Winter Jam: N.Y.C.’s Ultimate Snow Day

In case you’ve been forgetting what’s fun about snow, this annual festival from the city’s Department of Parks & Recreation will remind you. The free event, to be held this year in Central Park, will provide lessons and demonstrations in skiing and snowboarding, as well as opportunities to snowshoe, cross-country ski and sled. (Some activities require signed waivers and an accompanying adult if the participant is under 18.) The weather need not cooperate: Gore Mountain, one of the sponsors, will contribute plenty of artificial snow. Equipment will be supplied, too, though revelers may take their own. (Waiting lines for some events may close early.)