page_title: Ski resort
section_title: Types
hierarchical_section_title: Ski resort / Types
caption_attribution_description: English: Mzaar Ski Resort
context_page_description: A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports. In Europe, most ski resorts are towns or villages in or adjacent to a ski area – a mountainous area with pistes and a ski lift system. In North America, it is more common for ski areas to exist well away from towns, so ski resorts usually are destination resorts, often purpose-built and self-contained, where skiing is the main activity.
context_section_description: The ski industry has identified advancing generations of ski resorts:
  First generation
  Developed around a well-established summer resort or village (e.g. Davos, St. Moritz, Kitzbühel, Chamonix, Megève, Val Gardena).
  Second generation
  Created from a non-tourist village or pasture (e.g. St. Anton, Lech, Courchevel, L'Alpe d'Huez, Aspen, Breckenridge).
  Third generation or integrated
  Designed from scratch on virgin territory to be a purpose-built ski resort, all the amenities and services nearby (e.g. Sestrière, Flaine, La Plagne, Isola 2000).
  Fourth generation or village resorts
  Created from virgin territory or around an existing village, but more concerned with traditional uses (e.g. resorts built since 1975 like Shahdag Mountain Resort, Azerbaijan).
  The term ski station is also used, particularly in Europe, for a skiing facility which is not located in or near a town or village.
  A ski resort which is also open for summer activities is often referred to as a mountain resort.
caption: Mzaar Kfardebian Ski Resort in Lebanon
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