I recently spent President’s Day weekend skiing with my family in Beaver Creek, Colorado. It was a huge crowd pleaser for my family of 5 boys + husband.
As the only female in the group, I’ve learned over time that our boys love an active vacation – we spend New Year’s in JAMAICA where they can tube and banana boat and snorkel until their heart is content, we’ve done Universal Studios (which was such a blast – would love to do that trip again. We stayed off property which I highly recommend doing – much less chaotic) but this was our first time skiing with all five boys.
I did not grow up skiing so it is all a bit overwhelming to me about where to go and the equipment and the gear and the lift tickets – so stressful for the non-skiers of the world. For that reason I wanted a plug and play situation so our travel agent recommended the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek.
While the property is tired (although someone told us while we were there that a big renovation is scheduled for next year), you cannot beat the location or the convenience. You literally walk (ski) right out of the hotel to get on the lifts and for ski school.
The town center with the ice skating rink and all the great restaurants and shopping is also steps from the hotel. And last but not least the ski rental store is literally next door to the Park Hyatt.
The apres-ski set up was great as well – fire pits, s’mores, hot toddys, hot chocolate, etc. and all you had to do was drop your stuff with the ski valet and pull up a chair outside or at the bar in front of the fireplace.
Here are the restaurants we went to and some of the fashionable après-ski attire I observed while sipping my hot toddy after a long day of skiing the greens with the other eight year olds.
Hope you enjoy the post. Have a great weekend.
Btw, I will link these and other items on my LTK SHOP. You can find it all here. There’s SO much ski apparel on sale right now.
BEAVER CREEK RESTAURANTS
Dusty Boot, Golden Eagle Inn, Coyote Cafe, Blue Moose Pizza, Citrea, Splendido, Beano’s Cabin (more on this below), and Allie’s Cabin. We went to Rimini Cafe for ice cream but the breakfast and lunch menus looked amazing as well.
*Travel tip* Many restaurants do not take reservations so send someone in advance to get your name on the list — the waits can be an hour or more so you don’t want to take your whole crew if you don’t have to.
The only way to get to Beano’s Cabin on mountain is by snow cat. Your reservation time is your 30 minutes before your reservation time. Sleighs begin at 5 p.m.”
