Of course, there are also sporting men and women who are giddy about the coming chill. If you ski, the white stuff is a welcome sight, and true satisfaction can come for those lucky enough to live in or be able to visit a region that offers long days of golf in the summer and the thrills of the slopes in winter.

It’s a fairly rare double, because it’s not easy to pull off. The snow is mostly left to Mother Nature, but golf superintendents need to recover each spring from that—all for what may be a short season. It takes a lot of money and a lot of work.

Understandably, then, among some 800 golf resorts in the U.S., there are only some 40 that offer both golf and skiing. Of course, there are other tracks close to the slopes that aren’t a resort, and as you’d imagine, many of them are in gorgeous settings because of the requisite mountains nearby.

It all makes for a fun and fascinating combination, with even golf pros putting away their sticks in the summer and taking out the skis for lessons in the winter. Here, we offer a list of some of our favorite places that pull it off beautifully.

Pronhorn Club at Juniper Preserve

When it first opened in 2004, Pronghorn was strictly private and its Nicklaus Course was ranked by Golf Digest as No. 2 among America’s Best New Private Courses (a second members-only 18 from Tom Fazio opened three years later). A few years back, the club began allowing public play on its Nicklaus design, now ranked No. 42 on America’s 100 Best Public Courses. It’s a beauty. The second nine, carved from a flow of volcanic rock, may be the most delightful Jack has ever designed, with gambling holes and gorgeous scenery at every turn. The shaping is gentle and subdued to create holes sit low on the land and slide through washes of exposed sand, native grasses and low pines and evergreens.

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