The best ski resorts in America, according to skiers and snowboarders

Liftopia just unveiled its 2016-17 Best in Snow Awards.

The ranking incorporates feedback from thousands of skiers and snowboarders to determine the most popular ski resorts in North America, surveying them about resorts' family friendliness, terrain, crowds, and snow consistency and quality, among other criteria.

Magic Mountain in Vermont won "Overall Best in Snow," with customers saying it's "the best kept secret in the Northeast" and "a true skier's mountain." Vermont resorts took home three out of the top 10 awards.

If you're wondering about the lack of certain big name resorts on this list (like *cough* any resort in Colorado), know that Liftopia surveyed over 10,000 readers, and then combined that information with its own data on resorts (visits annually, acreage, average true cost of skiing, and uphill capacity), collected over the past decade. This leveled the playing field between big resorts and smaller, lesser known ones, ensuring that all North American resorts were recognized equally.

Keep scrolling to see who made the cut.