ASPEN, Colo. -- The Sky Hotel, which opened here this summer, is
gearing up for its first ski season with several commissionable
packages.
The Powder Your Face plan features lift tickets for two valid at
four ski resorts in the Aspen area, daily breakfast, evening wine
hour, airport transfers and use of the on-site ski shop to leave
skis and boots overnight.
The package is priced from $375 to $495 per room, per night,
depending on arrival date. Commission is 10%.
The Alpine Rejuvenation package features all of the above --
except the lift tickets -- and includes access to a local spa and a
$30 gift certificate to the spa. The package costs from $245 to
$425.
For guests with children, the hotel offers a Rugrat Upgrade for
$25 per night, which includes an activity package of games and
puzzles, a guidebook of activities and a snack and drink each
afternoon.
The same rate applies for a Pet Upgrade, which includes a
guidebook on traveling with dogs, a pet bowl and a dog biscuit.
The 90-room property is operated by San Francisco-based Kimpton
Hotels, the first Kimpton-managed hotel in the Rockies, and is
owned by Northridge Capital, a Washington-based firm.
The lobby contains eight-foot leather chairs and a large table
where guests congregate for an "altitude adjustment" wine hour each
evening.
Adjacent to the lobby is 39 Degrees, a restaurant and lounge
with a large, stone fireplace and a combination of rough-hewn
timber and modern furniture. The chef is Jeremy Fox, formerly of
Rubicon and Charles Nob Hill in San Francisco.
On a heated terrace outside the restaurant is a heated, outdoor
pool; a whirlpool tub; and two fire pits surrounded by seating
areas where guests can watch skiers and snowboarders make their way
down Aspen Mountain.
The hotel is a short walk from the Silver Queen gondola in the
middle of the Aspen ski area.
Guest rooms sport pine furniture and black-and-white photos of
mountain sports on the walls. The rooms include coffeemakers;
cordless, two-line phones with data ports; and unusual items in the
honor bars, including bottled oxygen.
The hotel also has 3,300 square feet of meetings space that can
accommodate up to 150 people.
There is a fitness room on site, and privileges for guests are
available for the Aspen Club Spa.
Room rates range from $129 to $429, depending on season. There
are six suites that are available from $175 to $675, also depending
on season.
For more information, call (970) 925-6760 or visit www.theskyhotel.com.