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 Hotel OverviewVail's Front Door project is currently underway. Find out more about the project and how it may affect your stay at The Lodge at Vail. One component of the project is the addition of our new RockResorts SpaTM. The newly opened state-of-the-art facility features 11 treatment rooms, seven massage rooms, a fitness center and world-class facilities; all at the base of Vail Mountain. Renowned for relaxed luxury and impeccable personal service, The Lodge at Vail, a AAA Four-Diamond Award-winning hotel, combines the elegance and charm of an alpine inn with the warmth of western hospitality. Visit a place of award-winning restaurants and world-class accommodations where the staff greets you by name and anticipates every need. This intimate alpine resort prides itself on a location unlike any other, even in Vail. At the base of Vail Mountain, in the very heart of Vail Village, you'll find all you need within a few steps. From the village's main ski lift at our back door to the world of boutiques, shops, bars, restaurants, and nightclubs, Vail's pedestrian village awaits groups large and small. Whether you're coming to enjoy our winter playground, experience the beauty of an alpine summer and its myriad of outdoor activities, or simply to absorb the splendor of aspen trees changing in the fall, this year-round hotel will forever give rise to mountain nostalgia. Recent Accolades:
HistoryIn March of 1957, two former members of the 10th Mountain Division, Peter Seibert and Earl Eaton, crested the summit of what was later to become known as Vail Mountain. On this day, after seven hours with skis strapped to their backs, the dream of Vail began.
At that time, the U.S. Forest Service, which administers the mountain land, stipulated that there be at least 30 sleeping rooms included in the development if the project were to proceed. Determined to let nothing stand in its way, The Lodge at Vail came to be. When Vail Mountain opened on December 15, 1962, with one gondola, two chair lifts, eight ski instructors, and a $5 lift ticket, The Lodge at Vail had been open for just one month. However, built to replicate the time-honored Lodge at Sun Valley, The Lodge at Vail soon became the cornerstone property of what would eventually become the Vail Village. From its humble beginnings, Vail's founders could never have dreamed that their vision, with its gondola ride, breakfast, dinner, and lodging (priced at just $10 in 1963), would some day turn out to be North America's premier ski resort. Nor could they have imagined that the rustic 65-room chalet-style inn just steps from Chair 1 would one day transform into a world-renowned hotel. The Lodge at Vail is a proud member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts.
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Over the next five years, the town of Vail, named after Vail Pass at the eastern end of the valley, began to take shape. Boosted by the founding of the Vail Corporation and the purchase of a 500-acre ranch at the base of the mountain, the dream was quickly on its way to becoming a reality.
