Snow Skiing resort for non-skier

Aspen, Beavercreek and Vail. Not knowing your wife... I would say 4-5 days at any resort will eventually get a bit boring if you do zero winter sports.

If you have a rental car she could always venture out and do some "excursion" types things - dog sledding, snow mobile, lunch or horse drawn carriage at a nearby ranch. It's just tougher in winter to find things to occupy your time if you aren't skiing, but doable.

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What are some good resorts for a family that can also accommodate (shopping, spa, etc) a non-skier?

I’ve done, several times, Breck, Keystone, Telluride and steamboat and the wife was bored with all. She hates to ski and I’m thinking if I want to continue the family ski trip I need to find something more accommodating.

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Honestly and I apologize as there's not a nice way to say this, but it sounds like you should just leave the wife at home. A typical ski vacation is 3-5 days. All of those you mentioned are pretty nice places. For a family trip, I don't see how you can be miserable in any of them for that length of time. A good book or two, enjoying the snow and mountains, a day in the spa, etc. is generally plenty for that short of a trip.

As said, it sounds like maybe she just wants more shopping or a bigger city?

ETA: The reason I say this is because I just took a vacation with my FIL during a time that worked best for my FIL (not us), he paid for much of it, and he wasn't really looking forward to it nor was it anything he would enjoy outside of being with family. We really tried to make the best of it as it was very bad timing and we were very busy. Frankly, the trip was a waste of time and frustrating. We spent very little time together, did a bunch of crap we wouldn't have done, and overall were stressed about being there period as it was a bad time and stressed about doing things on the vacation for the FIL that ended up being wasted because he either didn't show or didn't care. We would have been much better off just planning the trip solely for us, us paying, and then having him come at his leisure and fit in as he pleased.

I'm very much of the mind now that you go on trips for the majority of people to enjoy and the majority plans the majority of the trip. It doesn't have to be perfect for everyone, but if that person that is not the majority can't make the best of it and help everyone else enjoy the trip then they should just stay home. Its all about a vacation and while there's something to be said about just spending time together as a family, it doesn't sound like in this instance it happens anyway. Maybe instead of going for 5 nights you go for 4 nights without the wife. Something like that, so its just about skiing and have a great time skiing and nothing else.

Telluride is perfect

We are big Salt Lake fans. You can easily stay downtown and drive to either Park City, Alta, or Snowbird to ski. There's tons of things for her to do in Salt Lake while the rest of you ski. We did this recently and it was great.

If your wife can’t have fun at breck, then I pity your life, perfect mountain town... guess you could do the Hyatt at beaver creek... she wouldn’t have to leave resort or just stroll to shops. But mostly i think your wife sucks, and I would never go skiing with my wife if this was her attitude