Year-Round Living in Snow Country

Ever think, when you're at your favorite destination resort, "I wish I lived here all the time?"

There are certainly some advantages--but difficulties, too

The magazine The Vail Trail has a look at living in Eagle County, Colorado.

Among the challenges: expensive real estate, hard-to-find daycare for those who want it, more expensive health care and a small-town atmosphere that may exaggerate the problems of peer pressure for teenagers.

Not that living in a remote (or expensive, or both) location is totally bad. But if you're stuck in a cubicle, it's good to know that mountain living isn't totally carefree.