Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa
A writing assignment took me to Beaver Creek yesterday. I make no secret that I love visiting this upscale, exclusive, gated resort in the mountains. Frankly, it’s fun to see how the other half lives, even just for a few hours or overnight.
Construction continues on the area’s newest luxury property, the Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa. And although it purports to be located at the “base of Beaver Creek Mountain.” It’s actually across the Eagle River in the town of Avon. But, and this is a big but, the new Riverfront Express gondola will bring Westin guests and owners as well as the skiing public directly to the ski mountain, where they can board another lift to bring them up the slopes. Rumor has it the gondola will open this ski season, but the resort hotel won’t open until summer 2008. 
The condominium hotel includes more than 200 finely appointed studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom suites that will be wholly owned. So far more than 120 of the units have been purchased, and construction is very much still underway. Amenities abound: a 25-meter lap pool, fitness center, oversized hot tubs and full-service Spa Anjali. Like all of the Westin properties, rooms here will feature the trademarked “Heavenly Bed.” The onsite Watermark restaurant promises “New American” cuisine from the owner of Vail’s popular Larkspur restaurant.
The resort is just one component of the Riverfront Village. Avon’s transportation hub is also located here, allowing Westin guests and owners to hop on a shuttle bus to Beaver Creek and nearby Vail and Edwards, as well as throughout Avon.
June 26th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
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