a quintessentially romantic horse-drawn sleigh at New Hampshire’s
Bretton Woods (800-314-1752; bretton
woods.com) or on a wintertime cruise
on North America’s largest alpine
lake: Near Heavenly Mountain
Resort (800-432-8365; skiheavenly
.com), on the California-Nevada border, the paddle wheelers Tahoe Queen
and M.S. Dixie II ply Lake Tahoe
(800-238-2463; zephyrcove.com).
YAY FOR NEIGH The horse does the hard
part for sleigh riders touring Lake Tahoe.
Indoor Adventures
When you pick a resort with cool
indoor-receation activities, adrenaline junkies can get their kicks even
if Mother Nature isn’t cooperating.
Crested Butte (800-810-7669; skicb
.com) has an adventure park with
bungee trampolines, a climbing wall,
and a year-round ice-skating rink.
Discovery Ridge Adventure Center
at Wintergreen Resort (800-266-
2444; wintergreenresort.com), in
Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains,
offers paintball, a zip line, and even a
mechanical bull. If your kind of action involves a green felt table, Lake
Tahoe’s Heavenly Valley is steps from
a brace of casinos on the Nevada side
of the resort, and Las Vegas Ski &
Snowboard Resort (702-645-2754;
skilasvegas.com) lies 45 minutes
northwest of the Strip. Also credit
Vermont’s Okemo Mountain Resort
(800-786-5366; okemo.com) for
WEIDINGER PUBLIC RELATIONS. OPPOSITE, FROM TOP:
ILLUS TRATION BY DAVID CO WLES; BIG BEAR ADVEN TURES RESORT
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