My wife and I are doing some preliminary searching in order to plan a ski vacation for December 13-20. We are located out of Chicago, and would like to find a place in the US or Canada. Young, athletic couple, both first time skiers on a decent sized budget. Just hoping to be pointed in the right direction in regards to city, resort, mountain, etc.
So far I'm finding a lot of information about Denver/Aspen/Vancouver. Ideally, we'd like to be able to fly into a place, have an average taxi ride to the resort (up to 40 mins), take beginner lessons with rentals, and spend a few days just having fun in the snow. The other things we're looking for would be a decent restaurant or town as we're planning to stay near the resort the whole time, no rental car. We're not really interested in taking an adventure to a remote ski-town, but would like to have a good time without paying ridiculous prices for below average amenities.
Your suggestions/links/comments are much appreciated.
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