February vacation week is almost here, and amid the carpools, lunch prep, homework tracking, sports practice chauffeuring and of course, your full time job, you didn’t nail down any plans.

Not to worry: While blue skies and warm beaches may be out of reach, there’s another change of scenery that’s just as beautiful, packed with fun and within a day’s drive.

It’s been snowing nearly non-stop up north, building up ski runs, fluffing up the winter woods paths and coating the trees with glimmering white. From high adrenaline to calmer fun, consider these options for your school vacation week.

Hard-core family fun: About two hours due north of Boston in Lincoln, New Hampshire, you’ll find Alpine Adventures (alpinezipline.com) where you and your family can head out into the wild and zipline high above the winter landscape.

You gear up (and get training) at their base headquarters. Then you hop into a Pinzgauer all terrain vehicle (an adventure in itself) and head out. Depending on your tour choice, you can take on as many as four zip lines, two suspension bridges and two racing zips.

There are restrictions: You must weigh between 70 and 240 pounds, The website details how to dress properly as well.

They offer tamer escapes too, like a guided snowshoe adventure that keeps your feet on the ground but still brings you deep into the beauty of the winter woods.

Fat bike fabulousness: Fat bikes are everywhere. You may have seen them on the beach, but on snow is where they really amp up the fun levels.

Fat biking takes little training – if you can ride a bike you can ride a fat bike. But it takes on a whole new wow, since you follow trails deep into the snowy woods even on the coldest of days.

Fat tire bikes have huge wheels and deep traction. They ride slower, but that’s a good thing in the winter conditions.

Spots like Great Glen Trails (greatglentrails.com) not only offer an extensive trail layout to explore, they have all the fat bike rentals you need. Their smallest bikes fit the average six-year-old child, and they also offer buggies to pull younger kids. Helmets are included with each bike rental, and advanced reservations are suggested so you get the size you need.

Head out on their trails – there’s even a fire pit stop off at the nearby Glen House Hotel.

Many ski areas, including Stratton Mountain and Okemo in Vermont and Bretton Woods in New Hampshire, offer fat bike rentals as well.

Totally tubular: Just about anyone can take on snow tubing, and the spots to get into it are many across New England. In Massachusetts, Nashoba Valley Ski Area (skinashoba.com) boasts New England’s largest tubing set up with 18 lanes, four lifts to cut down on the schlep, and professionally sculpted chutes, meaning it’s far from boring.

There’s a beautiful base lodge too with great dining. Tickets are sold in two hour blocks (and children must be at least six years old). Advance purchase is suggested, particularly for holiday weeks.

There are plenty more tubing spots across the region, like at Cranmore Mountain Resort (cranmore.com) and Ski Ward (skiward.com) in Massachusetts.

Train ride to beauty: For a more passive but just as lovely snow scene excursion, consider the Conway Scenic Railroad’s (conwayscenic.com) Snow Train. The train heads out from the main station in the heart of North Conway and chugs out to the base of Attitash Ski Area, where you can hop out and explore for a half hour (do check out the fire pits and smores at the Bear Peak base). The ride, a half hour each way, cuts through snowy woods and  across open spots where, when the sun shines, Mount Washington is in view. It’s quaint, special and fun.

Riding fat bikes at Great Glen Trails. (Photo courtesy VisitMWV.com/WiseguyCreative.com)

The Conway Scenic Railroad, seen from Attitash Mountain Village in Bartlett, NH. (Photo Credit: AMV.VACATIONS/Bill Lee Photography)