Escape From Charlotte In Search of Snow: 4 Winter Wonderland Getaways
Our winter travels to Alberta, Montana, Minnesota, and Quebec
Your skin tingles. Your breath forms a plume of vapor. The word “bracing” comes to mind. It’s merely the initial shock.
Why did you come here? It’s the middle of winter, and you decided to go north?
Damn right.
Look. The sun gilds the Rockies. The hotel seems to rest on a bed of frosted firs. A glacial lake is nearby, and it glows emerald in the light.
It looks magical. It’s not. That’s just what it is—winter in a place that walks in step with the season.
Funny thing—once that first sweep of cold air passes, you get used to it. You don layers—don’t lie, you’ve been dying to break out that sweater and those boots—and head out into the fast-falling night.
You think Alberta, Montana, Minnesota, and Quebec just fold up and wait until spring?
Forget that. They offer slopes, trails, museums, city life, festivals, fishing—fishing!—and, of course, plentiful food and drink that tastes all the better for the chill outside.
Other people can flee to the Caribbean islands or California or Thailand. You? You took the flight less traveled by, and here’s your chance to luxuriate in the difference.
