SKI CENTRAL ON THE
SKI CENTRAL ON THE SLOPES REUBEN KRABBE After two pandemic-impacted seasons, major resorts across North America are rolling out an impressive slate of new luxury hotels, infrastructure improvements, terrain expansions, and delectable dining. // By Larry Olmsted 42 NetJets
GETTING AN UPGRADE Located in Banff, Canada’s oldest National Park, Lake Louise is known as one of the world’s most scenic and naturally stunning ski resorts. It is also home to the biggest recent terrain expansion in North America with the new West Bowl, 480 acres of glades, steep tree runs, and wide-open powder. Served by the new high-speed Summit Quad Chair, the West Bowl immediately becomes some of the best advancedintermediate and expert terrain at the resort, featuring a wilderness backcountry aesthetic, yet easily accessible in-bounds. The mountain is served by two luxe hotels, the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise (fairmont.com) and gourmet-centric The Post Hotel: Lake Louise Hotel & Spa (posthotel.com), a Relais & Châteaux standout. South of the border, the main event this winter— and for years to come—is Montana’s Big Sky, the second-largest ski resort in the United States at nearly 5,800 acres, served by 38 lifts. The resort is in the midst of a massive, decade-long redevelopment, Vision 2025, which already includes a nearly new base village with several new restaurants and bars, an eight-passenger chair that launched two years ago, POWDER POWER On the slopes at Banff National Park. NetJets 43
