This Utah Lodge Is As Shut As You Can Get to an Austrian Ski Trip With out Leaving the U.S.

These searching for a style of an Austrian ski trip and the small-town Tyrolean charms of Kitzbühel or Alpbach want solely to safe a home flight to expertise Goldener Hirsch, a part of the Auberge Resorts Assortment. Positioned roughly 45 minutes from Salt Lake Metropolis airport in Utah, and due to this fact best for vacationers in search of mountain time nearer to house, the resort rapidly transports visitors to a comfy European ski chalet with a plethora of contemporary delights.

Arriving at one of many entrance doorways in Deer Valley Resort’s prime Silver Lake Village, visitors will really feel the rapid welcome of Goldener Hirsch, due to the ornate signal hanging outdoors, which resembles a royal emblem. Whereas the check-in course of now happens on the residence facet of the constructing, those that wander by way of to the unique inn’s foyer will discover a one-of-a-kind wooden entrance desk embellished with each vintage and just lately created Austrian painted “targets” that had been as soon as used for sport taking pictures apply.

Gilded room keys grasp behind this entrance desk in particular person cubbies — a means of conserving them stylishly on show and discouraging visitors from dropping them. The truth is, not one key has been misplaced because the resort’s opening in 1990. The keys additionally stay in the identical fashion as these on the unaffiliated Lodge Goldener Hirsch, the Salzburg property housed in a constructing courting again to 1407 and the inspiration for the Deer Valley property.

All the wooden furnishings within the inn's rooms, in addition to the hand-carved eating room chairs within the restaurant, had been equally imported from Austria and are from the identical craftsmen who made the Salzburg resort's furnishings. Friends passing by way of the foyer or staying in a residence even have the possibility to see splendid vintage armoires and chests, together with trousseau armoires — conventional matching chests {that a} bride and groom could be gifted to take to their new house. Many such treasures are hand-painted in a Tyrolean or Bavarian fashion and had been hand-collected by the Eccles household, who’ve been the house owners of the resort for the previous 25 years and just lately introduced on Auberge Resorts Assortment to handle it.

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Different highlights that add to the inn's Austrian alpine ambiance embrace vintage skis, skates, snowshoes, sleds, and outdated bamboo ski poles, plus charming wood-carved doorways, embroidered chairs, antler heads in numerous sizes, hand-painted arches, and hearth-style fireplaces.

The inn's 18 rooms equally enchant visitors with conventional wooden furnishings, Mongolian lamb-style pillows, and wood-burning fireplaces; some even embrace balconies overlooking Deer Valley's prized slopes. With just lately refreshed loos and wooden particulars, the visitor rooms are at the moment present process a light-weight renovation that can embrace new dry bars, paintings, linens, material, carpets, and fabric all whereas retaining Goldener Hirsch's signature Austrian atmosphere.

A brief foot bridge connects the present inn with two new fashionable buildings, a latest growth for the property. Up to date and posh, these new buildings had been designed by acclaimed architect Tom Kundig and embrace 40 alpine-chic residences by resort and property designer Tal Studio.

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Studio and one- to three-bedroom models can be found for visitors trying to unfold out, every outfitted with large chef’s kitchens and separate residing and consuming areas, to not point out soft entryway seating handy for rapidly take away ski boots.

Mushy hues and lovely mild uncovered by floor-to-ceiling home windows are hallmarks of every residence, as are beveled marble stone fireplaces, wealthy woods, unique paintings, and subtly patterned carpets and accent wallpaper. Bogs have steam showers with banquet-style seating, soaking tubs, and delightful marble double sinks, plus loads of closet area to retailer cumbersome winter gear.

Within the morning, visitors congregate within the unique inn round a big hearth for omelets and hearty breakfast trout dishes, and are additionally met with jovial, personalised service. The Euro-inspired alpine delicacies with American touches is fashionable for lunch, however comes alive for dinner with soul-warming fondue and raclette, each staples on the menu as a lot because the resort’s namesake rooster schnitzel dish. The resort has simply welcomed a brand-new government chef, Nicolas Lebas, who plans to introduce a brand new fashion of delicacies that can loosen up the menu a bit, too.

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Whereas Goldener Hirsch’s new rooftop saltwater scorching tub and sundeck additional make it the perfect Austrian-inspired ski getaway, its location and entry to outside actions like mountain biking, hot-air balloon rides, and golf preserve it a implausible vacation spot year-round. For the spring and summer time seasons, Goldener Hirsch plans to launch a Bavarian-inspired pottery class, a hearth and smoke cooking lesson with its chef, and excursions to prehistoric archeological websites to uncover dinosaur fossils.

Whereas there is no present spa on the property, Goldener Hirsch does supply numerous wellness experiences, together with in-room skincare rituals in partnership with native model Khalm and tub meditation journeys.

Friends itching for a therapeutic massage are additionally steps away from extra — albeit barely completely different — cozy mountain vibes on the neighboring Stein Eriksen Lodge. With a world-class spa and wintertime igloo eating in a luxe, subtle setting with mountain views, we could not consider a greater neighbor to journey to by foot.