Mountain resort
A mountain resort is a place to holiday or vacation located in a mountainous area. The term includes ski resorts, where winter sports, including skiing, snowboarding, ice climbing and ice skating are practiced, as well as places where summer activities such as mountain biking, mountain boarding, and hiking are pursued. In hot climates hill and mountain resorts are visited for the cooler temperatures at higher elevations.
North America
In the United States and Canada the term "mountain resort" usually denotes a resort visited all year, both for winter sports and for summer activities, such as hiking, mountain biking, golf, and tennis.[1]
- Aspen, Colorado
- Big Bear Lake, California
- Flagstaff, Arizona
- Loghill Village, Colorado
- Mountain Village, Colorado
- Ouray, Colorado
- Teton Village, Wyoming
- Whistler, British Columbia
South Asia
In British India the colonial rulers developed resorts in the Himalayas and in mountainous areas of South India known as "hill stations", where they could escape the summer heat of the plains.[2]
Other countries
In China the emperors of the Qing Dynasty built the Chengde Mountain Resort in the 18th century, as a retreat from the summer heat of Beijing.
In the Philippines, the American rulers built its first summer capital in Baguio to escape Manila's heat.
In Turkey, city dwellers traditionally spent summer vacations at mountain resorts known as yaylas, to escape the summer heat.
In Cyprus the most popular mountain resort is Platres
In Thailand the third highest mountain is a popular resort at Doi Ang Kang in Chiangmai province Fang District.
See also
References
- ^ Mountain Resort Guide website
- ^ Kennedy, Dane (1996). The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj. ISBN 0-520-20188-4.
- Dorward, Sherry (1990) Design for Mountain Communities: A Landscape and Architectural Guide Van Nostrand Reinhold ISBN 9780442220952