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Travel like an Olympian at these gold medal destinations

Most of us, no matter how athletic, will never experience the thrill of standing on the podium at the Olympics. But just because you can’t qualify with top scores in the sports you’ll see at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing doesn’t mean you can’t experience the thrill of them on a cold-weather vacation.

“Trying a new sport takes you out of your comfort zone. On vacation with friends, family or a romantic partner, (a new sport) puts everyone on a level playing field,” says Paige Feigenbaum, a television producer in Port St. Lucie, Fla., who has attempted speedskating and curling just for fun. “You can laugh with, not at, one another as you struggle. It is excellent for bonding and makes great stories for years to come.”

Beyond the standard snowy weather fare of Alpine skiing and ice skating, some resorts and training centers offer fewer mainstream sports. “It’s an instant memory,” says Will Smith, general manager of activities at The Resort at Paws Up in Montana, where guests can attempt a biathlon course, among other activities. “Forever when they watch the Olympics, they think to themselves, ‘I did that!’” says Smith.

There are even some spots around the country where you can rub elbows with real Olympians and coaches. A fun activity for families, these experiences sometimes inspire the next generation.

“I love asking athletes how they got involved in their sport,” says Kevin Penn, chief of business operations for the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee . “Often it’s an experience they had as a kid. Something just clicked, and they have a dream of becoming an Olympian.”

As we get ready to cheer on Team USA at the Beijing Winter Olympics, here are some places to try your hand at fun winter sports. Whether you find a new passion or simply score some top-notch vacation photos, these destinations are sure to get you in the Olympic spirit. What’s even better? Everyone’s a winner.

Snowy Jackson Hole, Wyo., is a haven for skiers of all stripes, whether you’re looking for beginner or expert slopes. The 1,000-acre Snake River Sporting Club , a fully functioning ranch, has a private helipad to send guests off on heli-ski adventures high on the nearby Snake River and Palisades mountain ranges.

Though it’s not an official Olympic sport yet — there’s a contingent of enthusiasts advocating for its inclusion — it’s a sure-fire way to experience the thrill of the downhill. For those who favor flatter terrain, the club transforms its championship golf course into 10 miles of private, groomed trails for cross-country skiing.

Nearby Amangani is a top choice for guests who want their winter getaway with a serious side of luxury. The resort offers a specialized ski concierge to tailor every aspect of the trip, from all the necessary lessons and ski and snowboard rentals to access to the private ski lounge in Teton Village with ski-in-ski-out access to Après Vous and Rendezvous mountains. It’s a winter playground to awaken your inner Olympian.

The Resort at Paws Up is known for its wide range of activities and for pioneering the now ubiquitous travel category of “glamping.”

In the winter, the 37,000-acre property in western Montana’s Blackfoot Valley lets adventurous visitors try their hand at biathlon, the sport that combines cross-country skiing and marksmanship.

The staff sets up a track and shooting targets, complete with a mat, so you shoot the provided Ruger .22 rifle lining up your target just like real Olympians. “It’s a challenge to hone in your breathing because your heart rate is up after you ski for a bit. Then (we help) you practice your accuracy" on targets, says Smith. Those who prefer less structure can check out cross-country skis to explore the pristine trails on their own. The resort also partners with the local Missoula Curling Club to offer curling. Guests often congregate after meals to try to slide the weighty curling stones closest to the target. (Spoiler alert: It’s more difficult than it looks).

Though the state has never hosted the games, Colorado Springs earns its “Olympic City USA” nickname as the home of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee since 1978. In fact, more than 500 Olympic hopefuls live and train here at Team USA’s flagship training center, so you might spot a few on your trip. Plan to explore the new U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum for a deep dive into the games’ storied history. Opened in 2020, the 60,000-square-foot structure showcases cool facts about Team USA with interactive exhibits and engaging displays (like the collection of Olympic torches). There’s even a “train like an athlete” gallery where you can experience what it’s like to give your all for a sport.

If you’re curious about speedskating, said to be the fastest you’ll ever go without a machine, nonprofit Colorado Gold Speedskating operates skate sessions in Colorado Springs. Don’t know how? The club offers lessons and equipment rentals.

While you’re in the Centennial State, head to Steamboat Springs, a city that boasts sending 96 Olympians to the games over the years, more than any other U.S. town. Though it’s not exactly the same as the luge or bobsled, the Outlaw Mountain Coaster

at S teamboat Ski Resort is a fun alternative. Stretching a staggering 6,280 linear feet, the alpine slide is the longest in North America and lets riders reach up to 27 miles per hour. Aspiring Paralympians will find plenty to love at Steamboat Adaptive Recreational Sports. There, guests with all levels of ability can learn nordic skiing, snowboarding and more.

