Long-time skier ranks the best lifts in skiing

Wait, that's the number one lift...?

January 23, 2026 | Words by Tyson Newell

ARTICLES > Heli-Skiing • 1 min read

Photo credit: Lucas Catania

The sports of skiing and riding are simple: slide down snowy slopes (hooting and hollering are option but encouraged.)

But in order to slide down, first you have to get ‘up.’ To that end, this endeavour of gravity-assisted snow sliding has many ways to transport skiers to the tops of mountains blanketed with snow.

Lucas Catania, a skier from Utah, has laid tracks down in many places, riding a variety of lifts. These are his favourite ski lifts ranked.


Put heli-skiing on your ‘to-do’ list

Perhaps you’ve got some top ski lifts of your own. There are plenty of great ones, to be sure. But if you want to try hopping in a helicopter to see skiing and riding in a whole new way, we’re ready when you are.

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