ASPEN—The past weeks have been nothing less of a miracle for skiers. Nearly every day, there has been snowfall to some extent: usually quite a lot. Local skiers think that they have hit the jackpot at the four mountains—Highlands and Ajax especially—but amongst the twenty-plus ski resorts in Colorado, three mountains have really hit the jackpot, nearly doubling Highland’s snow depth of approximately 87-inches.

Wolf Creek Ski Area in southern Colorado has a snow depth of 142-inches, and northwest of Wolf Creek is Silverton Mountain Ski Area with a snow depth of about 160-inches. Monarch Ski Area, southeast of Aspen, has a depth of 93-inches.

Colorado has a couple of powder gems, but if you zoom out on the map, you will find that the Rocky Mountains hold 12 more powder jackpots—Jackson Hole, Grand Targhee, Brighton, Snowbasin, Alta, Solitude, Powder, Snowbird, Deer Valley, Sundance, Taos, and Santa Fe.

Ski racer Isabella Johansson reflects back on the season and her best ski trips.

“I would say that Portillo, Chile and Copper Mountain had the best snow,” Johansson said.

Going to Chile for a ski weekend might not be so realistic, but going to Copper is, and Vail ski racer Rachel Smith agrees with Johansson that the snow was great at this powder haven.

Smith says that Summit conditions have been alright: sufficient snow coverage on all terrain, and a soft-top layer. Smith believes that the best snow has been Copper Mountain this season.

Vail ski racer Katie Collins thinks that Vail ski conditions were great, but she says that Highlands would be her choice of free skiing this season.

“This year the snow is pretty good: lots of powder and a pretty good balance between wet and dry,” Collins said. “From all the places I’ve been, though, the Aspen Highlands Bowl has had the best free skiing snow, and the race snow was good during speed week.”

Colorado surely has some nice options, but junior Sophia Mitchell thought that Colorado was not satisfying her, so she ventured out of Colorado into Utah to ski Alta, the notorious skiers only mountain.

“The snow conditions were amazing,” Mitchell said. “The mountain was positioned in such a way that when these massive wind gusts hit, and they were massive, all of the snow would be blown back up the mountain. Because of this there was always fresh powder and amazing snow.”