Though California’s “Eureka!” state motto originally meant you’d struck gold, today visitors can say Eureka! about a whole lot more than a few grubby nuggets. Skiers exploring California and its exceptional Sierra Nevada mountains—whether its their first of fifty-first trip—will be in awe of the scale and range that the state’s slopes and trail networks have to offer. Boasting some of the biggest cross-country complexes in North America, not to mention some of the highest concentration of world-class trails and conditions around, these Nordic areas are bound to exceed your greatest expectations.

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