Earn your supper by fat biking across this ice-capped, ancient and comely crater. Tourisme Charlevoix

Imagine a junior-varsity, budget-friendly British Columbia about the size of Delaware — but with serious French flair. The destination you’re dreaming of is Charlevoix, Québec, and it’s the definition of “winter wonderland.”

Catch the 9:13 a.m. United flight from Newark to Québec City, and you’ll be carving tracks on the highest vertical drop east of the Canadian Rockies by lunch.

While you can fly back to the Big Apple later that night, you won’t want to.

Floating under the radar and nestled between the majestic Laurentian Mountains and the mighty St. Lawrence River, this snow-covered crater is worth a long weekend, at the very least.

Charlevoix is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve with 30

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