Amenities include a complimentary breakfast, concierge, lounge, outdoor pool and sauna. Another original, Gasthof Gramshammer was opened by former Austrian Olympic ski racer Pepi Gramshammer, one of Vail s best-loved residents. Guests have access to a buffet breakfast, restaurant, bar, nightclub and ski shop. This recently renovated lodge has 28 hotel rooms and 75 suites, most with fireplaces. It is within walking distance of the Lionshead gondola, an amenity as or more important than the valet service, outdoor pool, hot tubs, saunas, guest laundry or restaurant.
Guests also have access to the hotel s private shuttle van.
An Orient-Express hotel, the Lodge has earned numerous accolades. Hotel rooms come with humidifiers, marble baths and mahogany and teak furnishings. The suites are individually owned and decorated. Its West Vail location keeps it out of the limelight, but it s accessible and close to supermarkets, liquor stores and fast-food restaurants. There are 72 rooms and three suites.