Some skiers slip hand-warmers into their gloves to keep their fingers warm, but at several slopes in New England there is a tastier option: waffles sold at the Waffle Cabin, a tiny cabin next to the lift lines.

Gaufres de Liege are crispy, caramelized sugar waffles. In Belgium, sugar waffles are street food. They are neat and portable, and not at all like the fluffy, whipped cream and fruit topped waffles on your hotel room service cart.

From the drive-in to the ski-thru, we’re heading to Vermont’s Okemo Mountain. Waffle Cabin is the world’s first, and only, mountainside ski-thru. Those of you who feel the lure of fresh powder and open trails know it’s all about how much time you can spend on the mountain. Waffle Cabin allows you to avoid the cafeteria-style lunch lines at the lodge and grab your lunch without ever leaving your bindings.

There are waffles. Then again there are waffles - real Belgian Waffles. That’s exactly what Ingrid and Peter created with their business, The Waffle Cabin. The demand for their waffles has been so great in Vermont that the pair had to relocate from Massachusetts to here.