The Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort and Spa is the hotel I just can’t leave because it’s so good – that my ski-in, ski out points-friendly hotel.
But yes, in a few years I go to other ski-friendly hotels or Airbnbs and stretch the ski budget by going to ‘a cheaper, smaller mountain range’.
It’s worth it to mix it up, but every time I do, at some point in the trip, I mentally wish that I had kept things simple and stayed just steps from ski school and the lifts at the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek. One of those places is where the hotel itself makes it all so much easier and more luxurious.
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That’s especially true now that the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek, which has been in operation since 1989, is fresh off a renovation. Having built up the property for more than 35 years, and with 190 stunning rooms and suites inspired by alpine, you’d never know it has been open to anyone.
Here’s what you can expect when staying at this updated Colorado gem.
Changed: Mountain-forward design details throughout the rooms
But I don’t think that is a bad thing about the new rooms in Park Hyatted Beaver Creek, which doesn’T have overly tech-forward accommodations like you might find at some other Park Hyatt properties. They don’t make things complicated, offering a modern interpretation of an alpine chalet. Expect wood and leather accents, plus colors like what you’d see on the mountain – brown to white or blue.
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It’s a ski-inspired piece of art, with features like wall hooks for coat storage and gear and. bench with table to enjoy some in-room snacks or light meals. But I’m delighted to see as many of the rooms are now open for up-to four guests, because they have swapped double beds for queen beds.
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Stayed the same: Mountain necessities for a memorable ski vacation
Some of my favorite things about the property are (thankfully) the ones that didn’t change.
Similarly, one side of the hotel has the Beaver Creek ski area including the ski school — just 20 steps away from the resort; mornings are so much easier to get. When you’re on the other side of the hotel, there is the village, ice rink and more; it creates a winter wonderland of sorts right in the back garden of this hotel.
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But guests still have access to the hotel’s handy boot and ski valet, too, so you don’t need to worry about handling gear; just ask it — and it’ll be ready for you every morning. Alternatively, you can go to the ski lounge on the ground floor for a complimentary hot chocolate; plot out your first runs with the wall-size map and put on your boots.
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It still has the legendary s’mores of The Park Hyatt, which is also available as well as s. When you order your own s’more, you can either make up the kits at the front desk (with full-size Hershey’s bars!) or go to the a’mortgage bar on select afternoons and grab what you want.
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The 8100 Mountainside hotel is a favorite for more substantial (albeit expensive) value, serving up seasonal mountain dishes that highlight in-season ingredients. Thankfully, if you’re World of Hyatt Globalist — or are staying with a Globalis Guest of Honor booking you’ll save on the buffet-style breakfast that is $44 per adult and $22 per child.
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Changed: Chic bathrooms with a spalike feel
It also helped the upgrade in all of the hotel’s rooms and suites bathrooms, including its bathroom with . Today, they are much more slick and sleeker (think vanities with wood-reeded wood accents, crisp white shower tile or marble floors and counters with eye-catching veining) and wear Le Labo bath products and fluffy robes and towels.
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Stayed the same: The amenity-packed spa for unwinding in style
Unless time and budget are allowed to visit the on-site Exhale Spa. It has a unique Aqua Sanitas water sanctuary with ‘a multistep circuit of – thermal pool, mineral pool and rain shower, steam room and aromatherapy lounge all that you can access on the day of spa treatment.
A problem with my spa reservation, but the property offered access to the wet facilities as a reason for the mix-up – and I took full advantage of everything that was available at the facility (especially heated loungers) in return.
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Booking the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek
This is a ski-in, ski-out Park Hyatt, so, yes, it is expensive.
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The rooms usually start at (or above) $1,000 per night during ski season, and are typically staffed by s. That can be as high as $2,000 a night, or more than around peak holiday ski weeks. But before incorporating taxes and charges (including the $60 per day resort cost) are added to add up, .
But there’s a way to stay for less.
If you don’t need cash, book the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek with World of Hatted points instead. For example, if you are in ski season and pay more than 45,000 points a night during the week of redemptions, it’s between 350,000 and 45.000 World of Hyatt points per night. Besides saving money on the room itself, you won’t have to worry about paying the resort fee — plus that it is more perk-wise Plus, paying with points comes with an extra perK.
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Related: Our favorite ski-friendly resort hotels you can book using reward points
Bottom line
This unbeatable location and amenities of Park Hyatt Beaver Creek, including a ski valet to get you going in the morning (and multiple outdoor hot tubs) to prepare for the following day is an icon as it stands out.
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Assuming that the property has newly renovated rooms, the insider is closer to what you’ll find outside both on the resort grounds and just beyond Beaver Creek’s world-famous slopes.
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