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The slopes are known for their black-diamond runs.

The Most Expensive Town in America Nancy Keates 2011

Of course, the littlest ski legs have some way to go before they'll be shredding black-diamond trails - that's why ShermansTravel.com's editors have rounded up these 10 family ski resorts, right here in North America.

PHOTOS: 10 Best Family Ski Resorts In North America Manal Khan 2010

Of course, the littlest ski legs have some way to go before they'll be shredding black-diamond trails - that's why ShermansTravel.com's editors have rounded up these 10 family ski resorts, right here in North America.

PHOTOS: 10 Best Family Ski Resorts In North America Manal Khan 2010

Safely through customs, marveling at the way the roads narrowed and the stone walls beside them pinched at the fenders the minute we were on Italian soil, we descended another switchback road, angling back and forth like skiers on a black-diamond slope, past the turn that led to the golf course, past the hospital, past Pizzeria Lugano and the Banco San Paolo, and, at last, into the town of Menaggio itself.

The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

I am not physically courageous in the way of daredevils who hurl themselves down black-diamond ski runs after their first two skiing lessons, or bounce their mountain bikes down narrow stony paths inches from a sheer cliff.

Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009

Safely through customs, marveling at the way the roads narrowed and the stone walls beside them pinched at the fenders the minute we were on Italian soil, we descended another switchback road, angling back and forth like skiers on a black-diamond slope, past the turn that led to the golf course, past the hospital, past Pizzeria Lugano and the Banco San Paolo, and, at last, into the town of Menaggio itself.

The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

Safely through customs, marveling at the way the roads narrowed and the stone walls beside them pinched at the fenders the minute we were on Italian soil, we descended another switchback road, angling back and forth like skiers on a black-diamond slope, past the turn that led to the golf course, past the hospital, past Pizzeria Lugano and the Banco San Paolo, and, at last, into the town of Menaggio itself.

The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

The black-diamond Dave Murray Downhill run, set to be a racing course in the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

Black Diamond Districts 2009

I am not physically courageous in the way of daredevils who hurl themselves down black-diamond ski runs after their first two skiing lessons, or bounce their mountain bikes down narrow stony paths inches from a sheer cliff.

Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009

Safely through customs, marveling at the way the roads narrowed and the stone walls beside them pinched at the fenders the minute we were on Italian soil, we descended another switchback road, angling back and forth like skiers on a black-diamond slope, past the turn that led to the golf course, past the hospital, past Pizzeria Lugano and the Banco San Paolo, and, at last, into the town of Menaggio itself.

The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009