There's a nip in the air now that it's winter. Snowy weather is just around the corner and for many of you, it's already arrived. This has a lot of people thinking about strapping on a pair of skis and heading for the nearest mountain. But don't hit the slopes without first reading RAVE Reviews ranking of America's 25 best ski resorts.

A total of 25 resorts located all over the county were reviewed on the following factors: vertical drop, base elevation, top elevation, skiable area, number of runs, number of available lifts snowfall in inches, terrain parks, on-mountain lodging, night skiing, and après ski.

Ski resorts making the ranking are as follows:

1) Powder Mountain
Hometown: Eden, Utah

2) Aspen/Snowmass Ski Resort
Hometown: Snowmass Village, Colorado

3) Steamboat Ski Resort
Hometown: Steamboat Springs, Colorado

4) Telluride Ski Resort
Hometown: Mountain Village, Colorado

5) Snowbasin Ski Resort
Hometown: Huntsville, Utah

6) Copper Mountain Resort
Hometown: Copper Mountain, Colorado

7) Deer Valley Resort
Hometown: Park City, Utah

8) Crested Butte Mountain Resort
Hometown: Gunnison County, Colorado

9) Killington Ski Resort
Hometown: Killington, Vermont

10) Sugarloaf Ski Resort
Hometown: Carrabassett Valley, Maine

11) Arapahoe Basin Ski Area
Hometown: White River National Forest, Colorado

12) Loveland Ski Area
Hometown: Georgetown, Colorado

13) Whiteface Mountain Resort
Hometown: Wilmington, New York

14) Solitude Mountain Resort
Hometown: Solitude, Utah

15) White Pass Ski Resort
Hometown: Naches, Washington

16) Wolf Creek Ski Area
Hometown: Pagosa Springs, Colorado

17) Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe
Hometown: Reno, Nevada

18) Stowe Mountain Resort
Hometown: Stowe, Vermont

19) Brighton Ski Resort
Hometown: Brighton, Utah

20) Sundance Mountain Resort
Hometown: Provo, Utah

21) Mt. Baker Ski Area
Hometown: Whatcom County, Washington

22) Beaver Mountain Ski Area
Hometown: Garden City, Utah

23) Bretton Woods Mountain Resort
Hometown: Bretton Woods, New Hampshire

24) Monarch Mountain
Hometown: Salida, Colorado

25) Mt. Lemmon Ski Valley
Hometown: Tucson, Arizona