If you’re an enthusiastic skier looking for a place to hit the slopes this winter, it might be time to set aside Aspen and Vail for some more under-the-radar locations. Across the western U.S.
, once sleepy ski towns are starting to wake up. In Deer Valley, Utah — the “forgotten step sister” of Park City — nearly 6,800 acres of land are under development for a new resort project, which will include a luxurious Grand Hyatt ( H ) Hotel and opulent private residences. In Keystone, a hidden Colorado community, Kindred Resort will soon become one of the largest real estate developments in the ski industry.
And in Telluride, famed for its connections to the film and tech industries, the Four Seasons has constructed the city’s first hotel in more than 15 years. For decades, the city “didn’t feel ready for a Four Seasons,” Brian O’Neill, a real estate broker handling sales for the Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Telluride, told Quartz. As a local and self-described skiing fanatic, O’Neill was familiar with the virtues of the Colorado community.
Over the years, he explained, projects started and stopped as outside interest in developing the community grew steadily. “We matured to the point where it is now fitting” to have a luxury resort, he said. The Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Telluride is certainly luxurious.
Among other amenities, the resort has floor-to-ceiling glass windows, ski-in/ski-out access, cryotherapy, light therapy, and a.
