#16 in Top 20 Aspen for A Family Holiday · ★★★
Inn at Aspen
121-room Buttermilk Mountain ski-in/out, X-Games-host venue, the X-Games-and-beginner-mountain alternative.
121-room Buttermilk Mountain ski-in/out, X-Games-host venue, the X-Games-and-beginner-mountain alternative.
"121-room Buttermilk Mountain ski-in/out, X-Games-host venue, the X-Games-and-beginner-mountain alternative."
Inn at Aspen is the practical family pick in the Aspen area because it is the only ski-in/ski-out hotel at the base of Buttermilk, the gentlest of the four local mountains and the easiest place in the valley to put young children on skis. The 121-room property is a straightforward three-star: rooms are comfortable rather than luxurious, with ski lockers, a heated outdoor pool, a lobby lounge and a complimentary shuttle into downtown Aspen for dinners and variety. Buttermilk's beginner terrain is the real draw, and the mountain doubles as the host of ESPN's Winter X Games each January, which older kids love to watch. The honest caveat is that you are trading polish and choice for price and location: the rooms and on-site dining are basic next to Aspen's luxury hotels, and Buttermilk's small, easy terrain that suits beginners will bore strong skiers, who will want to bus over to Aspen Mountain or Snowmass. Book a room that sleeps the whole family, and reserve early for the X Games and holiday weeks, when this entry-tier ski-in/out fills first.
Request a King Suite for the extra space and a fireplace, or a Double Queen room as the straightforward value option that sleeps four. Ask for a room facing the mountain rather than the highway.
Use the ski-in/ski-out access for easy morning starts on Buttermilk's beginner runs, and take the complimentary shuttle into downtown Aspen in the evenings for a wider choice of restaurants. If you visit in late January, ask about Winter X Games viewing on the mountain.
Inn at Aspen sits within our broader Top 20 Hotels in Aspen for a Family Holiday list. It scored an aggregate 8.8/10 across the three editorial criteria, competitive against the field but, on a family holiday-specific factors, the angle above is what earned its rank. For the alternatives in the same Aspen neighbourhood, see Buttermilk Mountain (3 miles west of Aspen) and adjacent. For a different city entirely, see the related lists below.
If you have already chosen the dates, our editor recommends booking the room twelve weeks ahead. Rooms with the coveted orientation are claimed first, while popular-month availability runs out months in advance. It is the terrace and plunge-pool suites, the rooms this rank rests on, that book up soonest.
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