Then there's the active local population that pours their leisure time and dollars into mountain biking, skiing and nightlife.
Until recently, Colorado's Crested Butte Mountain Resort allowed uphill skiing only during nonoperating hours for its chairlifts.
The daughter of a paper company chief executive, Prevot grew up in York, Pennsylvania and went to high school at Burke Mountain Academy, a skiing-focused boarding school in East Burke, Vermont.
For example, if you are skiing down a mountain and are fortunate enough to be wearing a pair of Oakley Airwaves, their wearable computer goggles, you might want to see an ad for drinks or dinner in the lodge below.
Last month, Daniel Maddox, 41, from Clackmannanshire, died in an avalanche while off-piste skiing near the Glencoe Mountain snow sports centre.
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Lauterbrunnen is an incredibly scenic place to visit, with gushing waterfalls, glacial formations, impressive mountain peaks and plentiful opportunities for skiing, hiking and camping.
Mr. Smith was attracted to the home's location in Nevada as well as its proximity to the skiing at the Heavenly Mountain Resort at nearby south Lake Tahoe, adds Ms. Merkelbach.
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The new twist will be a member-only lodge (under construction now) and an event center atop the mountain, and expanded access to adventure skiing and hiking terrain.
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Already a prime place for mountain biking, fishing, water-skiing and hunting, the Rotorua Lakes region recently laid claim to hiking as well, with the opening of the 15km Tarawera Trail in December 2013.
It is linked to the Town of Telluride by a gondola unique in all of skiing, owned by the community of Mountain Village and operated as public transportation.
Glencoe Mountain Resort said an experienced off-piste skier, skiing out with the ski area, had been caught in a major avalanche.
Outdoor activities will include skiing, sledding, curling, falconry and mountain lion watching.
As I mentioned, it has spas, plenty of non-skiing activities, and is especially notable for its on-mountain dining.
If you are a beginner, the Methow Valley Ski School offers lessons in classic cross-country skiing and more technical skate-skiing at three locations, Winthrop, Mazama and the Sun Mountain Lodge.
He started skiing 59 years ago and now spends a few hours on the mountain four days a week.
Given over to mountain bikes, horses and hikers in the summer, the trails are groomed for skiing between December and March, weather permitting.
Speaking of skiing, JPL is a thirty-minute ride from Marmot Basin, a fantastically beautiful ski mountain with nine lifts, a 3, 000-foot vertical drop and superior snow conditions.
Modern lifts, primed ski slopes from "Sesame Street" to "Death Wish", solitary cross-country trails through untouched nature, cosy mountain huts, steaming mulled wine, hearty dinners by a crackling fire - all are hallmarks of a German skiing holiday.
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