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Crested Butte
These uncrowded, powdery Colorado Rockies’ slopes come minus the icy patches more common to eastern resorts, making them a resounding hit with tumble-prone kids (and adults) alike. Youngsters are especially stoked by kid-specific trail maps and the children’s terrain park, featuring rails, jumps, tabletops, rolls, and even a mini-halfpipe. Day care is on offer for little ones aged 2 months to 3 years (when ski programs kick in), with a 1-to-2 caregiver-to-infant ratio for tots under 18 months. Tubing, movie, and pizza-dinner evenings or monthly pizza-and-movie “teen nights” keep the young ones entertained, while this historic-mining-town-cum-ski-resort – completely devoid of traffic lights and chain stores – serves to charm the skis right off of the adults. Access is via a 5-hour drive southwest of Denver, or just 45 minutes from the Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport. www.skicb.com
