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100 Best Ski Resorts of the World -by Gerry Wingenbach

I awoke this morning to temperatures outside of five-degrees with a windchill of six-below. This did not bode well for my walk to the bus stop sporting still-damp hair and the cute skirt I was determined to wear. Oh well: crunchy, frozen hair and chilly knees I could handle. Five is really not so bad.

Negative eleven is another story. This is what I’m hearing from reports out of Ohio. Minnesota’s negative twenty-two, on the other hand, is downright prohibitive. I’m not sure how one survives in weather where the windchill is fifty-below. I’d have to invest in a hair dryer.

In weather like this, my mind doesn’t necessarily drift to the Caribbean though, but to places where people are able to stay outside and play in the snow.

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Raven Map of West Virginia

Why do we, warm-blooded mammals, particularly dislike the winter season? The answers are apparent: it’s dark, it’s cold, and your bus is always twenty minutes late for the sole reason of torturing you and making you turn into an icicle on that desolate street corner.

But on the other hand, why don’t we take a more optimistic look at the upcoming winter? That will come to you easily, especially after a mug of hot chocolate, don’t worry. Yes, winter can be escaped only if you are taking a vacation in the Caribbean. So if it is inescapable, why not to try to have some snowy fun? After all, global warming is coming, you know, and snow is becoming more and more precious.

To catch some of it (or sometimes quite a lot), I would personally recommend West Virginia. Don’t be surprised! They have all the trails open right now with 8 to 16 inches of that white stuff, which we probably won’t get for another month here in Boston! And for those who just started shivering, the experts say – it is never cold when it snows unless it is a serious blizzard. However, there is always a cure for that disaster, like a ski resort cabin with a cozy fireplace, for example. That is certainly something you would appreciate and enjoy when it’s 15 degrees outside.

So, grab your skiing or snowboarding gear, your kids, dogs, friends, and put them all into the car and go. There is more fun to winter than the fear of cold, I assure you.