ACTIVE GETAWAYS
Slopes, Spas, and Sun East, west, north, or south, you can make your escape to mountains where snow never melts, streams full of fish just waiting to bite, and beaches that never run out of shells.
The Getaway: CordeValle, San Martin, CA
The Action: Spa, tennis, golf
Learn More: www.cordevalle.com
Call: (408) 695-4500
Tucked away at the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains 30 minutes south of San Jose, the 1,700-acre CordeValle spa and resort is ideal for a romantic getaway. The resort offers a luxury 5,000-square-foot spa featuring traditional, classic spa services. Guests can also enjoy swimming, hiking, and tennis and play golf on the 7,169-yard championship golf course created by legendary designer Robert Trent Jones Jr. Wine lovers can tour topflight wine-tasting venues in the surrounding area or visit Clos LaChance, the 85-acre winery and vineyard located right on the CordeValle property.

The Getaway: Glendorn, Bradford, PA
The Action: Fly-fishing, hiking, skeet-shooting, snowshoeing
Learn More: www.glendorn.com
Call: (800) 843-8568
The cherry, hemlock, maple, and white pine trees that cloister the Glendorn resort hold the promise of quiet, back-to-basics fun and relaxation. Built in the 1920s by the Glendorn family as a private retreat and opened to the public in 1995, the 1,280-acre Glendorn estate on the northern border of Pennsylvania offers guests the chance to fly-fish for trout, steelhead, and salmon with Orvis-endorsed guides in cold-running Fuller Brook. You can also try skeet- and trapshooting, enjoy a range of spa services, and hike and snowshoe along 18 miles of forest trails.

The Getaway: Mammoth Mountain, Mammoth Lakes, CA
The Action: Skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, snowshoeing
Learn More: www.mammothmountain.com
Call: (800) 626-6684
Visitors to Mammoth Mountain enjoy one of the longest ski seasons in the country—November to June—and take on 150 trails and 3,100 vertical feet that get pummeled with 400 inches of snow every year. If you’re itching to snowboard, check out Mammoth’s Unbound Terrain Parks where you’ll find over 70 acres dedicated to 40 rails and boxes, an amazing Wall Ride, 50 jumps, and a world-class system of pipes. Care to head out into the Eastern Sierra Nevada wilderness? Grab a snowmobile and head out across the trails, open meadows, pine forests, and historic landmarks of the Inyo National Forest.

The Getaway: Timberline, Timberline Lodge, OR
The Action: Skiing, snowshoeing, snowboarding, hiking
Learn More: www.timberlinelodge.com
Call: (503) 622-7979
Even in the height of summer, the Timberline Lodge is thinking about snow. Only 2,500 feet farther up the rising slope of Mount Hood from Timberline’s 6,000-foot perch stretches Palmer Snowfield, a never-melting stretch of snow that usually allows skiers to indulge their passion all year. Not a ski fanatic? Timberline offers a year-round pool, sauna, and whirlpool, and guests can also indulge in hiking, mountain biking, fishing, and river rafting in warmer months.

The Getaway: Canyon Ranch Resort and Spa, Lenox, MA
The Action: Health counseling, body treatments, seasonal outdoor activities
Learn More: www.canyonranch.com
Call: (413) 637-4100
The Berkshire Mountains in western Massachusetts surround you at Canyon Ranch, Lenox, the spa and resort famous for body treatments and salon services. Restorative massages, facial treatments, and counseling by the resort’s exercise physiologists and fitness consultants, along with tennis, hiking, kayaking, cross-country skiing, and 40 fitness classes offered each day, will put you in a balanced frame of mind. The ranch now offers a special Breast Cancer Health Package designed to help survivors choose proper exercise, discover foods that may aid in recovery, and find out about the latest news in cancer prevention.

The Getaway: South Seas Island Resort, Captiva Island, FL
The Action: Swimming, boating, sunbathing
Learn More: www.southseas.com
Call: (866) 565-5089
Cross the causeway to Sanibel Island on Florida’s Gulf Coast, then just keep driving until you cross the short bridge to Captiva Island. The newly renovated 330-acre South Seas Island Resort is situated along 2½ miles of private, white-sand beach looking across the Gulf of Mexico. Play beach volleyball along the pristine coastline, or try sea-kayaking through tall mangroves while keeping an eye out for wild osprey nesting in the trees. Charter a sailboat in the resort’s yacht harbor, hook up with the parasailing crowd, or just stroll along the shore as a beachcomber as you look for the beautiful shells this strip of Florida coast is so well known for.