Last-Minute Winter Getaways, The Skiing Edition
Maple Ski Ridge, Rotterdam, NY
This little lodge offers super-cheap packages (a 2-hour lift ticket is $31) and is perfect for newbies. Ski rentals are cheap, too: if you pay with cash, a pair of skis will only set you back $17.
Getting there: Amtrak, Penn Station to Schenectady, NY; 2.5 hours by car
One-day ski pass: $38
