Inn at Aspen Hotel by ResortQuest

Family-friendly, ski-in/ski-out inn at Buttermilk

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General Information

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What to expect: The only hotel at the base of Buttermilk—where the Aspen Skiing Company’s ski school is located—Inn at Aspen Hotel by ResortQuest offers ski-in/ski-out access from its doors to the slopes. In fact, guests can ski directly to their rooms if they’re on the ground floor. The hotel’s location and casual atmosphere—the lobby's sofas, leather rocking chairs, and board games—make it a family favorite.

Amenity highlights: In the casual lobby, guests lounge in sofas and armchairs; play board games; check e-mail on PCs with wireless Internet access; or drink coffee, tea, or cider—also complimentary. Complimentary breakfast is served daily during the summer and winter at the Elkhorn Bar and Grille, which doubles as a popular spot for apres-ski in the winter. The fitness center, outdoor pool, and spa tub offer more diversions. Other perks: complimentary airport transportation and parking.

Insider tip: Dogsled rides and world-class dining in a rustic setting are available at Krabloonik, a kennel and restaurant nestled on the slopes of Snowmass, nine miles from the hotel. More than 200 snow dogs live at the kennel adjacent to the restaurant, where lunch guests enjoy views of Mount Daly and Capitol Peak, and watch the sled teams come and go while dinner guests relax around a sunken fire pit.

Property Amenities

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Located at the base of Buttermilk Mountain, Inn at Aspen Hotel by ResortQuest features ski-in/ski-out access to the Summit Express and Pup Lift as well as the half-pipe snowboarding area. The most family-friendly of the four ski areas, Buttermilk Mountain offers a larger percentage of beginner runs and is the base for the Aspen Skiing Company's school.

Other hotel highlights include the Elkhorn Bar and Grille, an outdoor pool and spa tub, concierge services, video rentals, banquet facilities and conference space, and a fitness center with massage therapy and men’s and women’s locker rooms.

Guests also enjoy a number of complimentary services, including daily Continental breakfast during summer and winter peak seasons, airport transportation (upon request), and wireless Internet access in the lobby.

Rooms

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Inn at Aspen Hotel by ResortQuest offers 122 guestrooms, all of which include TVs with VCRs, complimentary wireless Internet access, ski storage, refrigerators, bathrobes, and humidifiers.

Ground-floor rooms feature sliding doors that open onto small patios with ski-in/ski-out access to Buttermilk Mountain. Second-floor rooms offer balconies.

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Recreation

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Buttermilk Mountain is behind the hotel, which offers ski-in/ski-out access to its lifts—including the Summit Express and Pup Lift—and the half-pipe for snowboarders. The hotel also has an outdoor pool and spa tub, fitness center with men’s and women’s locker rooms, and massage therapy rooms.

The hotel sits at the base of Buttermilk, home to the Aspen Ski School. Considered an important ski-instruction mountain of the world, Buttermilk has a 9,900-foot summit and offers 42 trails that encompass 430 acres of skiable terrain—35 percent beginners, 39 percent more difficult, 26percent most difficult, nothing rated expert-only—accessible by nine lifts. The boarder-friendly mountain also features one half-pipe, a two-mile-long terrain park, and the Boardercross course.

Aspen Mountain, three miles south, offers 76 trails on 673 acres of skiable terrain—48percent more difficult, 26 percent most difficult and 36 percent expert—accessible by eight lifts, including the Silver Queen Gondola, which carries skiers from its base to the 11,212 summit in 14 minutes. Average snowfall is 300 inches.

Nearby 11,675-foot Aspen Highlands offers 131 trails on 790 acres of skiable terrain—18 percent easiest, 30 percent more difficult, 16percent most difficult and 36 percent expert—accessible by four lifts. Snowmass, 6.5 miles away, has the highest summit of all four Aspen Skiing Company resorts, 12,510 feet. It also has the most acres of skiable terrain, 3,100. Its 87 trails—6 percent easiest, 50 percent more difficult, 12 percent most difficult and 32 percent expert—are accessible from 21 lifts, including seven high-speed quad chairs.

Nearby greens include the Aspen Golf Club, approximately one half-mile away; the Snowmass Club Golf Course, 7 miles away; and the Ranch at Roaring Fork Golf Course, 20 miles away.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or near the hotel; fees may apply.

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