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Winter is hardly the one-dimensional activity season the ski slopes want it to be. From stargazing in Flagstaff to swinging 8-irons in sun-drenched St. George, these alternate interest-driven adventures will put some variety in your vacationing. (And, yes, there’s skiing, too.)

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Phoenix employment attorney Joshua Black escaped the summer heat by taking a “glamping” trip to the red rock town of Kanab, Utah. “In Kanab you’re in the high desert, you have a very beautiful variation of nature,” Black says. He and his immigration attorney wife are avid travelers, and have been taking trips to explore natural beauty during the pandemic. “We’re trying to plan weekend getaways where we can do three or four days, hit...

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This mountaintop town has a new bistro, lodge and quarantine-friendly frivolity. Courchevel Bistro Named after Park City’s sister city in the French Alps, this bistro emerged out of the pandemic to bring Park City French cuisine and has already been named one of the Top 20 New Restaurants in the World by CNN Travel. Executive chef Clement Gelas, originally from Boëge, France, turns out dishes like Arctic char bouillabaisse and Dover sole. The Lodge at...