History buffs might remember Lake Placid as the host of the 1980 Olympics when the United States hockey team bested the Soviet Union, a game dubbed the “Miracle on Ice” as one of the biggest upsets in the sport’s history. Visitors to the Lake Placid Olympic Center can see this rink and the one that hosted the 1932 Games (the city is one of three in Olympic history to host multiple Winter Games).

Not an ice hockey enthusiast? “There’s not just one sport” at the facilities, says Penn, who notes that there’s something for everyone. While you’re there, try speedskating or

figure skating at the Olympic Center, or head to nearby Whiteface Mountain for skiing and snowboarding. Don’t miss a ride on the Cloudsplitter Gondola for spectacular views of the Adirondacks. Thrill-seekers will want to try the bobsled experience at Mount Van Hoevenberg , where you can zoom down an icy track in a bobsled controlled by an expert driver.

The Olympic spirit is alive and well in Salt Lake City, the site of the 2002 Winter Games and a focal point for the U.S. Olympic Team’s winter sports training. The

was established to carry on the tradition of the games through sports development programs and recreational camps for various skill levels, so there’s plenty

for all visitors, no matter their level of athleticism. The Utah Olympic Oval skating rink offers programs for aspiring speedskaters, hockey players and figure skaters to learn

skills on the same ice where more than 100 speedskating records have been set. For an adrenaline rush, fuel your need for speed (in this case, up to 60 mph) on a bobsled or

luge at Utah Olympic Park in nearby Park City. After a day of activities, The St. Regis Deer Valley resort offers a welcome — and super-luxe — respite. There, guests can indulge in less strenuous activities in the snow including horse-drawn sleigh rides, snowmobiling on picture-perfect Rocky Mountain trails and family-friendly snow tubing.

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The Best Destinations in the World: The Gold List 2022

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There are three great lists annually in  Condé Nast Traveler,  all of which have changed due to the events of the last two years: the Readers’ Choice Awards , which you, our beloved audience, select; the Hot List , which compiles the new and notable of the previous year; and this one, which is ultimately about the places and experiences our editors carry in their hearts. This year, when we say  our editors,  we mean  CNT ’s entire global crew, working in locations from California to Beijing ; we’ve also expanded the parameters of the list to include not just the hotels and cruises you’ve seen in years past, but also the destinations we treasure. The Gold List is, more than ever, made by humans for other humans—something we need more than ever in this day and age. Here, our favorite destinations in the world.

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Puebla, Mexico

I love when I can feel familiar with a new place in 48 hours. In Puebla , Mexico’s historic, fourth-largest city, all the spots you want to hit are walking distance within its center, itself a tidy sprawl of bright pink and yellow villas and small plazas. That includes food markets for a crispy cemita (a schnitzel-­style sandwich with all the fixings); the gilded Capilla del Rosario and the city’s famed talavera, or ceramic houses; I stayed for close to an hour watching the row of artisans hand-paint and hand-fire their mugs, plates, and vases at Uriarte Talavera. Before the pandemic, tourism was just starting to happen here, and the city was in that sweet spot of supporting a new breed of traveler, like with the artisanal-inspired Cartesiano hotel, but without muting any of its essence for international business. I liked that I had to use my shoddy Spanish with barkeeps and store owners. And that sitting in those plazas meant a front-row seat to daily Poblano life: vendors selling sliced cucumber spices with cayenne, old-timers playing dominos. Puebla felt like a special somewhere on the verge of discovery in a country with pockets already turned over to the masses. My guess with all that’s happened this past year is that it still does. —Erin Florio

Rio de Janeiro

If you were to hook the city of Rio de Janeiro up to a cardiogram, the needle would swing off the page. The city thrums with live samba and bossa nova at all hours of the day; the bustling streets, bookended by the dramatic rise of granite monoliths on one end and the pounding waves of the Atlantic on the other, have a pulse all their own. It's easy to feel this when you're amid throngs of colorfully clad cariocas —I feel it most swaying to the live music at Pedra do Sal on Monday nights, or when, perched in the leafy hilltop neighborhood of Santa Teresa, I hear people in neighborhoods below lean out their windows to cheer when Flamengo scores a goal. It's a complicated city, with plenty of issues—insecurity, corruption, inequity, to name just a few—but there's a premium on joy and celebration that isn't reserved for Carnaval . There are few places in the world where you know you couldn't possibly be anywhere else, and whenever I hear the whole of Arpoador beach break into applause as the sun sets in summer, I'm reminded that Rio is one of them. —Megan Spurrell

