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