NEW YORK (AP) — The November issue of National Geographic Adventure magazine is recommending 11 ski destinations from Oregon to Maine. They are:

• Snowmass in Colorado, described as an alternative to the "hustle and bustle of downtown Aspen."
• Sun Valley, Idaho, which the magazine says is launching its first gondola this winter for the ride 2,000 vertical feet up Bald Mountain.
• Park City Mountain Resort in Utah, where you can reach the High West Distillery and Saloon's bar and tapas restaurant on skis via the Quittin' Time run.
• Rossland, in British Columbia, described as a "no-stoplights, no-Starbucks former mining town" with incredible backcountry.
• Northstar-at-Tahoe in California, with a new Ritz Carlton and a new gondola to complement the deep Sierra snows and tall ponderosa pines.
• Mount Bachelor in Oregon, where daily lift tickets this season will be priced $49, $59 or $69, depending on lift-serviced available terrain and weather factors such as visibility, wind, precipitation and temperature.
• Whistler Blackcomb in British Columbia, where only 10 percent of the mountain will be closed to the public during the Olympics.
• Sugar Bowl in the Lake Tahoe-Truckee area, where a new Olympic sport, skicross, will be featured on a new course in a pre-Olympics show, Feb. 1-17. The sport involves four skiers at a time down a course with banked turns and jumps — think Moto Cross on skis.
• Jay Peak Resort in Vermont, which is opening a new luxury hotel this season, the Tram Haus Lodge.
• Cannon Mountain, in New Hampshire, which this season will provide shuttle transportation to Mittersill, an abandoned ski area that can now offer backcountry skiers access to ungroomed terrain.
• Saddleback in Maine, where the owners have been increasing skiable terrain and improving facilities, and will open a new glade this winter.

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