GRAND Magazine - November/December 2008 - (Page 60) reunions T crystal mountain, michigan northstar-at-Tahoe, california smugglers’ notch, Vermont snowmass, colorado d The four top U.S. ski resorts for grand families By Kara Williams Our picks for the best winter excursions for multigenerational snowbunnies M f y children are Blessed with an ultra-active grandmother. On our family vacations, my mother- in-law, Bonnie, zip-lines with them in Hawaii, snorkels beside them in Mexico and hikes behind them in national parks out West. Wintertime brings snowmobiling and sledding in our Colorado backyard; since we live only 30 minutes from one of the country’s family-friendliest ski resorts, we spend plenty of time on the slopes with Grandma. Indeed, Snowmass, with its whopping 91 trails, incredibly varied terrain, and multiple slopeside restaurants for warming up with a steaming bowl of chili or mug of hot cocoa, has just about everything a multigenerational family could ask for in a ski resort. While we tend to spend several winter Saturdays there, for many grand families Snowmass is a premier weeklong vacation destination. It has an excellent ski-school program, accommodations for all budgets and tons of fun for families off the slopes, including dogsled rides, campfire sing-alongs and teen parties at the new Treehouse Adventure Center. (Not to mention it’s so much less pretentious than its neighbor, chic Aspen.) 60 GRAND NOVEMBER DECEMBER 2008
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