Go Colorado! We’re Officially Number One.

As a wanna-be Colorado native I already knew Colorado was home to the world’s best places to ski and stay but readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine have made it official. Colorado has been named home to 2011’s top ski resort and ski hotel in North America.

Beaver Creek resort earned top honors on a list of the top 20 ski resorts, and The Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa at Beaver Creek Mountain ranked number one on the list of top 50 ski hotels. The entire list, which includes other Colorado resorts and ski hotels, is printed in the December issue of Conde Nast Traveler magazine. Below is a quick run down though. 

1. Beaver Creek, Colo. 91.6
2. Whistler Blackcomb, B.C. 91.5
3. Tulluride, Colo. 91.3
4. Deer Valley, Utah 90.3
5. Jackson Hole, Wyo. 89.9
6. Vail, Colo. 89.9
7. Sun Valley, Idaho 89.3
8. Aspen, Colo. 88.5
9. Crested Butte 87.3
10. Stowe, Vt. 86.7
11. Steamboat, Colo. 85.8
12. Park City, Utah 84.8
13. Mont Tremblant, Quebec 83.8
14. Snowmass, Colo. 83.4
15. Squaw Valley, Calif. 83.0
16. Aspen Highlands, Colo. 81.3
17. Whiteface Mountain, N.Y. 80.1
18. Sun Peaks, B.C. 79.6
19. Breckenridge, Colo. 78.8
20. Marmot Basin, Alberta 78.8

  
Top 10 Ski Hotels (see the magazine for the full list of the top 50 ski hotels)

1. Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa, Avon, Colo.96.1 
2. Hotel Terra, Jackson Hole, Wyo. 95.2
3. Amangani, Jackson Hole, Wyo. 93.5
4. Stowe Mountain Lodge, Stowe, Vt. 93.0
5. New Sheridan Hotel, Telluride, Colo. 92.9
6. Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe, Truckee, Calif. 92.9
7. Whiteface Lodge, Lake Placid, N.Y. 92.9
8. Arrabelle at Vail Square, Vail, Colo. 92.4
9. Pan Pacific Whistler Village Centre, Whistler, B.C. 91.6
10. Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, Alberta 91.1