Peak Season

Golden light, clear blue skies and perfectly groomed slopes attract a quiet crowd to this scenic ski resort. Runs weave through tall, slender aspens and dark-green pines, delivering you directly to the St. Regis where après ski in the Vintage Room awaits. 

There are few ski destinations offering a view like Lake Tahoe: a massive lake surrounded by the snowy peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The scenery shifts as you make your way around the terrain, from dense forest and open meadows to granite outcrops and the deep blue expanse of the water.

With its sculptural peaks, sweeping ridgelines and deep valleys, Verbier is the Swiss Alps at their most cinematic. Guests of W Verbier can glide directly onto groomed slopes and infinite freeriding trails from the hotel’s sunbathed plateau at 1,500m. 

The experience of skiing Beaver Creek Mountain is one to be savored, with trails traversing dense pine forests, open aspen groves and quiet glades. Upon returning from the slopes, settle in for après ski at The Great Room or on the Mountainview Terrace.

Vail’s sprawling terrain is among the largest and most varied in the U.S., encompassing iconic back bowls, forested trails and scenic descents. Post-ski recovery takes shape with Colorado-crafted whiskey at 10th Mountain or a session in the spa’s Himalayan Salt Therapy Lounge.

In Niseko, nature is the means of self-discovery and a sanctuary of untouched beauty. Winter brings abundant, feather-light powder, carrying skiers past volcanic peaks and through silver birch forests. Upon returning from the slopes, steam from the natural hot springs beckons.