The Idaho Sawtooths are as pretty as any national park — minus the tourists.

I know I’ve landed in the right place when my B&B host bounds down the steps in his bare feet. “Hey, you made it!” says Dwight Milford, a fit Frisbee fanatic with a big smile. I look around. The place is clean and simple. Not a doily in sight. But even if Affinity Guesthouse were flowery and wicker-y and overrun with chitchatty guests — my personal bed-and-breakfast hell — I wouldn’t have cared.

No glitz, no attitude. Just world-class snow and welcoming people. High in the Utah mountains, Alta will remind you why you love to ski.