Ikon/Epic Skiing & Staying Near Mountain on Points

Bonus Info for Fellow Bostonians

Airlines that fly direct from Boston to ski destinations

• Salt Lake City (SLC): Delta (delta has about 3 flights per day; for the return they have a morning, evening and red eye), Jet Blue (note that Jet Blue has one flight per day in each direction and the return is a red eye)
• Denver (DEN): Southwest, United, Jet Blue
• Bozeman, MT (BZN) – Big Sky(64 min): Jet Blue has a few direct flights a month mostly near vacation weeks, otherwise, it would involve a stop on: United (DEN), Alaska (SEA), Delta (MSP, SLC)

Airlines that fly from Boston to ski destinations with one stop:

• Redmond, OR (RDM) – Bachelor(50 min): Alaska (SEA, PDX), Delta (SLC), United (DEN, SFO), American (LAX)
• Reno, NV (RNO) – Heavenly(61 min), Squaw (52 min), Northstar (45 min): American (Various), Delta (SLC), Southwest (DEN), United (DEN), Jet Blue (JFK)
• Aspen, CO (ASE) – Aspen(11 min), Snowmass (13 min): United (DEN)
• Yampa Hayden, CO (HDN) – Steamboat(35 min): United (DEN); note in prior years there have been direct flights from Boston, but haven’t seen them this year yet, but keep checking
• Vancouver, BC (YVR) – Whistler(124 min): Air Canada (YUL, YYZ), American (DFW), United (ORD), Delta (SEA, MSP)
• Mammoth Lakes, CA (MMH) – Mammoth(21 min): Alaska from LAX
• Jackson Hole, WY (JAC) – Jackson Hole(45 min): United (DEN), Delta (SLC)

Please note that I am writing this from the perspective of someone that lives on the east coast of the USA so I am including some of the better east coast “driving mountains” in the mix of the worthwhile even though no one would fly from California for them.