This U.S. Winter Destination Flies Surprisingly Under the Radar — With Great Breweries and One of the Best Ski Mountains in the West

"Last March I rode the chairlift at Mt. Bachelor, a 4,300-acre ski resort that wraps around a friendly local stratovolcano; when I admitted I’d come to Bend, Oregon, for a travel story my chair companion — a recent arrival — joked, “Do me a favor and tell everyone it’s terrible here.”" - Maggie Shipstead Maggie Shipstead Maggie Shipstead is a New York Times best-selling and prize-winning novelist, essayist, and travel writer. She has covered destinations and topics ranging from cities to wilderness, tropics to polar regions, and luxury hotels to tents. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines