Vermont Family Ski Vacations

If you are looking for an opportunity to combine skiing with a much anticipated family vacation, then a Vermont family ski vacation may be what you and your family are looking for. Vermont offers a number of ski resorts that are geared toward families and children. With miles of trails, children's programs and lessons for novice skiers, these family oriented ski resorts are just perfect to spend some quality time with the family.

Trapp Family Lodge

The Trapp Family Lodge is located in Stowe, Vermont. Designed and decorated with Austrian influences, this mountain resort encompasses more than two-thousand acres and consists of an Alpine Lodge, guest house chalets and three-bedroom villas. The Lodge offers a variety of rooms from studios to suites; for families, the two-bedroom guest houses and three-bedroom villas provide more room. Trapp Family Lodge offers guests more than 60 miles of cross-country skiing trails as well as a complete Nordic center. Additional activities at the Trapp Family Lodge include a fitness center, three swimming pools, tennis courts, yoga, massage therapy, mountain biking;,and hiking. As of 2010, nightly rates at the Trapp Family Lodge start at $238.
Trapp Family Lodge
700 Trapp Hill Road
P.O. Box 1428
Stowe, VT 05672
800-826-7000
trappfamily.com

Magic Mountain

Londonderry, Vermont is home to Magic Mountain. With 135 acres that include 40 trails, Magic Mountain has trails for all ability levels. Magic Mountain also offers lessons for beginners, a children's program and private lessons. For the more adventurous among you, the Hokus Pokus Terrain Park offers a chance to show off your jumps and jibs. The Inn at Magic is located on the property and offers twenty-two guest rooms starting at $79 per night as of 2010. Also as of 2010, a three day adult lift ticket at Magic Mountain was $147.

Magic Mountain Ski Area
PO Box 396
Londonderry, VT 05148
802-824-5645
magicmtn.com

Smugglers' Notch Family Resort

Smugglers' Notch Family Resort is nestled in between three mountains in Smugglers' Notch, Vermont. The resort offers a variety of lodging options, numerous dining choices, shopping and the Funzone Family Entertainment Center. Smuggler's Notch offers afternoon and evening scheduled family activities as well as providing a teen center for teenagers. Professional children's entertainers are on-site to entertain the smaller children in your group. A child care center, children's activities and camps are also available. More than seventy-five downhill trails and four terrain parks await skiers at Smugglers' Notch as well as cross-country and snowboarding trails. As of 2010, ski packages at Smugglers' Notch start at $109 per adult per night and include: lodging, lift tickets, group lessons, Funzone, and additional off-slope activities.
Smugglers' Notch Resort
4323 Vermont Route 108 South
Smugglers' Notch, VT 05464-9537
1-802-644-8851
smuggs.com