Best Ski Vacation Packages at Southwest Vacations

If you want to experience adventure, relax at a spa, or create a fun-filled family vacation then Southwest Airlines Vacations is best for you. It can help you customize your vacation theme package completely with airline tickets, hotel, and car rental, as well as admissions to activities, attractions, shows, theme parks, tours and much more.

Best Ski Destinations: Hit slopes with a ski vacation! Experience fresh snow, cool crisp mountain air, and breathtaking scenery. Enjoy a winter wonderland while skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, snow-tubing, ice skating and more. Save time and money by booking lift tickets in advance as part of your package.

Breckenridge: Breckenridge provides some of best terrain to learn on with an excellent ski school and 14 percent of ski runs being classified as "Easiest." Don't be fooled though; mountain also provides many intermediate and advanced ski runs for veteran skiers to challenge.

Destination Highlights:

• Unparalleled grooming, exciting events, and a historic mining town with endless shopping, dining, and nightlife.
• Almost 2,000 acres of deep-powder skiing on four mountains for every type of skier, including expert runs from the 12,677-foot summit.
• The expanded Kids' Castle offers a great beginners' program and a convenient drop-off for parents on the way to the slopes.

Lake Tahoe: Enjoy crisp mountain air while skiing, cross country skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, snow-tubing, ice skating and more. Include a mix of casinos, art galleries, museums, shops, and restaurants located throughout Lake Tahoe for more fun. A Lake Tahoe vacation package allows guests to experience winter at its finest.

Destination Highlights:

• Squaw Valley offers Lake Tahoe's most extensive and exciting night terrain and includes the 3.2 mile Mountain Run.
• Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort's beginner teaching area has been expanded and redesigned to include more of the sculpted terrain that helps improve the learning curve for beginning skiers and snowboarders.
• Heavenly's music scene is anything but small-town. On any given night, you can catch everyone from current recording artists and DJs to an impressive lineup of local legends-in-waiting.

Vail: Vail is single largest mountain in North America, featuring a good mix of ski run difficulties, 34 ski lifts, and three distinct areas to ski/snowboard on the mountain. Guests can enjoy 5,289 acres of terrain to ski freely with seven bowls, and four terrain parks. A ski vacation to Vail, Colorado is a skier's dream come true.

Destination Highlights:

• Vail's lift system includes 14 high-speed quads, a gondola, and a network of 18 other chair lifts to ensure easy access and minimal lift lines.
• Vail is a skier's paradise with a combined yearly average of 346 inches of snowfall and 300 days of sunshine.
• With 5,289 acres, Vail is largest single ski mountain in North America, featuring seven powdery bowls, the backcountry skiing of Blue Sky Basin, and the front side.

• World-class dining, shopping, galleries, après ski, nightlife, and spas are all just steps from a range of accommodations to suit every budget and task.