6 Tips to Make Your Winter Escape a Success Right now, pulling off a getaway to the great outdoors requires extensive planning. Here’s what to keep in mind. By the middle of February, tickets for Ice Castles, a series of installations around the country, including in North Woodstock, N.H., above, were sold out for the month.Credit...Joseph Prezioso/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Feb. 19, 2021 Even during a normal year, Jacqueline Kim, a stay-at-home mother of two in Encinitas, Calif., is pretty bullish about making travel plans to national parks. She researches trails and sites, and logs on to the websites right when reservations open up. “Six months ahead, I book it, because I know exactly where I want to be,” Mrs. Kim, 48, said. “If you don’t know exactly which trailhead, somebody else is going to get it while you’re thinking about it.”