mountain riding-Squaw Valley
man they have sickass long runs,and true hard runs...i really couldn't find any of those for years...
For terrain though, i'll give it to the small timers.
Man Boreal every year builds a superpipe, and one hella sick line of kickers. Plus they got like another terrain park off to the side with like 12 boxes/rails lined up.
So far, Japan! Or more specifically, Niseko, Hokkaido. Not the tallest mountain around, but the powder is unmatched. There's nothing like a cold front from Siberia crossing the Sea of Japan to dump some of the biggest, fluffiest powder snow ever. The back country is just snowgasmic!