Scott Horton and Nancy Martin of Farmington, Conn., both in their early 40s, recently took their first snowmobile jaunt together at Equinox through canopies of ice-enveloped trees that parallel the Appalachian Trail. At Adventure Ridge in Vail, Colo., speed is the whole point. Attitash Bear Peak in Bartlett, N.H., offers rides on Snowcat trail groomers. The resort, she said, had just too much snow. Dodging trees off the beaten trail.
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