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Snowbasin Resort ranked third-best in the West in Ski magazine's annual regional rankings.

Utah's Alta Ski Area and Deer Valley Resort also ranked in the Top 10.

The state's ski and snowboard season is on track to begin next month.

HUNTSVILLE, Weber County — Utah has some of the best resorts in the West, and one of the best overall might still be in northern Utah.

That's what readers of Ski magazine had to say ahead of the upcoming season, in its annual regional rankings released on Tuesday .

Snowbasin Resort came in as the third-best resort in the West, after topping the list last year. It was dethroned by Big Sky Resort in Montana, while Banff Sunshine Village Ski and Snowboard Resort in Alberta, Canada, also slipped ahead of the We

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