Buttermilk is good for beginners and has snow parks while Highlands has some of the best off-piste terrain.
I'd always thought traversing through pine-cone forests was something only the best off-piste skiers could do.
This offers skiers at Jay an extraordinary number of powder days and some of the best off-piste skiing in North America.
Chile has some of the world's best off-piste skiing, with untracked snowfields as far as the eye can see.
Not only do you get to avoid the drunken hordes who patrol the main town at night, but it has some of the area's best off-piste on north-facing slopes right above it.
020-8123 2978, mountaintracks.co.uk Dismissed by many as a poor alternative to better-known resorts in Austria and Switzerland, Bavaria has, it is claimed by local expert Francis Kelsey, some of the best off-piste runs in the entire Alps.
I can't vouch for the Ski Esprit operation, but Champoluc is absolutely one of my favourite resorts: wonderful skiing and beautiful scenery, superb for beginners and, for the more adventurous, access to the best off-piste in Europe at Alagna.
Comprising a whopping 255 miles of pistes and 94 ski lifts, the resort sits at the heart of the Quatre Vallées and has varied terrain, a good snow record and some of the best off-piste powder in Switzerland (regional day ski pass £46).
Not only is this chic property home to one of the best post-piste spots, The White Bar, with flowing vintage champagne, but it also flaunts a top-notch French restaurant, Le 1947, named after Château Cheval Blanc's most sought-after vintage.
Briançon has 24km of pistes best suited to beginners and intermediates, but it is also part of the Serre Chevalier resort.
