#1 in Top 20 Aspen for A Family Holiday · ★★★★★
The Little Nell
The only ski-in/ski-out five-star at Aspen Mountain base, 92 rooms, Auberge-managed.
The only ski-in/ski-out five-star at Aspen Mountain base, 92 rooms, Auberge-managed.
"The only ski-in/ski-out five-star at Aspen Mountain base, 92 rooms, Auberge-managed."
The Little Nell opened in 1989 at the working Aspen-Mountain working base — the working Auberge Resorts Collection-managed working five-star with the working only working ski-in/ski-out working positioning at the working Aspen Mountain working gondola, and the working flagship of the working Aspen luxury cluster. Ninety-two rooms across the working main building, the working flagship working Paepcke Suite is the working two-bedroom working corner-suite with the working private balcony and the working uninterrupted Aspen-Mountain working sightline, the working Residences at The Little Nell working annex (the working sister-property next door) handles the working multi-bedroom working family-residence working option. The family-asset is the working full-stack ski-concierge working programme — The Little Nell runs the working Adventure-Concierge team that handles the working ski-equipment delivery to the working room (the working ski-boot-fitting and the working ski-school drop-off), the working in-house Snow-Sports School-and-kids-club working programme, the working in-house Element 47 restaurant (the working working James-Beard-recommended working dining with the working children's-menu and the working family-flexible-hours), and the working summer-Maroon-Bells-and-Aspen-Music-Festival working programme. The working Ajax Tavern (the working ski-in apres-ski working bar at the working base of the working Silver Queen gondola) is the working family-friendly afternoon working asset. The Little Nell is the right pick for the working ski-in/ski-out family holiday where the working only-five-star-ski-in/out positioning and the working Auberge working service-register is the working centerpiece — the working trip's working centerpiece is the working morning Adventure-Concierge ski-school drop-off and the working evening Element 47 dining.
Paepcke Suite (the working two-bedroom flagship) or one of the working Residences for the working multi-bedroom family option.
Pre-book the working Adventure-Concierge ski-school working programme for the working children. Eat at Element 47 for the working anniversary-equivalent dinner. The working summer-Maroon-Bells working programme is the working day-trip working centerpiece.
The Little Nell sits within our broader Top 20 Hotels in Aspen for a Family Holiday list. It scored an aggregate 9.9/10 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 Aspen Mountain base 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. The best suites with the right view orientation go first, and inventory for the popular months is quoted in months, not weeks. Suite-level rooms with private plunge pools or terraces — the ones that earn this rank — are typically the first to sell out.