Keep up, you may be asked ''to sit out the rest of the day (without refund),'' according to the Web site. From mid-January to March, guided skiing is offered to small groups. To a 12,300-foot drop-off point from which they can get to black-diamond runs or hike higher up to open bowls and steep chutes. A two-person chairlift takes visitors from the 10,400-foot base There are no groomed runs, no clear-cut trails, and skiers must be equipped with a beacon, shovel and probe in case of an avalanche. Silverton is for advanced skiers and snowboarders only. Visitors hike to a heated yurt then skiĭown ungroomed terrain the next morning. dollars) a person based on a group of six. New this year: overnight backcountry tours for 399 Canadian dollars (about the same in U.S.
Its ''ski/snowboard anywhere'' policy offers visitors access to five backcountry peaks at their own Western Canada's oldest ski resort, Red has two mountains with more than 1,685 skiable acres and 2,919 feet of vertical terrain.
The resort's North Face Guides tour ($90 to $125) offers an introduction to the most challenging terrain. It was the first in the United States to host an extreme skiing contest and is celebrating 20 years of competition this season with the national Extreme Freeskiing Championship in February, whereĮlite skiers will charge down steeps with pitches from 35 to 45 degrees. It boasts the most lift-served extreme terrain in North America - 542 acres marked by vertical drops and Known for its steep, powder-packed, double-black-diamond terrain, Crested Butte Mountain Resort has been attracting adrenaline seekers for years. Here'sĪ cheat sheet on some of the best winter getaways to help you decide. You'll need to consider skill levels and terrain preferences, apr?ski activities and, especially if you have children, what to do if the weather doesn't cooperate. So many choices means that planning a ski vacation is not simple. Do you even want to ski? There are plenty of mountainside spots to drink, shop and gamble while others race down the slope. Is a helicopter your preferred transportation to the mountaintop? Done. Want your own private villa in a wildlife sanctuary? You got it. In the United States alone, more than 470 ski areas - from Rocky Mountain megaresorts to family-run slopes a short drive from Manhattan - are courting winter enthusiasts of all kinds. San Antonio is represented by two Mexican-influenced spots: 2M Smokehouse and Burnt Bean Co., the restaurant in Seguin whose owners Ernest Servantes and David Kirkland earned nominations for Best Chef: Texas in this year’s James Beard Awards.FROM a Mongolian yurt surrounded by wild, snowy terrain to trails designed specially for kids, North America's mountain resorts offer just about everything a skier could want. Valentina’s Tex-Mex BBQ, which just opened its new location in Buda in JuneĪnderson also includes Barbs-B-Q, a restaurant in Lockhart that only opened at the end of May but whose three female owners boast serious resumes.farm-to-table food truck LeRoy and Lewis.Distant Relatives, known for incorporating flavors of the African diaspora.Truth BBQ, Washington Avenue restaurant ranked third in the state by Texas Monthly.Ray’s Real Pit BBQ Shack, Black-owned restaurant in Third Ward.
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