By not following the herd and going to the more well known resorts!

Sometimes I discover lifts when out biking during the summer, then I get an idea of the terrain around them and go back and visit during the winter.

Other times I read about them in books, or find them on the 1:50,000 ski tour maps. Then I use google earth, 1:25,000 maps, the interweb to get more information. Then use the SLF web pages to find out how much snow has fallen in the region and what the Avalanche risk is. Call up my friends and go and check it out.

There is a huge amount of information out there about these kind of areas. You won't find them listed as ski resorts and for good reason you won't find them mentioned too much by name on the internet either.

I'm in the process of making a concerted effort to find more places like in the pictures. This place is already crowded with 60-80 people so I need to find some more similar places.