Travel Dispatch: Choose Your Ski Adventure
Find your powder paradise in Vermont, Japan or Norway.
Travel Dispatch
December 31, 2025

If you’re itching to hit the slopes, your next ski trip might take you to Bolton Valley, Vermont, where a lift ticket costs under $100 most days, or to Park City, Utah, where Deer Valley Resort has more than doubled its terrain.

Or, look farther afield — perhaps to the powder paradise of Hokkaido in Japan, or backcountry skiing in Lofoten, Norway.

A snowboarder wearing ski goggles cuts through evergreen trees and deep snow with a smile.

Casey Kelbaugh for The New York Times

1,200 acres of Vermont powder for around $100

Taken from a high vantage point, the photograph shows islands in the distance and a town surrounding a harbor.

Jonathan Schwartz

Lofoten, Norway, is an adventurer’s paradise in the Arctic

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Soak in hot springs and natural splendor in Banff, Alberta

Two skiers ride a chairlift over a snowy mountain.

Alex Goodlett for The New York Times

Tackle new terrain in Park City, Utah

On a snowy day, a young person in a red ski suit and yellow helmet is snowboarding, while another boarder, also in red, sits in the snow, adjusting his boots. In the background are other skiers and snowboarders, a ski lift, and a very snowy landscape.

Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

A first-timer’s guide to skiing in Japan

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