| CHALETS USA OPENS CHALETS IN NEW COLORADO | | | | |
| RESORTS | | | | Breckenridge is extremely popular with UK |
| | | | skiers and so brand new Eagle Lodge has been |
| Catered ski chalets, offering traditional | | | | opened in Breckenridge just a few hundred |
| European style chalet accommodation with | | | | yards from the Peak 7 ski lift. Eagle Lodge |
| breakfast, tea & dinner included are still a | | | | has 6 ensuite bedrooms and sleeps up to 12. |
| rare commodity within the US ski industry. | | | | It has spectacular views, patio with outdoor |
| Chalets USA is one of only a handful of | | | | hot tub, spacious open plan living room with |
| companies who offer this service. They | | | | log fireplace, plus a rec room with |
| started small in Winter Park, Colorado, USA | | | | fireplace, flat panel TV, sound system & wet |
| but are now expanding to give the Brits the | | | | bar. Catering includes American style |
| catered ski chalet experience so many of them | | | | breakfast, afternoon tea with freshly baked |
| love, in other top Colorado resorts. | | | | cakes or cookies and a 3 course dinner 6 |
| | | | nights per week. |
| Chalets USA was started back in 2004 by | | | | |
| British couple Helen Gienke & Rob Brown, | | | | Last but by no means least Chalets USA has 6 |
| Brits who left their corporate careers to | | | | new chalets in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, |
| follow their dream of living in the | | | | which can be booked on a catered or |
| mountains. They originally set up the first | | | | self-catered basis. Steamboat is a western |
| independent luxury ski chalet in Winter Park | | | | style resort, where you can still see remants |
| Resort, the closest resort to Denver | | | | of its origins as a true cowboy town. |
| International Airport and the resort recently | | | | Steamboat invented the term "champagne |
| bought by Intrawest, who also run Whistler, | | | | powder" and true to name has fantastic snow |
| Copper Mountain and Tremblant. Several | | | | conditions on a regular basis. The Steamboat |
| million dollars have already been spent on | | | | chalets are really the creme de la creme of |
| improving the mountain at Winter Park Resort, | | | | Colorado chalet accommodation. The chalets |
| including new lifts, new areas of terrain and | | | | offer luxury accommodation and top end |
| new intermediate and advanced ski runs. | | | | appliances throughout. The catered service |
| | | | for these chalets comprises the traditional |
| Having established 3 catered chalets and | | | | breakfast, tea and dinner, but also includes |
| several self-catered options, Chalets USA | | | | lunch, either soup in the chalet, or packed |
| have now decided to expand into other | | | | lunch to take to the slopes. To make your |
| Colorado resorts. Now added to their | | | | holiday even more hassle free, the Steamboat |
| portfolio is Wildfire Lodge, based in Beaver | | | | chalet offer an on call taxi service to take |
| Creek, but only a short 15 minute bus ride | | | | you around town and to the slopes and they |
| from world-renowned Vail ski resort, the | | | | give you mobile phones to call with for the |
| largest in Colorado. Wildfire Lodge has 5 | | | | duration of your stay. Steamboat is also home |
| bedroom ensuite bedrooms and outdoor hot tub | | | | to our only ski in ski out chalet, a rare |
| and is just a short stroll from the brand new | | | | commodity in the US - Thunderhead chalet. |
| gondola in Beaver Creek Resort. | | | | |