Two terrain features dominated the battlefield at Kernstown.
It's also renowned for its night skiing, with 19 illuminated trails and two terrain parks served by four lifts.
Adrenaline junkies can hit jumps at one of Northstar's eight terrain parks, which include a 420-foot superpipe.
Breckenridge (970-453-5000; www.breckenridge.snow.com) also has five terrain parks and four half-pipes, so now's your chance to catch some air.
As one of the first major resorts to welcome snowboarders in the mid-1980s, Breckenotdge not surprisingly is also noted for its five terrain parks and four pipes.
We have seen for some time now that, for British readers and now TV viewers, Nordic crime fiction is one terrain on which they do.
Mammoth's three terrain parks, spread over 60 acres, offer some of the best rails, jumps and halfpipes this side of the generation gap.
Sipapu's two terrain parks are less crowded than those in larger resorts, making them a good place to try out new tricks.
Three terrain parks -- two at the main ski area and one at adjacent Pico Mountain (formerly a separate resort, now part of Killington) -- offer ramp jumps and other features sculptured from snow for skiers and snowboarders.
Blandford Ski Area (Blandford, Mass.; 413-848-2860; skiblandford.org; $45) This larger community ski area has what few others do — two terrain parks and five lifts for its 22 trails.
When the Dining Room was last reviewed in The New York Times, in 2005, Frank Bruni praised its "significant joys," including much of the food, but warned of "uneven terrain" on the menu.
