Take an exhilarating, sightseeing tour up to the Maroon Bells. Then finish up back at the T Lazy 7 Ranch with a few laps on the snow oval. Click here	Spa Hopping in the Valley Spas in the Vail Valley offer visitors endless treatment options in the most idyllic setting imaginable. Snowboarding Rules! It takes less time to get good at snowboarding than almost any other snow sport. After only about three days, most new shredders are carving turns and trying their first tricks. Going Cross-country in New Hampshire Cross-country skiing is a wonderful way to exercise and experience the winter wonderland of New Hampshire. Snowboarding Growing by Leaps and Bounds In 1988, Vail became Colorado's first major resort to welcome snowboarders, mostly at the behest of former Vail/Beaver Creek owner George Gillett's teen-age sons. Snowboarding was originally relegated to a limited area of Beaver Creek, but boarders are now welcomed all over both Vail and Beaver Creek mountains. Snowboarding Terminology Speak like the natives do and check out this primer to snowboarding lingo. Pampered at Yampah Springs and Vapor Caves No visit to Glenwood Springs would be complete without a trip to the Yampah Spa and Vapor Caves. Approximately one hour from both Aspen and Vail, Yampah Spa and Vapor Caves is just east of the Hot Springs Pool Magnificent Maroon Bells No visit to the Aspen area would be complete without a sojourn to the Maroon Bells, the most photographed mountains in North America. Leave the Boards at Home Aspen Mountain or "Ajax" to the locals, is steep and unrelenting, offering virtually no beginner trails and just a handful of intermediate runs---and is one of just six resorts in the country to ban boarders.