Snowboarding Resorts

Snowboarding has become a mainstream winter activity in recent years, with many well-known destinations in Europe now known, not just as ski centres, but specific snowboarding resorts. Enthusiasts flock towards many of the popular snowboarding resorts each season to enjoy the excellent trails, phenomenal conditions, and many varied terrain parks, as well as the action-packed apres-ski, and vibrant social scene found throughout the towns. 

 

Europe and North America have plenty of thriving snowboarding resorts to visit, which continue to attract avid riders season after season. Some of the best snowboarding resorts in France include Tignes, with its year-round glacial slopes and impressive snow record, the high-tech Les Arcs, with its super-efficient lift system and massive expanse of terrain, and Courchevel, a good all-round resort with a great range of varied terrain. Snowboarding resorts in Austria include St. Anton, home to some exceptional intermediate and advanced terrain, Mayrhofen with its fantastic snowpark, and Saalbach & Hinteralem, known for its extensive boarder-only slopes and lively apres-ski. Switzerland also boasts some excellent snowboarding resorts which can offer excellent summer riding and extensive off-piste boarding, such as Zermatt and Saas Fee. North America has its fair share of impressive high-altitude snowboarding resorts boasting amazing parks and pipes, with established centres in the US such as Breckenridge and Heavenly having welcomed riders for many years. Canada can also lay claim to some world-class snowboarding resorts such as Banff, with its abundance of champagne powder, and the number-one rated Whistler, with its excellent tuition, extensive terrain, both on and off-piste, and challenging superpipes.

 

Popular snowboarding resorts can be either traditional or purpose-built, and feature diverse terrain ranging from wide open bowls full of deep powder, to heavily wooded trails and steep chutes and descents. Most ski resorts now welcome snowboarders onto their slopes, with some even having specific boarder-only areas, and many investing huge amounts into developing their popular terrain parks, pipes and jumps.