I've NEVER seen Snow! Where should I vacation?

Mborroto25
Mborroto25 Posts: 79 Member
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Hi Everyone! I am from Miami and have been researching like a mad woman. I don't know where to begin! What I'm really looking for is a week long cabin rental where I can sit by a fireplace and enjoy the snow. Maybe try skiing. Any suggestions? I don't know how to narrow it down.
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  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Come to Portland Oregon. Mt Hood Timberline Lodge. Great Skiiing. Google it.
  • jessmastrilli
    jessmastrilli Posts: 203 Member
    Pocono Mountains in PA. Never been there, but heard lots of good stuff about the area.
  • sarrah_n
    sarrah_n Posts: 192 Member
    I'm biased, but northern Michigan is beautiful in the winter. Although I have never been to Colorado in the winter but have heard it's amazing in the mountains.
  • amaysngrace
    amaysngrace Posts: 742 Member
    Missouri has snow. Check out Lake of the Ozarks, they have cabins and lakes and stuff. The only other snow places I know is New England and Canada. But Missouri is reasonable, the cost of living is not high here, so you can find reasonable prices on cabins and stuff here.
  • mitch16
    mitch16 Posts: 2,113 Member
    I love Lake Tahoe--the scenery is gorgeous! Not terribly easy to get to however--we fly in to Reno and drive a bit.
  • Brazilll
    Brazilll Posts: 503
    Come to Vail, Colorado. Its beautiful during Fall and Winter.
  • dawnsjourney
    dawnsjourney Posts: 80 Member
    I may be biased here, but Western Montana is the most beautiful place in the world.
  • StinkyWinkies
    StinkyWinkies Posts: 603 Member
    Poconos or Colorado or Blue Ridge Mtns in Va...Adirondacks in NY

    Been to all of these...like Poconos best
  • running_shoe
    running_shoe Posts: 180 Member
    Quebec City!
  • jeanywren
    jeanywren Posts: 72 Member
    Come to Western Canada. The Rockies never disappoint anyone in the snow department. Great skiing, accommodations wonderful scenery.
  • christarae1
    christarae1 Posts: 245 Member
    Vail, CO and Steamboat, CO are both gorgeous!!!
  • arghbowl
    arghbowl Posts: 1,179 Member
    ADKS
  • sprintto50
    sprintto50 Posts: 410 Member
    Eastern townships of Quebec in February. Guaranteed snow. Or the Muskoka region of Ontario. Smaller ski hills but ripe with cozy cabins and snow in the winter.
  • BeccaBollons
    BeccaBollons Posts: 652 Member
    Switzerland for pure beauty.

    Or you could swap places with me. I live in rural England and we have snow forecast for next week. Willingly I would exchange!
    But our snow is only beautiful for a day, then it turns to wet icy slush- dangerous and not pretty :(

    Edited to add- I'm in OLD England, not New England which might be beautiful but I've never been there.
  • lauren3101
    lauren3101 Posts: 1,853 Member
    http://www.brainerd.com/winter/lodging/cabin_rentals.html
  • Mborroto25
    Mborroto25 Posts: 79 Member
    You guys are awesome! I literally just created this topic like 2 minutes ago lol! Keep the suggestions coming! I'm gonna research all the ones you replied.
  • emartin17
    emartin17 Posts: 123 Member
    Minnesota if you are into the sports and New England if you just want to see snow.
  • kiwigal41
    kiwigal41 Posts: 1,059
    Banff, Alberta, Canada

    or

    Jasper, Alberta, Canada

    or

    anywhere in the Yukon

    or

    anywhere in Alberta or the northern provinces in Canada......but I warn ya, snow gets old very quickly!!!!!:(.....you'll be wanting to jump on the next plane home in no time!!!lol
  • RozayJones
    RozayJones Posts: 409 Member
    Upper Peninsula in Michigan - beautiful many people in MI travel in MI :)
  • victoriousO
    victoriousO Posts: 63 Member
    Colorado in the mountains is the very best. We loved going up to Frazer to tube down the long mountain and them come in the chalet for a hot drink and fireplace. AWESOME Good luck on your hunt!!
  • LaserOctopus
    LaserOctopus Posts: 121 Member
    What, never?! May I suggest suggest one of the thousands of resort (and resort-like) areas in Colorado? The Rocky Mountains are snowy and beautiful, but also dry with a high elevation, so the cold is (usually) much less cold than the same temperatures at lower elevations. I might be biased, though, since I'm from Denver.

    Or Lake Tahoe? It's quite beautiful in the snow, and you have the option of two states: California or Nevada. Also a lower elevation (only six thousand and change) than most of the Rockies, some people are sensitive to high altitudes.
  • KimJohnsonsmile
    KimJohnsonsmile Posts: 222 Member
    I live in central Maine. Can I come stay at your house and you come stay at mine... let's plan for a week in mid-January. :-)
    Try this: http://www.mooseheadcabins.com/maine_winter_vacation.html. Or, Google cabin rentals in Greenville, Maine and plan to come up here in mid to late January. You'll see some good snow and Greenville sits right on Moosehead Lake, which is beautiful.
  • determined_erin
    determined_erin Posts: 571 Member
    Pennsylvania, New York, etc
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    I don't recommend snow. OVERRATED.

    But yeah, MI.
  • ChristineLavi
    ChristineLavi Posts: 62 Member
    Canada - BC (west) if you like to ski. Or out East Newfoundland LOTS of snow.
    US Adirondacks in NY
  • jayaprathappsg
    jayaprathappsg Posts: 60 Member
    Pocono mountains are great and you can find value for money too. There are plenty of ski resorts...
    Other than than Vermont has a few nice ski resorts
  • happycauseIride
    happycauseIride Posts: 536 Member
    Just avoid it. It's cold and sloppy and crappy. You have to bundle up and wear lots of clothes and gloves and hats, it sticks to your pants and makes them cold and wet. Stay where it's warm and sunny and grass is green and leaves on the trees.

    I'm just trying to be funny. I live in Nebraska and we get plenty of snow and I hate it. I would love to move south somewhere where I never, ever have to see it again.

    I would suggest Colorado for your vacation. Beautiful mountains and ski resorts there and then you can go home to sunny, warm Florida when you have had enough and thaw out. :laugh:
  • softwind
    softwind Posts: 572 Member
    Vermont. (I'm a little biased). Stowe has some great places
  • favoritenut
    favoritenut Posts: 217 Member
    I'm from Minnesota and so far no snow but we should get some soon. There are resorts up in the northern part of the state, like Brainerd, they have beautiful cabins, not sure on the skiing part but have lots of other things you can do, like snow mobile trails, snowshoeing, and ice fishing.

    But I've heard place in Colorado are just gorgeous to ski,
  • ractrev
    ractrev Posts: 426
    I am from Minnesota. It is overrated! Trust me on this!!!!! It sounds romantic, but it is a giant pain in the *kitten*. But if you really want to see it - lets switch places for the winter. ;)

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