skiing in canada/usa with a 16 month old

[1stbaby]

Hi

Can anyone recommend somewhere stateside to go skiing with a young toddler? We have been to breckenridge and Jackson Hole in the past (pre-baby) but I am not sure I fancy the 16+ hour journey with a wriggle monster! I was thinking somewhere on the east coast might be better? There are 4 adults so we would want some kind of condo. Probably be towards the end of Feb.

Thanks for your advice!

PS will be flying from the north (Manchester of Newcastle)

[willali]

We went to Stowe Vermont last Feb and whilst my 2 are a lot oldr I did notice there was a lovely Creche / Nursery you could use for your baby. Flight to Montreal only 7 hours or so and a 2.5 hr drive from there to Stowe. Better to do it that way to avoid immigration queues at Boston / New York. You need to stop at he border and go through the formalities but far less people means a quicker transit. Loads of good value hotels and condos in Stowe and the ski-ing was fantastic!! Very cold though so pack those layers....

[jicky]

We have been to Tremblant (Canada) and smugglers Notch (Vermont) with kids. Both journeys were easy - for smuggs we fly to Boston, staying in the hilton at the airport and then drove the next morning which worked well with our kids. And were for a week in February.

Smuggs had brilliant daycare and lots for kids to do - soft play etc. But the snow was poor and the resort restaurants were not very good. Dh and the older boys liked the skiing, but I found it icy and so didn't like it so much.

Tremblant I found the daycare less good - had it not been number 3, I would probably pulled him out on the first day and not sent him back, but he settled after a few days. It was just the staff were older French Canadians, and previously it had always been younger people from New Zealand/US/Australia who seemed more welcoming and would carry him in and give him a hug etc. Snow was better in Tremblant but very very cold. Also better choice of places to eat out.

[thirtysomething]

we've been to stowe in the summer so can't comment on skiing but there's a fantastic log cabin comples called sterling ridge with snowmobiles etc that organises skiing very near Stowe. We had a great summer holiday there - lovely owners and very nice cabins.