Ski-in, ski-out from the base of Ajax. The finest ski hotel in the United States, and the only one that has maintained a Forbes Five-Star rating continuously.
The Little Nell sits at the base of Aspen Mountain — the Ajax peak that constitutes the most challenging of Aspen's four ski areas — with ski-in access from the resort's gondola and ski-out capability directly onto the mountain from the hotel's ski valet. The 92-room hotel has maintained its Forbes Five-Star rating since 1991, making it one of the longest continuously rated five-star hotels in the United States and the most decorated ski hotel in North America.
The rooms are the most generously scaled at any ski-in/ski-out hotel in the United States: the entry-level rooms begin at 500 square feet, the suites at 1,000. The fireplace is in every room, the ski storage operates on the hotel's slope-level, and the ski concierge team — which includes former professional ski instructors and race coaches — provides a level of mountain guidance unavailable at any other Aspen property.
Element 47 restaurant, the hotel's signature dining room, holds a Michelin star and serves a Colorado farm-to-table menu anchored in the state's ranching and agricultural heritage. The wine programme, with its Colorado focus alongside the French and California cellar, is the most geographically interesting at any ski hotel in the Americas. Ajax Tavern on the slope level serves the apres-ski programme.
The Little Nell ski-in honeymoon — a morning on Ajax, a room with a burning fireplace for the return, the ski valet taking care of every equipment detail — is the most specifically winter-appropriate honeymoon in the United States. The honeymoon suite at the gondola end of the hotel has direct mountain views and the most romantic room configuration at any ski resort in North America. See all honeymoon hotels →
A Little Nell winter anniversary is a statement about commitment to a specific kind of pleasure — the skiing, the fireplace, the Element 47 wine programme. The hotel's 30-year history of managing celebrations shows in the execution. The summer anniversary, during the Aspen Music Festival, produces a different and equally compelling argument. See all anniversary hotels →
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