Alentejo, Portugal

I call the road to the sea through Portugal’s Alentejo region the place where the beatniks read Pessoa; you can imagine Kerouac breezing through its small hotels, surf camps, and villages scattered with craft shops, markets, and bohemian bars. For me it’s a place of happiness. There are boutique hotels like São Lourenço do Barrocal and Dá Licença and olive groves, cork oaks, and infinite horizons. The road ends at Vicentine Coast National Park, a wild, protected coastline in southern Europe. A paradise for surfers , it has electrifying sunsets, but the icy waters stop it from ever getting too crowded. —David Moralejo

Svalbard, Norway

Arctic Svalbard —whose capital, Longyearbyen, is the world’s northernmost town—is like nowhere else I’ve been. On the one hand, it’s a deep-nature Scandi fantasy of snowmobiles, Northern Lights, ski-touring along glacial valleys, and surprisingly smart boutiques with stacked wine cellars. But there’s also a compelling strangeness to this international settlement, where no one is born and no one dies. There are the Soviet mining towns with their Lenin busts, whether abandoned or (even weirder) still working; the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which preempts a coming apocalypse; it’s advisable to leave Longyearbyen with a shotgun, in case of polar-bear attack. As much as a destination, it’s a journey into the heart of the climate crisis, with academics from across the world doing game-changing research here. I’m itching to go again—to escape but also to think and connect, which is what happens in all the best places. —Toby Skinner

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My first trip to Goa as a college student was wrapped in dreams of homemade chorizo and reliving moments from the cult Bollywood coming-of-age film Dil Chahta Hai . Many trips and feni cocktails later, Goa remained a respite for my city-weary bones. The state straddles its multicultural past and present, trading up ’60s hippie markets for hipster boutiques while keeping its old-world Indian and Portuguese traditions intact. Simple fish-curry plates, aunties doing an impromptu jig to fado, old-timers squabbling over their favorite Goan soccer club, and the right freshness of bread coexist with edgy global menus, alt-music gigs, and all that is artisanal and arty. The ocean changes color from one season to the next, the multi-color sunsets never repeat, and like many travelers, I continue to return and find my salve in sunshine, sea, and susegad —the quintessential Goan idea of the slow, easy, and good life. —Diya Kohl

Plettenberg Bay, South Africa

Plettenberg Bay is South Africa's summer playground, and I, a Capetonian, would drive the 186-mile coastal path along the scenic Garden Route each year to join the fun. The bohemian seaside town sits atop a sheltered bay, where a jumble of hipster coffee shops, seafood restaurants, and kitsch boutiques tumble down onto fynbos-covered cliffs—where a slew of new hotels like The Robberg Beach Lodge sit beside grandes dames like The Plettenberg Hotel . Pretty young things like to celebrate the end of matric student exams, where hedonism sweeps across the bay, while dolphin and whale watches come during the languid, warm winter months. Venture just outside Plett to find the luxury Tsala Treetop Lodge , a manicured Gary Player golf course, indigenous Keurbooms River Nature Reserve, the Plett Polo Club on the Kurland Estate, and a host of animal sanctuaries to meet cheetahs, elephants, and monkeys. But above all, come for the glorious golden beaches. Central Beach—dotted with bars—surfy Lookout Beach, and the eerie, mist-covered sands of Robberg Nature Reserve. Search hard enough and you might stumble on a sand dollar—the symbol of Plettenberg Bay, thought to bring eternal luck. —Isabella Sullivan

When I can’t take another minute of winter, I head to Scottsdale. As, historically, do the day-drinking spring breakers and the far less rowdy snowbirds. Recently, though, the Valley of the Sun has come into its own, claiming its stunning desert setting and Southwest culture in new ways. If I’m bringing the kids, the 1929 Frank Lloyd Wright–designed grande dame The Arizona Biltmore, A Waldorf Astoria Resort (on the border of Scottsdale and Phoenix), is my place. It has sprawling grounds and seven pools, one with a legitimate waterslide, and just underwent a much-needed facelift. Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort , terraced into the side of its namesake adobe-hued mountain, has my favorite spa in town. Its adults-only pool on weekends and easy access to sunrise hiking give me plenty of excuses to leave the kids at home. Solo or with family, I can always bank on sunshine, a great exhibit at Phoenix’s nearby Desert Botanical Garden, and excellent Sonoran-style Mexican food. —Rebecca Misner

Val Graziosa, Italy

I am a frequent traveler to Val Graziosa, a valley near the Pisan mountains and a part of Tuscany relatively unknown and terribly beautiful. Here there is Monte Pisano—“ che i Pisan veder Lucca non ponno, ” the poet Dante said, a small group of mountains that hides Lucca from Pisa and makes it impossible for the Pisan locals to see the city of Lucca. There are olive trees everywhere, producing the best olive oil on Earth in a splendid countryside. I love to walk around the surroundings of Montemagno—please read the book Maledetti Toscani, by Curzio Malaparte, and you will understand a lot about Italians from this region. I love to go to the grocery store in Patrizia for a glass of wine (the one and only épicerie of the village) and then to Certosa di Calci, a 14th-century monastery, and one of the many secret beauties in my crazy country of Italy. —Maddalena Fosati

