USA ski holiday facts
Ski Chalet Holidays combine all the warmth and welcome of a 'home' with the style and service of a cosy country house hotel - a bit like having your own 'house party' but without the hassle of cooking and cleaning. All chalets have a range of features. Many chalets have roaring log fires in warm comfy sitting rooms, and en suite options are available.
Friendships are quickly forged over the dinner table or gathered around an open fire laughing over the mishaps of the day. Whether you choose to take over an entire chalet as a family or group friends, or to join a party of other like minded guests, you are sure to enjoy your stay.
Ski Aspen - Aspen is a world top 5 resort and one of the US's most exciting, surrounded as it is by dramatic and beautiful peaks. The town is very lively with some of the best apres ski, if only for the variety of activities on offer. Aspen offers amazing skiing and a world class lift system.
Breckenridge ski holiday resort - Breckenridge is the most popular ski destination in the US with British skiers. Breckenridge, and original Victorian mining town, dates back over 130 years and has maintained its "Old West" character with over 300 listed buildings in the town. The town is fun and friendly, and the ski area, which links to Vail and Beaver Creek, is awesome.
Activities include ballooning, snowmobiling, ice skating, snowshoe tours, sleigh rides, dogsledding, night skiing, heliskiing, horse riding, fishing, white water rafting, mini golf, indoor tennis, fitness centre, pools, theatre.
Steamboat skiing - Steamboat is a world class resort ("Ski Town USA") with consistently excellent powder snow conditions and friendly Western character. There are 2 main focal points - the old, original cowboy town and the modern, village area developed for skiing. Both have excellent amenities. Steamboat offers a huge ski area with a wide variety of terrain.
Stowe skiing - Stowe is one of the best known resorts in the world and is one of the most picturesque. Stowe, one of the largest resorts east of the Rockies, has a great atmosphere and perfectly captures the spirit of the New England winter. It is situated on Vermont's highest mountain and has a state of the art ski area and very efficient shuttle service.
Activities include snowmobiling, sleigh rides, ice skating, snowshoeing, horse riding, indoor tennis, squash, winter walks, cinema, internet cafe, shopping.
Vail ski - Vail is regarded as one of the top 5 ski resorts in the world. It offers the largest ski area in the US with excellent high speed access. Vail village is colourful and full of character, with great apres ski.
Activities include ballooning, sno-cat skiing, snowmobiling, ice skating, ski-biking, dog sledding, bobsleigh run, paragliding, snow shoeing, winter walks, wildlife tours, museum, shopping.
Winter Park skiing - Winter Park is a world class ski resort perched high in the Colorado Rockies and is the closest resort to Denver. Winter Park has one of the highest snowfalls in Colorado providing an amazing ski area, and excelling in children's programmes and skiing for the disabled. Off piste, Winter Park has a laid back atmosphere and affordable and friendly apres ski.
Beaver Creek ski holidays - The exclusive resort of Beaver Creek is just 20 minutes by bus from Vail and has its own extensive ski area. With its special charm and elegance, Beaver Creek offers guests an ideal ski in/out Colorado experience. It is the quiet side of the Vail Valley . Yet, it remains a world class resort in its own right. A quad now links Beaver Creek Village to Arrowhead Village allowing you to ski or ride from mountain to mountain.
Jackson Hole ski resort - Skiers and riders of all abilities enjoy Jackson Hole. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort flaunts some of the most difficult terrain on the continent. Advanced skiers and riders meet their match on the two peaks. In addition, the beginner and intermediate skiers can enjoy the resort's 22 miles of machine-groomed runs.
Killington skiing - Killington offers the most skiing and most variety of terrain served by the East's highest capacity lift system. Six interconnected mountains and nearby Pico Mountain, provide unparalleled diversity of skiing and the greatest vertical in New England. Snowboarders are drawn to the challenge of the longest terrain park in the East. High elevation vistas, mountain-to-mountain exploration on more than 87 miles of trails and the charm of Vermont are just the beginning of a Killington vacation.
Heavenly Ski Resort is located in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range at Monument Peak, straddling the state line between California and Nevada. Overlooking the south shore of beautiful Lake Tahoe, Heavenly is a ski resort like no other in the world.
A resort with a mountain so big, it straddles two states. One with views so beautiful, you'll think your skiing in a postcard. One with weather so unique, you can anticipate over 360 inches of snow and 300 days of sun a year. And nightlife so wild, sleep seems overrated!
Few ski resorts match Heavenly's superior scenic beauty and expansive network of lifts, terrain, trails and snowmaking. The only Bi-state resort in the United States features 17 lifts in California and 12 lifts in Nevada.
Heavenly currently has one of America's largest snowmaking systems. Extensive investments for new grooming machines & upgraded snowmaking systems continue to improve your ride.
This is also one of North America's largest ski areas with 4,800 acres of terrain. Skiers ski for miles, surrounded by the towering peaks of the Sierra while overlooking Lake Tahoe, the high deserts of Nevada and the ranch lands of the Carson Valley.
Heavenly has the longest vertical drop in the Tahoe Basin with a mountain descent more than five miles long. From long intermediate cruisers to the chutes of Mott Canyon to the gentle slopes of the beginner areas, Heavenly has variety for skiers of all abilities.
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