Alyeska Resort
Anchorage, Alaska

Alyeska Resort, 40 miles south of Anchorage in the Alaskan wilderness, is a great place to have a white Christmas. Mt. Alyeska gets an average of 631 inches of snow a year, so bring your skis and snowboard. There are runs appropriate for all ages and skill levels. Lighted runs allow you to ski all night.

The Alyeska Hotel has 304 guest rooms and a spa that offers muscle-soothing apres ski rubdowns and soaks.

If your holiday stay extends to New Year's Eve, the resort hosts a fireworks show and torchlight parade, where hundreds of torch-carrying people ski or snowboard down Mt. Alyeska. It's quite a sight.

Information: www.alyeskaresort.com