Anyone who’s been to Banff knows that the national park is usually packed with cars, RVs and tour buses, the sidewalks jammed shoulder-to-shoulder with visitors. That’s why a mid-January ski trip was such a welcome reprieve for the Globe’s travel editor, who found a quieter, calmer experience when she went resort-hopping in the Rockies. Read more. And in Quebec, we take you on a village-to-village guided tour through the Laurentian mountains north of Montreal, where tradition and history are key to this cross-country ski trip.

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