Cascade Village's anchor resort at 1300 Westhaven Drive — 285 rooms with Chair 20 ski-in/ski-out at the door, the Atwater on Gore Creek dining room, riverside spa, and Hyatt's senior US mountain flagship at this address since the 2022 rebrand from Hotel Talisa.
"Cascade Village's anchor — 285 rooms, Chair 20 ski-in/ski-out at the door, and the riverside spa overlooking Gore Creek that the Vail Village competition cannot match."
Grand Hyatt Vail occupies 1300 Westhaven Drive — the anchor address of Cascade Village, the third of Vail's three village clusters (after Vail Village and Lionshead) and the most western lodging position served by Vail Mountain's lift system. The site has hosted a hotel since the original Vail Cascade Resort opened on this footprint in the 1980s; the property rebranded to Hotel Talisa under Marriott's Luxury Collection in 2017 and again to Grand Hyatt Vail under Hyatt in 2022, when Hyatt acquired the operating rights and made Cascade Village the senior US mountain flagship of the Grand Hyatt brand. The architecture is the original Cascade Village Bavarian-inspired idiom, with extensive renovations across each rebrand cycle including a 2017 spa rebuild and a 2022 lobby and restaurant refresh under Hyatt.
The 285 rooms span Standard Rooms, Studio Suites, One-, Two-, and Three-Bedroom Suites, and the Vail Residences at Cascade Village (a separate 85-key Hyatt Residence Club inventory rented through the property). The Standard Rooms run notably larger than the American resort norm; the Studio and One-Bedroom Suites add gas fireplaces and full kitchens (in some configurations); the multi-bedroom Suites and the Residences handle the family ski-week and milestone-anniversary inventory. The hotel's signature room category is any Gore Creek-facing room on the south wing — the building literally fronts the creek, and the better rooms on this aspect have private balconies running over the water.
Dining centres on Atwater on Gore Creek — the contemporary American restaurant on the property's creek-side ground floor, with floor-to-ceiling windows over the water and a strong wine programme — and Frost Restaurant & Bar, the lobby pour and après-ski programme. The seasonal pool café operates through summer; in-room runs through 24 hours. The Spa at Grand Hyatt Vail runs across multiple treatment rooms, eucalyptus steam, hot/cold plunge, and the property's signature heated outdoor riverside pool — overlooking Gore Creek, open year-round, and one of the most-photographed Vail hotel features of any property. The fitness centre and resort programming round out the brief.
The position is the property's distinctive argument. Chair 20 — the dedicated Cascade Village ski lift onto Vail Mountain's intermediate terrain — sits at the property's ski-out door (Cascade Village's principal commercial proposition versus Vail Village's Gondola One and Lionshead's Eagle Bahn). The Eagle Bahn Gondola at Lionshead is 0.9 miles east; Vail Village is 1.4 miles. Eagle County Airport is thirty minutes by car; Denver International is two hours fifteen. For travellers who weight the Cascade Village remove (quieter than Vail Village, less crowded than Lionshead), the riverside spa programme, and the Chair 20 ski-out arithmetic equally, the Grand Hyatt Vail is the answer.
Grand Hyatt Vail handles ski-week families at the Five-Star Cascade Village tier without compromise. Two- and Three-Bedroom Suites and the Vail Residences at Cascade Village (Hyatt Residence Club) cover the multi-generational brief; Camp Hyatt supervised programming runs through ski peak; the riverside heated outdoor pool runs year-round; ski school and gear delivery via the resort ski concierge. Chair 20 ski-out at the door.
For Vail honeymoons at the Cascade-Village remove, Grand Hyatt's Gore Creek-facing Junior Suites with private creek-side balconies are the room category. Atwater on Gore Creek by candlelight handles the dinner; the riverside spa pool at sundown handles the moment; in-suite massages from the spa across the morning. The property's quieter remove from Vail Village is part of the proposition.
The riverside heated outdoor pool over Gore Creek runs year-round; the Spa at Grand Hyatt Vail offers eucalyptus steam, hot/cold plunge, and treatment room circuit; the trail access along the Gore Creek Trail begins at the property's edge; in summer the kayak and paddle programme launches from the property's creek frontage. The Cascade Village position keeps the property out of the Vail Village evening volume.
1300 Westhaven Drive
Cascade Village
Vail, CO 81657, USA
Chair 20 ski-out at door; Eagle Bahn Gondola (Lionshead) 0.9 miles east; Vail Village 1.4 miles east; Eagle County Airport (EGE) 30 min by road; Denver International 2 hr 15
285 rooms (incl. Vail Residences at Cascade Village 85-key Hyatt Residence Club)
Standard Rooms from USD 580/night
Studio Suites from USD 780
One-Bedroom Suites from USD 1,100
Two-Bedroom Suites from USD 1,650
Three-Bedroom Residences on request
Check-in: 4:00 PM
Check-out: 12:00 PM
Site opened as Vail Cascade Resort in 1980s; rebranded Hotel Talisa (Marriott Luxury Collection) 2017; rebranded Grand Hyatt Vail 2022
Chair 20 ski-out at door (Cascade Village)
Heated outdoor riverside pool (year-round, over Gore Creek)
Spa at Grand Hyatt Vail
Atwater on Gore Creek dining
Frost Restaurant & Bar
Camp Hyatt kids' programme
Hyatt Residence Club inventory
World of Hyatt programme
From USD 580/night. Gore Creek-facing rooms and Suites are the inventory to target for honeymoons; multi-bedroom Suites and Residences for family ski weeks. Book three to four months ahead for Christmas / New Year and February peak. World of Hyatt points booking is competitive on shoulder weeks.
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