If you want to visit a ski resort for your family weekend getaway, there is a nice and easy way to do that. You can opt for one of the various ski resort family vacation packages. These packages involve a stay at a ski resort and the usual skiing and snowboarding activities. Apart from this it also includes an array of optional activities that include snowboarding lessons, ski schools, sledding, snow tubing, ice skating, tobogganing, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing as well as the old world sleigh rides.
You can avail these packages through a travel agency. You can also contact the ski resorts and check out the packages that they offer.