Vail Cascade Resort & Spa
Vail, Colo.

Reindeer rides and gingerbread-house construction are just two holiday joys you'll experience at this snowy resort. Throw in wine tasting and photos with Santa, and you have a Cascade Christmas. America's largest ski resort, with seven back bowls and four terrain parks, also offers ice skating, tubing, sledding, snowmobiling and ski classes geared especially to children.

There are 250 guestrooms at the hotel. If you're looking for home-style arrangements, you can rent a townhouse or condos at the resort.

Christmas season at Cascade kicks off Nov. 28 with the Tree Lighting and Gingerbread House Competition. Enjoy fireworks, carolers at the ice rink — and Saint Nick on a Zamboni.

Information: www.vailcascade.com