Team Snow, this one’s for you. Where do you come down on the urgent issue of the Great Divide? You know the one we mean: To Ski or Snowboard? Our correspondent Lindsey Graham shares her story. Once a skier, now a snowboarder, she’s seen both sides now. Here’s her advice on how to find the best snow sport for you.
Are you one of us who’s up for a snowy winter vacation this year? If so, you don’t have to settle for just another traditional ski or snowboarding trip. Instead, why not aim for a cold-weather culinary adventure? Preferably in a cozy and scenic location with excellent restaurants and at least one 5-star hotel. Happily, there are lots of places that fit that bill. Alternatively, if you’re in search of warm breezes and great cuisine, there are perfect spots for that this winter, too. Here are our top picks for the best food and wine winter vacations this year. We found over 15 options – one should be perfect for you.
Sure, you could visit a glittering city like New York, London or Paris during the Christmas season. But sometimes its nice to dream of a different kind of Christmas. One near the sea, with old weathered clapboard buildings, and hand-decorated trees. One with nutcrackers of a different sort. One like Christmas on Nantucket. This small and special island off the coast of Massachusetts is best-known as a summer retreat. But those who love it also know about the annual Nantucket Christmas Stroll.
Which luxury tribe do you belong to: Team Sand? Or Team Snow? Almost everyone has a dream luxury winter vacation that sustains them on the days when work or family (or both) are causing excessive stress, and fantasies of escaping to a better place start to dominate. If we’re lucky, sometimes we even get to take those dream trips. But unless we’re traveling alone, or have unlimited time and money and no need to make tough choices, we are sometimes faced with a pressing issue: Is the best luxury winter vacation the beach or skiing – sand or snow?
With the official start of winter nearly here, and ski resorts all over the world opening for the season, this seems like a great moment to address a profound question in the sphere of winter wellness: why do people love to ski and snowboard? Said another way, why would anyone in their right mind voluntarily choose to don clunky heavy boots, several layers of clothing, a helmet, face mask and googles, and then strap two sticks or an over-sized skate board to their feet and hurl themselves headlong down a mountain? Unless they were being pursued by a bear, or the Huns, or creating a YouTube video, really, what’s the point? Dear reader, we’re glad you asked. In our view, here are the top reasons that people love to ski and snowboard.
