Winter Travel

Here's a handful of additional schools ideal for skiers, snowboarders, mountaineers and winter outdoor enthusiasts attempting to spend a lot of time on the slopes.

March and early April often offer up some stellar late-season ski deals at popular resorts, especially in light of recent snows in northern Utah and across Colorado.

The trip was a bit of a last minute plan -- spring had arrived early in the Philadelphia area, and it felt like we all had a bit of spring fever. Our biggest fear? That it would get so warm that we'd never get a chance to hit the slopes

Growing up, we always thought sledding was meant for kids.

A poll of the Liftopia crew's favorite runs resulted an amazing response and our list of the Top 5 Epic Ski Runs.

I'm awkwardly carving drunken S-shapes in the silken snow, tumbling into waist-deep, feather-light powder.

If you are in need of some rays to emanate through your computer screen, pump up the brightness and bathe in these seven sunny beach escape videos.

What goes best with skiing? Drinking, of course!

No one expects towns in the American rust belt or the cluttered backstreets of Mumbai to tug at the heartstrings in the same way as, say, Venice. Yet in some respects they have it easier.

At Liftopia, we travel quite a bit for work -- and for play! -- and spend a fair amount of time in airports across the country. Below are our favorites based on easy access to resorts, speed of baggage delivery and how quickly we can get in and out of the terminal and out on the slopes.

We've been shoveling non-stop just to keep the roofs from caving in and the snow from obscuring the doorways. We have to work to keep pathways to and fro carved into the six feet or more of snow covering the ground. It might seem a little out there to come to such a place for rest and relaxation, but I'll let you in on a little secret: For many people living in Alaska, it's our favorite time of year.

"Since we cannot count on 100% reliable transportation," said the flyer mailed to me in advance, "You must be in good physical condition so that you can hike to safety ... in rugged weather conditions with energy-sapping cold, chilling and buffeting winds and through deep drifted snow." I was ready.

It could be Canada's coolest hotel. The Hotel de Glace, or Ice Hotel, has opened outside Quebec City, an annual spectacle that will host guests thr...

Every winter, Siberian winds bear down on Harbin, China, prompting the city's 10 million citizens to go outside for a party. The Harbin Internatio...

MITTERFIRMIANSREUT, Germany -- A church built entirely of ice and snow has opened in Bavaria – a century after villagers first built a snow chur...

This winter's forecast: plenty of snow and travelers fleeing it.

Another year of La Niña in the forecast means another very snowy winter. Maybe even more than last year's often record-breaking hammering, which provided for some amazing downhill action, everywhere from the Catskills to the Pacific Northwest.

For skiers and snowboarders, winter isn't the end of the year, it's only the beginning! Snow sports enthusiasts live for this time of the year and here are 10 places to start the winter right.

A skier's run down New Zealand's Coronet Peak on Saturday took a turn for the interesting when she wandered off the trail and found herself being chas...

When it comes to travel in winter, you can either fantasize about escaping the cold, or run headlong into it, embracing the season's icy wiles. Of all...

February marks the peak of winter doldrums for most people -- cold temperatures, dreary weather, and the onset of cabin fever after months of short da...

Brrrr. When Old Man Winter comes to town, it's easy to get down. But a visit to any of ShermansTravel.com's favorite places to beat the winter blues...

NEW YORK — For travelers who aren't tapped out from the holidays, it's a great time to fly. January and February are the slowest travel months ...