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...train in an indoor arena. Or they can ride on packed trails where they will hear nothing but the muffled thump of the horse's hooves and the whistling of the wind through the pines and aspens. There are many other ways to traverse the great outdoors: cross-country skis, snowshoes, sleds, skates and snowmobiles--even a sleigh behind two Belgian draft horses. Downhill-ski enthusiasts can schuss at nearby Winter Park and Silver Creek...
...December finds you driven to distraction by noisy, aggressive crowds, head for the Ridgeline Log Cabin in Danbury, N.H., just two hours from Boston. Set atop Ragged Mountain Ski Resort's northeast peak, the Ridgeline cabin is 2,000 sq. ft. of rustic isolation that sleeps anywhere from two to 28 people (the more people, the more reasonable the cost). The only access to the 2,000-ft. peak is by chair lift, or a sled pulled by a snow-grooming machine. (Bring your cell phone.) After the last lift closes in the early evening, Ragged Mountain is all yours...
Jostrom comes from Kalispell, Mont., an idyllic ski-resort town only half an hour from Glacier National Park. The small town of 12,000 people has little discernable music scene...
...would be tough to overlook a bed-and-breakfast located in Jackson Hole, Wyo., 10 minutes from a buzzing town, five from the Jackson Hole Ski Area, 15 from Grand Teton National Park and just an hour from Yellowstone. But the Wildflower Inn, an actual log cabin built by owners Ken and Sherrie Jern, is a destination in its own right...
...north in rural western Maine, the Sugarloaf/USA resort gives ski lessons to students in the first through eighth grades of nearby Stratton K-8 public school. For Stratton's middle-school students, the resort offers golf lessons and environmental field trips and provides opportunities for job-shadowing and work-study. "It makes education more relevant when children can have a hands-on experience outside the classroom," says Stratton principal Lorrie Arruda...