Something for every family in Park City, including snowboarder nephews

by user | Feb 17, 2014 | Destinations, Families & Groups, Snow Vacations, Travel Diary, Travel Topics

By Chris Yemma, Taking the Kids Special Nephew Correspondent PARK CITY, Utah — Park City has turned silver into gold. One of the many luxuries of being Eileen’s nephew are the epic ski trips we go on every year. Vail, Aspen, Snowmass, Breckenridge, Crested Butte,...

Mammoth Still Formidable in California Drought

by user | Feb 14, 2014 | Destinations, Families & Groups, Lodging, Snow Vacations, Travel Diary, Travel Topics

By Chris Yemma, Taking the Kids Special Correspondent MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. — Mammoth Mountain is so California. And that’s a good thing. When Americans think California, they think beaches, babes, Hollywood and Disneyland. What they don’t think is skiing. That’s what...

At Deer Valley, the consensus seems to be no snowboarders

by user | Feb 12, 2014 | Destinations, Families & Groups, Lodging, Snow Vacations, Travel Diary, Travel Topics

Blue skies at top of Bald Mt at Deer Valley PARK CITY, UTAH (DAY 3) — Finally, the sun came out. I know in snow country everyone wishes for the snow we’d gotten here in Utah the last few days—28 inches just in the last two days at Deer Valley Resort. But I...

When the snow is falling, the spa is a perfect backup plan

by user | Feb 11, 2014 | Destinations, Families & Groups, Lodging, Snow Vacations, Travel Diary, Travel Topics

SNOWBIRD SKI RESORT, UTAH (DAY TWO) — I admit it.  When it comes to skiing when the wind is howling and I can’t see in front of me, I’ll pack it in, even at such a wonderful mountain as Snowbird. I love their new Ski Mums group who meet up on Wednesdays and...

Outwitting the storm for once for a family ski reunion in Park City, Utah

by user | Feb 10, 2014 | Destinations, Families & Groups, Lodging, Snow Vacations, Travel Diary, Travel Topics

PARK CITY, Utah (DAY ONE) — Sometimes, it pays be proactive. When the forecast got worse by the hour for the latest storm primed to hit the East Coast, I figured our flight from New York to Salt Lake City would invariably be cancelled the next morning. I’d been...

Unleashing your family’s inner Olympian at the North American sites

by user | Feb 6, 2014 | Backyard Vacations, Destinations, Families & Groups, Snow Vacations, Travel Topics, Weekly Column

By Eileen Ogintz Tribune Content Agency Bobsled, skeleton or speed-skating? Maybe your gang gets more excited about the jumps and twists snowboarders execute or watching ski racers bomb down the mountain. This year, do a lot more than just watch the Olympians as the...