Series
Gear by Climate, by State.
Climate, conditions, and gear by US state. Snow changes from state to state. So does what you wear.
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State guide
Colorado
High altitude and dry cold change what your gear has to do. Here's the season, the gear, and the resorts.
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State guide
Montana
Maritime west, continental center, northern cold east. Three nationally known resorts plus eleven more most outsiders haven't heard of.
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Utah
Lake-effect powder you can fly into. Eleven Wasatch resorts inside 45 minutes of Salt Lake City International.
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Vermont
Smaller mountains, wetter snow, hardpack and ice. The Northeast gear priorities differ from the Rockies in ways visitors don't expect.
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Wyoming
Colder, often windier than Colorado. Two world-class resorts plus six mostly empty ones. Here's the season, the gear, and where to ski.
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California
State guide in progress.
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Washington
State guide in progress.
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Maine
State guide in progress.
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New Hampshire
State guide in progress.
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Idaho
State guide in progress.