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Best Ski Resorts for Value

31 resorts ranked by editorial assessment

  1. 1

    Balkans, Bulgaria

    Bansko

    Bulgaria's flagship mountain resort — 75km of well-groomed pistes above a medieval market town.

    ValueBeginnersIntermediates
    9.5Value for Money
    7.5Good
    Budget
    Budget
  2. 2

    Himalaya, India

    Gulmarg

    India's only world-class ski destination — one of the highest ski lifts on earth, deep Himalayan powder above a Kashmir meadow.

    ExpertsOff-PistePowder Hunting
    9.5Value for Money
    7.0Good
    Moderate
    Mid-range
  3. 3

    Balkans, Montenegro

    Kolašin 1450/1600

    Montenegro's largest ski area, formed when two separately-built resorts were lift-connected in 2021/22 and unified onto a single pass.

    ValueBeginnersFamilies
    9.5Value for Money
    6.5Above Average
    Budget
    Budget
  4. 4

    Balkans, Serbia

    Kopaonik

    Serbia's largest ski resort — 55km of forested National Park pistes at a price that makes the Balkans' best ski destination hard to argue with.

    ValueBeginnersFamilies
    9.5Value for Money
    7.0Good
    Budget
    Budget
  5. 5

    Balkans, Bulgaria

    Borovets

    Bulgaria's oldest mountain resort — a former royal hunting ground in the Rila range, and the country's largest ski area.

    ValueBeginnersIntermediates
    9.0Value for Money
    7.0Good
    Budget
    Budget
  6. 6

    Caucasus, Georgia

    Gudauri

    The Caucasus' most developed ski resort — exceptional freeride terrain and Himalayan-scale snowfalls at a fraction of European resort prices.

    Off-PistePowder HuntingBackcountry
    9.0Value for Money
    7.5Good
    Moderate
    Mid-range
  7. 7

    Balkans, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Jahorina

    A 1984 Winter Olympic venue above Sarajevo, and one of the shortest, cheapest airport transfers of any resort in this catalogue.

    ValueBeginnersFamilies
    9.0Value for Money
    6.5Above Average
    Budget
    Budget
  8. 8

    Carpathians, Poland

    Kasprowy Wierch – Zakopane

    Poland's highest ski mountain — a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve above Zakopane, almost entirely expert terrain, and a cultural pull as strong as the powder.

    ExpertsOff-PisteSki Touring
    9.0Value for Money
    6.5Above Average
    Budget
    Budget
  9. 9

    Carpathians, Romania

    Poiana Brașov

    Romania's most famous ski resort — a compact Carpathian destination in the Bucegi Mountains, within easy reach of Brașov and Transylvania.

    BeginnersValueFamilies
    9.0Value for Money
    6.0Above Average
    Moderate
    Mid-range
  10. 10

    Andes, Argentina

    Cerro Catedral

    South America's premier ski resort — 120 km of piste in Patagonian Andes above the lakes and forests of Bariloche.

    Scenic BeautyValueOff-Piste
    8.5Value for Money
    7.5Good
    Moderate
    Mid-range