the 80-year-old Littleton Diner, then get
a world-record sugar high at Chutters,
home to the Guinness-certified longest
candy counter in the world.
Ski New Hampshire, skinh.com; Thayers
Inn, 800-634-8179, thayersinn.com;
Bretton Woods, 800-314-1752, bretton
woods.com; Lahout’s Country Clothing
and Ski Shop, 603-444-5838, lahouts.com;
Chutters, 603-444-5787, chutters.com
Start with a horse-drawn sleigh ride through a snow-covered field ...
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skip over the western edge of Mary-
land’s panhandle as it blends into
West Virginia and Pennsylvania, but
in real life this underexplored region
should not be missed. A few hours’
drive from Pittsburgh, Baltimore and
Washington, D.C., this mountainous
area surrounding Maryland’s largest
freshwater lake gives city folks the
chance to quickly leave everything
urban behind. Secluded log cabins with
stone fireplaces and decks with hot
tubs and views of Deep Creek Lake will
make you want to hole up for the entire
weekend. However, the holiday season
provides a smorgasbord of reasons to
break out the hats and mittens. Start
with a horse-drawn sleigh ride through
a snow-covered field, then get a little
closer to the powder at Bear Claw Snow
Tubing Park, where conveyor carpets
drag your inner tube back up the hill so
you can forget about all that hu;ng and
pu;ng normally associated with sled-
ding. Fit in your holiday shopping with-
out the stress at Spruce Forest Artisan
Village, where local artists demonstrate
pottery, weaving and stained-glass
techniques in their fire-warmed studios
while the kids decorate cookies; then
everyone can join up for some old-style
house-to-house caroling.
Deep Creek Lake cabin rentals, 301-387-
4386, visitdeepcreek.com; Pleasant Valley
Dream Rides, 301-334-1688, pleasant
valleydreamrides.com; Bear Claw Snow
Tubing Park, 301-387-4911, wispresort.com;
Spruce Forest Artisan Village, 301-895-3332,
spruceforest.org
