THE US WINTER HOLIDAYS DESTINATIONS


to book a table near the fireplace – or take the gondola at night for a moonlit dinner at The Roundhouse, Sun Valley’s gourmet mountain dining spot, which also has the best night-time views. FIND OUT MORE: sunvalley.com


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PARK CITY, UTAH True ski aficionados should head for Utah. The enormous Park City Mountain Resort will


make history as it joins forces with neighbouring resort Canyons to form one of the largest interconnecting ski areas in the world – and the largest in America, bigger than Vail and Beaver Creek combined. Karen Anderson of Ski Independence says: “Park City already has an incredible snow record and now with the addition of even more state-of-the-art ski lifts, this truly is a snow sports paradise.” A new eight-passenger, high-speed, two-way gondola, named Quicksilver, will transport skiers from the base of the existing Silverlode Lift at Park City to the Flatiron Lift at Canyons, and there’ll be a new 500-seat indoor restaurant at the base. The town is lively, with a great choice of bars and


restaurants – you may be in Mormon country, but Park City sure isn’t dry – and accommodation is wide-ranging too, from luxury hotels to good-value options like the Park City Peaks Hotel, a favourite with Ski Independence guests. Non-skiers won’t be bored, with dog-sledding, snowshoeing and fly-fishing on offer and even an Olympic Bobsled track to have a go on – a professional driver pilots the four-man sled down at 80mph. FIND OUT MORE: visitparkcity.com


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YELLOWSTONE Next year is the centenary of the US National Parks service, and Wyoming’s wonderful


Bison, foxes and Yellowstone’s famous wolf packs show up better against the snow


Yellowstone was the first to be established. It’s not just somewhere to visit in summer, so clients can get in early and be among the first to visit in the centenary year by checking it out in all its snowy glory in January and February. There are plenty of benefits to the time of year – bison, foxes and Yellowstone’s famous wolf packs show up better against the snow, and there will be far fewer crowds even at tourist highlights like Old Faithful. Snowcoach rides are the best way to visit – some of the interior roads are closed to cars – and can be reserved from the north, south or west entrances to the park. National Park ranger-led programmes are on offer, plus guided snowshoeing, cross-country skiing and snowmobile tours. Only two lodgings are available within the park in winter – Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel & Cabins and Old Faithful Snow Lodge & Cabins. For those who’d rather someone else got them organised, escorted touring operators offering winter itineraries include Trafalgar’s eight-day Secrets & Winter Wonders of Yellowstone, and Tauck’s nine-day Wonderland: Yellowstone in Winter, both with January and February departures.


SAMPLE PRODUCT


Funway Holidays offers three


nights at the four- star Sheraton Boston from £675 including Virgin Atlantic flights from Heathrow on December 8. funway4


agents.co.uk Ski


LEFT: Park City, Utah BELOW: A snow coach in Yellowstone


Independence offers seven nights with


breakfast at the Park City Peaks hotel in Park City from £1,118 including United Airlines flights from Heathrow, departing


January 13, and transfers. ski-i.com


Trafalgar offers an eight-day Secrets and Winter Wonders of Yellowstone tour from £2,826 land-only for departures in January and February.


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