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Fall 2015
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It’s the picture-perfect ideal of American wintertime.
Leafless trees stretch across a light sky as mountains loom above. A dusting of snow frosts the streets,
cars, and rooftops of classic New England structures, their windows warmly aglow from the lights within.
No one captures classic Americana quite like Norman Rockwell, and it doesn’t get much more charming
than his painting of the Berkshires in winter,
Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas
— so much so, the
town reenacts the scene each December.
When snow blankets the Berkshires, these mountains and towns in western Massachusetts retain
the same cozy, beloved appeal — but there’s so much more to do than huddle indoors. The hills are
as alive in winter as they are in summer, and whether you love snow sports, edgy art, history, Bach,
Shakespeare, haute cuisine, or a classic diner breakfast, you’ll find that winter in the Berkshires has it all.
FACING PAGE: It may be best
known as a summer destination,
but winter in the Berkshires is a
whole other level of beautiful.
BOTTOM: Zipping across the
snow in tandem is the perfect
way to bring the whole family
together — nonskiers included —
for some exhilarating outdoor fun.