Top 25 Winter Trips: United States
Find the best skiing, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, and winter camping trips in the U.S.

Humboldt Peak, CO. (Jesse Benn)

Outpost Camp, Mt. Whitney, CA. (Dariusz Drost)

Greeter Falls, Savage Gulf Natural Area, TN (Martin Larson)
Snowshoe/XC Ski
Greeter Falls, Savage Gulf Natural Area, TN Skirt 800-foot-high bluffs, then descend to an icy, two-tiered, 65-foot high falls on this 5.6-mile point-to-point. state.tn.us
» Algonquin Peak, Adirondack Park, NY Pack an ice axe, and head 4.1 miles (one-way) from Adriondak Loj to views of Lake Placid from the 5,114-foot summit. apa.state.ny.us; Trip ID 428631*
» Dewey Point, Yosemite The 7.2 easy miles from Badger Pass Visitor Center offer views of snow-tufted Half Dome, Clouds Rest, and El Capitan. nps.gov/yose; Trip ID 51745
Ski
Southeast Flank, Humboldt Peak, CO In spring, skin and scramble to the 14,064-foot summit, and descend 5,000 feet through a steep gully and forested slopes. fs.fed.us/r2/psicc
» Northwest Couloir, Pfeifferhorn, UT Bootpack 4.5 miles up this 11,326-foot Wasatch Range peak, then shoot down a 50-degree descent to a 50-foot rappel over an ice cliff. climb-utah.com
» Big Jay, VT Find fresh, thigh-deep powder on 3,800-foot Big Jay’s east face— under the rope at Jay Peak Ski Resort. jaypeakresort.com
Camp
Outpost Camp, Mt. Whitney, CA Situated in a wide meadow below granite-hemmed Mirror Lake, this snow-quieted camp sits 3.8 miles from Whitney Portal. fs.fed.us/r5/inyo
» Roaring Plains, Monongahela NF, WV Park in Laneville for this 12.5-mile snowshoe circuit on the South Prong Trail to a trailless ridge with views of Seneca Rocks. fs.usda.gov/mnf
» Oak Island, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, MN Thick ice along the coast of Lake Superior allows only-in-winter access to offshore arches and promontories. nps.gov/apis