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14 guides in Ski & the Alps
Colorado has four ways to ski in luxury: the glamour of Aspen, the scale of Vail, the polish of Beaver Creek and the remote drama of Telluride. The right one depends on how you ski and how you want to be seen.
For a luxury ski holiday in 2026–27 we would put you in one of twelve hotels across six resorts: The Little Nell or Hotel Jerome in Aspen, Four Seasons Vail or The Sebastian in Vail, Montage Deer Valley or St. Regis Deer Valley, Cheval Blanc or Les Airelles in Courchevel, Badrutt’s Palace or the Kulm Hotel in St. Moritz, and the Mont Cervin Palace or The Omnia in Zermatt. Booked through a Forest Travel advisor, each can carry Virtuoso privileges: a room upgrade on arrival, daily breakfast for two, a resort credit and early check-in or late check-out, when available.
There is no single best ski resort, only the best one for how you ski and how you spend the evening. These are the resorts we plan most, what each does best, and when each opens in 2026–27.
A ski trip only works when both of you want to be there. These are the resorts where the partner who doesn't ski has the better week, and what fills their days.
The first winter after the Milano Cortina Games: what Cortina hosted, what it left behind, how the Dolomiti Superski area works, and how to plan a luxury ski week in a UNESCO World Heritage landscape.
Two of North America's great family ski destinations, built very differently: one huge resort around a pedestrian village, the other four mountains around a town, one of them made for families.
Two of the Alps' most glamorous resorts, and two very different holidays: one is a vast linked ski area with villages built for skiing in and out, the other a historic town in the Engadine with a winter of events on a frozen lake.
Four resorts on one mountain in Hokkaido, famous for some of the lightest powder anywhere: when to go in 2026–27, which side of the mountain suits whom, and how the trip fits with the rest of Japan.
Skiing in July and August, an hour or two from Santiago: which Chilean resort suits which skier, when the season runs and what the resorts have already announced for 2027.
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