This would have to be a private excursion-charter service like they have in Europe (for instance there's a weekly sleeper from the Netherlands to the Alps in winter which isn't a regular scheduled service and isn't run by a normal operator).

Sadly I think the financial and regulation environment in the US make it impractical to run something like that at a price people would pay.

There's an active railroad that goes through Okemo ski resort, with chairlifts and bridges with ski trails going over it. It doesn't have passenger service at the moment- I sometimes daydream about whether it would be possible to run a sleeper service there from New York.

I think the US equivalent of Heerenveen might be more like if the US had a national center for auto racing training and it was in Indianapolis.

I was just impressed at how they got the dogs to ride bicycles.

In Europe (French and Swiss Alps) chains are still considered the default for snow traction. In most cases snow tires are considered an acceptable alternative, but IIRC there are still a few roads in the Alps where you legally have to have chains even if your car has snow tires.

They're also more popular with tourists who don't expect to drive on snow except for their annual ski vacation. Some people use "snow socks" on their tires instead.

Some heavy vehicles (trucks and school buses) now have automatic tire chains that can deploy under the wheels when needed.

Or r/icecoast (the East Coast-specific skiing sub)

The coaches are professional, though. At some state universities the head coach of the football team is the state's highest paid employee.

Is there an exception for the Service academy sports teams? They seem to have a big budget, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were self-funding from ticket sales and TV rights.