America's top ski resorts continue to open new terrain and add services for the 2007-08 ski and snowboard season.

From the Colorado Rockies to Utah's Wasatch Mountains, expect new, bigger, improved and better than ever for the 2007-08 ski and snowboard season. Some highlights:

Alta Ski Resort, UT

Alta is introducing a new hands-free ticketing system, which means skiers can place their ski ticket inside a pocket and leave it there all day--no fuss, no muss. An antenna from the new RFID (radio frequency identification) system will"read" the ticket and allow access through entry gates to the lifts. Smart, fast, convenient. At the end of the day, skiers can go online, reload the card and and even track ski history.

The Canyons, UT

If skiers liked the more than 200 acres of Dream Catcher terrain that opened last year, there's more -- the resort is glading more of that area, making it some of the best tree skiing in the West. The much-awaited Silverado Lodge also opens this year, with year-round pool and fitness center.

Brighton Ski Resort, UT

A new $4.2-million detachable quad lift is opening -- the new Millicent High Speed Quad. The new lift will be 3920 feet long, with a vertical rise of 1,110 feet, and give skiers a quick trip to all the terrain on the Millicent side of the mountain. With this addition, skiers now enjoy access to 100 percent of Brighton via high-speed lifts.

Deer Valley, UT

More than 200 new skiable acres, including 65 acres of gladed skiing and eight new runs, off the new Lady Morgan Express, a high-speed detachable quad lift -- Skiing Magazine's #1 rated resort (for the umpteenth time) keeps getting bigger and more manicured.

Snowbird Ski Resort, UT

More snowmaking off Peruvian Gulch -- sorely needed for those rare but inevitable low-snowfall weeks -- from the top to the bottom.

Big Sky, MT

Already the bigging skiing capacity in America, Big Sky has opened 212 more acres of Dakota Territories; plus there's a new lift on Lone Peak.

Arapahoe Basin, CO

Check out the Montezuma Bowl -- the mountain's largest expansion in 60 years. A new lift provides access to 400 acres of intermediate and expert bowl skiing, and increases the skiable terrain by a whopping 80 percent.

Snowmass Ski Resort, CO

Elk Camp Meadows beginners area has three new lifts and ski school. A new $25-milion kids adventure center consolidates ski and snowboard school check-in, rental, retail and entertainment under one roof.

Construction on the new base village is underway, along with on-mountain improvements, expected to be completed over the next few years.

Steamboat Ski Resort, CO

Significant snowmaking improvements, plus a six-passenger Christie Peak Express Chairlift, new on-mountain signs and upgraded kids ski/snowboard cafeteria -- all highlight this year's changes.

Copper Mountain, CO

Expert skiing is expanded with the new 4-7 Glades area, accessed from the Alpine or Super Bee lifts.

Vail, CO

The old Highline Lift (Chair 10) and Sourdough Lift (Chair 14) are being replaced with speedier quad lifts, cutting times in half to favorite bump runs, bowls, basins and the Two Elk Restaurant.

Winter Park, CO

A classic mountain-styled village, balancing modern and family-friendy amenities, is the new heart of Winter Park. The new Panoramic Express Chairlift will be North America's highest six-passenger chairlift, providing faster access to over 1123 acres, including Vazquez Cirque, Parseen Bowl and 100 acres of new advanced and intermediate terrain.

Monarch Mountain, CO

Added 200 acres of new cat skiing terrain into "No Name Bowl" -- plus $600,000 of on-mountain improvements.