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1. Smugglers? Notch Resort
SKI Magazine?s top ?in the East? resort is also a winner in the kid-friendly and service categories, too. Eight lifts across three interconnected, progressively challenging mountains offer snow-seekers a 2,610-foot vertical rise and 78 trails?one of which is the only triple black diamond run in the east. Smuggs has onsite daycare that will take in babies as young as six-weeks-old, an exceptional kids? camps for three- to 20-year-olds and in-room babysitting. Inclusion is important here, and the Smugglers’ Notch Adaptive Program provides therapeutic recreation for children and adults who need special assistance. Outdoor activities include tubing, snowmobile tours, ice skating, airboarding, jibbing clinics (where you learn to snowboard on unconventional surfaces like metal rails, boxes or benches), winter walks and more. When it?s time to come inside, the FunZone 2.0 indoor play complex has 26,000 square feet of family fun with ping-pong, mini golf, laser tag, a climbing wall and a bouncy castle. You?ll find a mix of slopeside ski-in/out and mountainside lodging with space for even the biggest families, easily accessed by the free, on-demand resort shuttle. Canadians will love the Canadian-at-par pricing on all packages booked over the phone. Smuggs is located at 4323 Vermont Rte. 108 in Jeffersonville, VT., approximately an hour’s drive from Burlington International airport. Call 855-318-7103 or smug...