Chiang Mai, Thailand

When I first went to Chiang Mai, I intended to stay a couple of nights and ended up staying more than a week; for me, that trip is a reminder of travel at its most impulsive and impetuous: the freedom to move on when you feel like it. There’s no beach pressure here, and inland Thailand always feels more interesting than the obvious hits of the beachfront. And, away from the beaches, there's the sense of a modern Thai city where young creatives are carving out a contemporary aesthetic, with the energy that a large student population gives a city. —Rick Jordan

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The 112-page brochure, which is being sent to more than 200 agents, follows the same “refreshed and enhanced design” as the brochures already launched by Gold Medal this year.

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Gold Medal is also issuing double Farebank rewards to those who make a USA or Canada booking up until August 6.

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"I Was Just Thinking, Trump Guilty And I'm Guilty Of Still Loving You," And 16 More Hysterical Black Tweets From The Week That Left Me Sore From Laughing

"I saw this mom on tiktok tell her kids hurry up and clean the house because Martin Luther King was about to come over lmfaooo they was so exited too"

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Welcome to June, everybody! It's a new month AND a new week, so you know Black Twitter was on fire. I've been cracking up at my timeline, so here are some of the funniest tweets I found:

So my son is by his friends house… he’s not eating, why did his friend mom text me this. 😭😅 pic.twitter.com/oQDBohhSzA — 𝕵𝖆𝖎 𝕯𝖔𝖓 (@_dailydoseofdon) June 1, 2024

bitch id take this to work and grill a salmon in my cubicle https://t.co/bZ0mg86vg8 — YardieBarbie 🧏🏾‍♀️ (@dumbfemm) May 30, 2024

I saw this mom on tiktok tell her kids hurry up and clean the house because Martin Luther King was about to come over lmfaooo they was so exited too — fragrance and foolishness (@Brieyonce) June 1, 2024

“I was just thinking Trump guilty and I’m guilty of still loving you” pic.twitter.com/ADCgfKv6wI — Hi I’m Solomon (@solomonmissouri) May 30, 2024

i really can’t believe i got pulled over last night 😂😂😂😂😂ts was so funny. dude was like “PULL OVER SOUTH” i stuck my head out the window & said “sir which way is south ?” & his ass just let me go😭😭😂😂😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/TuMLjs3lVD — cho (@thishunchoshit) June 1, 2024

them mosquitoes better find somebody else to play w this summer‼️‼️ pic.twitter.com/XoD4AENIgr — 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐘☆𝐍 (@blackhautte) May 29, 2024

3 white men have approached me since i’ve been on my walk it is time to take these braids out — Grip Bayless🤸🏾‍♀️ (@talleyberrybaby) May 28, 2024

My friend on a date & she paid and pumped HIS gas she at a lost of words rn😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 — lani (@msperfectcap) June 2, 2024

I know this ain’t who I think it is pic.twitter.com/xgSZ1fOFzt — Voldemort (@ib_2cute) May 30, 2024

Yall my coworker going to Turks😂and she getting her pics took on that clear boat in the water n she said she been practicing ina tub how she gonna pose 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 — AURE. (@aurejai) May 31, 2024

me: trying to find out who you getting loud with. pic.twitter.com/7wdWTjiW8l — MACEO (@liImaceo) May 31, 2024

Mosquitoes down south will pull your pants leg up, pull your sock down and bite your ankle 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 — Davo Migo (@DeeBlockDavo) May 25, 2024

Hol on what yo daddy look like na https://t.co/hG2mAy1pz6 — BIG LATTO (@Latto) June 1, 2024

Yesterday a man approached me as I was leaving the gym and said “ I thought I’d do you a favor by talking to you” …. I told him he been listening to too many podcasts put my headphones back on and went about my day. — BBL LEX (@gymgirllex) May 29, 2024

Girl yes wtf, let me see what ur arms look like https://t.co/0hgBJ7lgq9 — Kheumani (@Kheumani) June 1, 2024

Random-but I love that in AAVE we can say “listen” and not say anything else and everyone hears it perfectly lmfaoo — Jannifer Gao 🌶 (@Jani__Gee) June 1, 2024

The group chat pressuring me into going out: pic.twitter.com/alAZsRubRb — The Pettiest Laker Fan 🤫 (@ThePettiestLA) May 29, 2024

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