Need some advice from travelers

[QuickNDirty]

So I get married in a couple of weeks and need to find a honeymoon spot. The spot is dependent on weather which is why I've put it off so long.

Requirements:
A metric shit ton of snow
A nice place to stay
An airport within a couple of hours of the location

Things that would make it even better:
If the location is near/on a mountain
If there's a nice bar in/near the location
Restaurant/grocery store nearby
Trails and shit
Small population


I'm thinking my best luck might be in Wyoming or Vermont.

Snow's a requirement because neither of us have ever seen snow (Good job SE Texas! I been in t-shirts all year so far.) and she wants to for some reason.
I also would like the challenge of driving in the shit, especially up a mountain.

Any ideas?

 

[Shooterken]

Check out Park City Utah Olympic Village..... I was there in the spring and it was amazing.

 

[Veer_G]

Look around Kingston, Ontario, or Montreal, Quebec. There's lots of reasonable lodging in what some people think of as the off season.

 

[glockdan78]

Incline village Nevada near lake Tahoe

 

[George Az]

Flagstaff Arizona. Nearby Sedona does a great Christmas light show at Tolacapoci. Flagstaff has a Ski resourt and is a wonderful winter town. Small town feeling. Or Fly in to Grand Junction Colorado and go to Telluride. Telluride is one cool place. go to the hot springs in nearby Ouray. It is a trip being in hot springs with snow all around. Ouray has the world ice climbing championships, there is some really cool stuff to see.

 

[Asperly Aimless]

Lake Tahoe or Mammoth. We are about to get pounded with snow tomorrow, and more next week. Snow, skiing, hiking, bars and shit, stores, etc. Be careful driving in the snow. Mess around and you'll end up in a ditch or nose first into an embankment.

ETA- Bring warm clothing. It is a dry cold, but still not very enjoyable if you don't have the right clothing.

 

[rdinak]

montana

 

[QuickNDirty]

Mess around and you'll end up in a ditch or nose first into an embankment.

Yep. I hope that people in snowy places don't drive like people around here when it rains like hell. I'll be a pretty big puss I'm sure.

Hard to decide between Utah and Nevada at this point. Way prettier seeming stuff there than what I was looking at in VT.
Montana and Wyoming might be a bit much for my SO... Teens are OK, but negative teens might not be so OK.

Thanks so much for the suggestions!

 

[Asperly Aimless]

Nevada you can hunt Coyotes, ground squirrels, and jacks year round without a license. Also there are a bajillion acres of public lands to shoot, hike, hunt, etc. Mammoth is on the California side, and California blows goats. It is a beautiful area though.

If you go to Mammoth, all you have is Mammoth. It is truly in BFE. If you go to Lake Tahoe you can head downhill a ways and hit up Reno, Carson City, Genoa, Gardnerville, or even further into Virginia City.


ETA=Tahoe can hit the negatives as can Mammoth. Get down in the valleys and it gets cold enough for your dick to crawl back into you.

 

[truth]

Taos, NM

Telluride, CO

Durango, CO

Jackson Hole, WY

 

[coldboremiracle]

Shit, Salt lake easy. Park city is 30-40 minutes from the airport and has anything and everything you listed.
Mamoth is nice and very beautiful, but not alot there.
Tahoe is nice, and has everything, but I hate f@cking Tahoe and the ritzy MF's who loned God their wisdom.
Reno is nice, but its awful close to California.
Montana is beautiful, I notice it was -26F yesterday so f@ck that.
Im in Denver as we speak, its a great place as well, has everything.
Dont rule out Sun Valley Id, thats where the Terminator goes to ski.
I'll be flying to Santiago Chile in a couple weeks, exotic destinations as such may score you bonus rounds with your bride. At least it f@cking better! Or coldboremiracle is gonna be a lonely angry bear with no money!

 

[coldboremiracle]

Forgot to add, salt lake is laden with bad MF's from the Hide like myself to show your ass around

 

[benchrester]

Might check out Red Lodge, Mt. Lots of snow, great food, etc., Mountains, trails, small town. Close to Billings.

 

[Veer_G]

Not to drag you back over the border, but there's plenty of snow and seclusion up north. Plus, Kingston is definitely a cool little burg.

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[Phil1]

Taos, NM

Telluride, CO

Durango, CO

Jackson Hole, WY

Covers it.

 

[teabag_46]

I have to say, if you have never even seen snow before, than thinking of trying to drive up or down a snowy mountain is almost definitely the LAST thing you want to be trying!

Good luck!

 

[BPaulk]

Lake Tahoe, NV fly into Reno rent a four wheel drive you will have skiing and casino's great food Good Luck!

 

[Guest]

Telluride, Silverton, Ouray, Montrose, Ridgway, CO - That area.
Airports at Montrose and Telluride. All within a few hours of each other.
Shit ton of snow may close Red Mountain pass (550) though, so you'd better sleep where you want to be.

 

[W54/XM-388]

Snow's a requirement because neither of us have ever seen snow (Good job SE Texas! I been in t-shirts all year so far.) and she wants to for some reason.
I also would like the challenge of driving in the shit, especially up a mountain.

Any ideas?

Just head up to Dallas,
Snow, Ice, Freezing Rain, 15 degree temperatures, sub zero wind chills, solid grey skies, crawling up 200+ft high overpasses that are all ice...
I will also mention that the "challenge" of driving on sheets of wavy ice covered by a bit of snow is not all that fun... it kind of just downright sucks.

 

[QuickNDirty]

Hah. Any inclement weather sucks in a big city.

Salt Lake City may be a winner. Relative to the surrounding areas it's a pretty cheap stay. Ice skating, snow mobiles, touristy stuff close by..

What's the deal with lift tickets? I'm not much for skiing, but riding gondolas around for a while seems like a lot of fun.

 

[KTDLS7]

Just head up to Dallas,
Snow, Ice, Freezing Rain, 15 degree temperatures, sub zero wind chills, solid grey skies, crawling up 200+ft high overpasses that are all ice...
I will also mention that the "challenge" of driving on sheets of wavy ice covered by a bit of snow is not all that fun... it kind of just downright sucks.

. . . it kind of just downright sucks

Yes it does . . . and you don't need lift tickets!

 

[Phil1]

What's the deal with lift tickets? I'm not much for skiing,

Try it, you might like it.

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[shulette]

Summit County Colorado gives you a lot of variety but I would go with Park City Utah any day of the week.

 

[Cegorach]

Girdwood, AK

Beautiful mountains, small community, lots of neat places to stay, and lots of cool stuff in every direction.

 

[Assault116]

Been pretty much everywhere on the list (western stuff anyway) at one time or another and I'd say Park City, UT. All the goodness without the pompous a-holes from Southern Cal (the ritzy fru fru kind previously referred to here), plus the prices are better than the resort towns in CO.