Skier type

Powder Hound

Gone at the first snowflake.

You check the snow forecast more often than your messages. When it snows overnight you are at the lift before it opens, and the piste is only the way to the next untracked line. Friends on a powder day? You will see them at lunch. Maybe.

How a Powder Hound skis

Not science. A fair guess.

Speed
70 / 100
Air time
55 / 100
Lunch break
15 / 100
Après
45 / 100
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The badge

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From our database

Resorts that fit a Powder Hound

Picked from the 258 resorts in our database by one rule: the highest top stations among the resorts our guide flags for off-piste skiing. A ski area shared by several villages is listed once.

  1. 1

    Chamonix

    France

    Top station at 3,842 m, flagged for off-piste
  2. 2

    Telluride

    United States

    Top station at 3,831 m, flagged for off-piste
  3. 3

    Aspen

    United States

    Top station at 3,813 m, flagged for off-piste

Off-piste terrain is not patrolled or secured. Read the avalanche bulletin, carry the equipment and go with a qualified guide.

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The other seven

More skier types

Each type has its own page with a badge and the resorts in our database that fit it.

First Chair Carver

Corduroy before coffee.

Park Rat

One more lap. Then one more.

Kilometre Collector

Every lift, every valley, one day.

Après Captain

Skis hard until the terrace opens.

Scenic Cruiser

Long blues, big views, no rush.

Steep Seeker

If it is not black, it is a transfer.

Family Sherpa

Four pairs of skis, one pair of arms.