The 7 Most Popular Ski Resorts in the U.S.

Certain ski resorts seem to appear on every 'best of' list, but do the hard numbers actually match the reputation? Well, it's pretty hard to say, at least in the U.S.
A lot of ski areas keep their exact skier visits per year under wraps for a bunch of different reasons. Luckily, there are several different organizations that will report on total skier visits per state or region. So, using estimates and rough numbers, this is what we dug up as far as the most popular resorts in the U.S. based on