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Video - Snow Tubing at Ski Butternut in Massachusetts

Don't ski? A Massachusetts tubing outing at the Ski Butternut Tubing Center is the perfect winter cabin fever beater. Snow tubing is exhilarating and fun for kids and adults, as you'll see in this video from our January 2010 visit to Ski Butternut in the Berkshires.

Plan Your Own Massachusetts Tubing Adventure

Ready to try tubing with your family? Read my 10 Tips for Snow Tubing at Ski Butternut in Massachusetts, then head for the Berkshire hills. The Ski Butternut Tubing Center operates weekends and holidays through mid-March: Snow making ensures good tubing conditions.

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Thanks to Cari Geary for photographing my first tubing run and to my husband, Bruce Beckius, for shooting video while tubing down the hill headfirst.

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