More backcountry access than 94% of resorts with data
★★★★☆59.3 - 14WhitewaterCanada
More backcountry access than 94% of resorts with data
★★★★☆43.8 - 15Innsbruck (Nordkette/Axamer)Austria
More backcountry access than 94% of resorts with data
★★★★☆60.4 - 16Crested ButteUnited States
More backcountry access than 93% of resorts with data
★★★★☆50.1 - 17Las LenasArgentina
More backcountry access than 93% of resorts with data
★★★★☆52.1 - 18AndermattSwitzerland
More backcountry access than 93% of resorts with data
★★★★☆66.1 - 19ZermattSwitzerland
More backcountry access than 92% of resorts with data
★★★★☆56.4 - 20Wolf CreekUnited States
More backcountry access than 92% of resorts with data
★★★★☆56.3 - 21VossNorway
More backcountry access than 92% of resorts with data
★★★★☆49.1