The Top 10 4th of July Celebrations in Ski Country
Here’s where to celebrate ’Murica in view of the slopes this holiday weekend with live music, good eats, and (in most cases) fireworks shows.
Samantha Berman is SKI’s travel and resorts editor. Since joining the editorial team in 2003, Sam has helped mold the direction of the brand’s travel coverage, sharing her years of experience visiting ski resorts and mountain towns across North America, the Alps, and beyond. She also spearheads SKI’s annual Reader Resort Survey and oversees the resulting Resort Guide rankings and coverage that comes out every fall.
Growing up in an East Coast ski family, Sam cherished family time with her mother, father, and two brothers at resorts in New York and Vermont, and has successfully passed her love of the sport down to her three sons, all of whom are avid skiers. Now living in Denver, Colo., she spends weekends skiing the resorts of Colorado’s Front Range, learning new things about the region’s most-visited resorts and sharing them with SKI’s readers. Follow her coverage for inside intel on where to ski, stay, eat, après, and more at resorts across the globe.
Here’s where to celebrate ’Murica in view of the slopes this holiday weekend with live music, good eats, and (in most cases) fireworks shows.
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