1.1. Decide which mountain your family will be spending the weekend skiing on. The 8 Best Ski Destinations in the USA http://travel.usnews.com/rankings/best-skiing-in-the-us/
2. Step 2
2.1. Pick a hotel near the mountain so that after a long day of skiing you don't have to drive far away back to your hotel.
3. Step 3
3.1. If you don't own any of your own ski equipment, due to the convenience I highly suggest renting equipment at the ski mountain, typically many ski mountains have a renting lodge just for that.
4. Step 4
4.1. Download Weather Live Free– Android-Apps from Google Play a weather application to check the how things will look. You wouldn't want to plan a nice family trip if it wasn't going to snow. Skiing on artificial snow is not fun either especially because it gets icy. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apalon.weatherlive.free The opinions expressed here represent my own and I have not been compensated for such opinions.
