7 of the best winter vacations in the U.S. and Canada are in New England

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New England Journey

Plan your subsequent winter getaway.

A skier at Sugarloaf in Maine. The Boston Globe

  • 3 of the perfect ski resorts for households within the U.S. are in New England, in keeping with Ski journal

New Englanders looking for an epic winter getaway don’t want aircraft tickets, in keeping with Males’s Journal.

The publication just lately launched an inventory of the 50 finest winter holidays within the U.S. and Canada and included seven New England locations: Conway, N.H., ranked No. 8; Stowe, Vermont ranked No. 10; Katahdin Area, Maine, ranked No. 22; Grafton Notch State Park, Maine, ranked No. 23; Sugarbush, Vermont, ranked No. 26; Sugarloaf, Maine, ranked No. 38; and Craftsbury Out of doors Heart, Vermont, ranked No. 43.

The No. 1 winter trip within the U.S. and Canada is Alta, Utah, in keeping with the publication.

“If you consider the perfect winter holidays, chances are high your mind begins churning out epic concepts like snowboarding well-known Swiss peaks in St. Moritz, Zermatt, and Matterhorn; trekking Patagonia’s glacial tunnels and craggy mountains; or chasing the northern lights throughout Scandinavia,” the publication wrote. “However there’s a ton of journey available nearer to house — so shut, you may not even have to guide a flight.”

Conway, N.H., the top-ranking New England vacation spot, is inside driving distance of 13 ski resorts, wrote Males’s Journal, and an hour’s drive from Mount Washington, the place you may “take a snowcat experience to the summit for unique views, then tour the well-known climate station to see should you might deal with working and residing at 6,288 toes above sea stage.”

Stowe, Vermont, “has that European ski village really feel,” in keeping with Males’s Journal, and the gondola takes guests 3,625 toes above sea stage.

The Spruce Peak base space at Stowe Mountain Resort. – Stowe Space Affiliation

The Katahdin Area in Maine “has greater than 350 miles of curated trails excellent for snowmobiling and cross-country snowboarding,” the publication wrote.

On the 3,192-acre Grafton Notch State Park in Maine, guests can snowshoe, cross-country ski, and snowmobile on the paths and “hikers can get pleasure from panoramic views of the park from Desk Rock at 4,180 toes above sea stage,” Males’s Journal wrote.

Skiers and riders at Sugarbush in Vermont can deal with two mountains and 6 peaks through 16 lifts, in addition to three terrain parks and almost 30 wooded areas.

Sugarloaf in Maine presents company 160 trails on greater than 1,240 skiable acres, in keeping with the publication.

“It’s additionally the one ski resort within the Northeast with lifts that take skiers above the treeline,” Males’s Journal wrote.

Lastly, on the 800-acre Craftsbury Out of doors Heart in Vermont, which presents a cross nation ski community, “no less than 105 kilometers join the farms, fields, and forest by Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom,” in keeping with the publication.

Take a look at the record of the 50 finest winter holidays within the U.S. and Canada.