Four Seasons Vail

Four Seasons Vail

Skis go straight into storage a few steps from the lobby, the Steadman Clinic and Gerald Ford Amphitheater are an easy walk away, and the room still comes with a fireplace lit before you get back from the slopes. Four Seasons Vail runs 121 rooms across eight floors, most fitted with LCD televisions and deep soaking tubs stocked with designer toiletries, the kind of detail that separates a well-run resort from a merely large one. What it has that most Vail slopeside hotels do not is a genuine run of residences alongside the standard rooms, some with full kitchens and dishwashers, one stretching to six bedrooms and sleeping eight adults and five children, so a multigenerational ski week or a group splitting the cost doesn't mean stacking into connecting doubles. The resort fee, already folded into the rate, covers fitness and yoga classes, the ski shuttle, ski storage, bottled water and phone calls, and a separate shuttle covers three miles into town. Flame handles dinner, there's a coffee shop for the slower mornings, and 24-hour room service means nobody has to get dressed twice in one evening. A spa, sauna and outdoor pool round out the quieter hours, while a kids' club, library and fishing keep families occupied without much planning. This suits travelers who want the infrastructure of a big resort, the business center and conference rooms included, without giving up a private kitchen when they'd rather cook than dine out. It will read as excessive to anyone chasing a small, quiet inn, and the extra charges for breakfast and parking are worth budgeting for before arrival. Book the residence over the room if there are more than two of you. Slopeside in Vail with ski storage steps from the door, Four Seasons pairs 121 hotel rooms with multi-bedroom residences, some sleeping up to eight adults, that no comparable resort in town matches for scale.