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Show October Real Estate: New 1996 Lodging at Solitude Resort by Alex Miller AS a Spi with a_ keen understanding of this profession’s tradition of objectivity it is with extreme trepidation that I say aid WOW!, .....the new Inn at Solitude property. The is going Inn at to be Solitude, some | hot is the new deluxe hotel of forty five rooms at the Solitude Resort Village. It will open its doors to the public on December 26 come hell or high water. In the meantime, reservations for this winter keep on coming in, the construction crews work days double slip by. shifts, The and anxiety the and excitement in the resort offices are palpable as D-day approaches. The Inn at Solitude was conceived as something special right from the start. It is meant to continue the tradition of elegant, well appointed characterize luxurious, buildings which will the Solitude Resort guests would experience. impressed; I think. Perry Hacker, Snowbird’s Cliff something about high end They have not cut any corners in this building and they aren’t telling me to cut any corners in outfitting the hotel either. The linens, towels, china even the clothes hangers are getting attention. to. be:ia - Valley, sort. The was of). Inn designed by the architectural firm of Bull, Stockwell and Allen from San Francisco, a prestigious architectural firm which specializes in Hotels and has designed some of the finest small luxury hotels in the world. Owners/developers of Solitude, the Deseelhorst family have brought their characteristic focus, and attention to detail to bear on the new - project. Very little has been left unconsidered. The new manager of the hotel, Perry Hacker, reels off a list of features and amenities the hotel will offer; it is impressive: oak ski - lockers in the downstairs storage area, a wine concierge storage/meeting room, service, heated outdoor pool with an attached Jaccuzzi, a full service spa which offers massage herbal wraps etc. etc. game room (football, a children’s video games, bumper pool) , an adult game room (darts, billiards) and a conference room which can also serve as a seventy person theater with state of _the They art audio haven’t details either. visual capabilities. missed. any For example of the every room will have big, luxurious velour bathrobes hanging in the closet for the guests and, from the department of information you really didn’t care to know, I can report that I even heard _ the management’s lengthy discussion ‘over the grade of toilet tissue the value. concern Guests will probably begin to suspect something’s up as they buzz at gate, which will swing open to grant them ingress to the semi private drive. After they drive up to The other side of a massive lobby. If they look to the left they will see gently illuminated and spacious hallways clad in high .grade Berber carpet with a stone border. These are only the initial impressions one will have of The Inn at Solitude; it gets better. The rooms at The Inn will rent for and with $185.00 caliber is, hold its own with out European Erickson’s, style hotel. which is The Stein Inn’s obvious competitor is terrific, and Deer Valley has nothing to prove servicing but popularity and success makes the. their very the experience different. The Solitude Resort Village, of which The Inn at Solitude is only a small part, will offer the customer a little more a little more peace and quiet, a longer ski season, a prettier canyon, nearly a hundred inches more of snow a year. They will also offer a smaller but high quality selection of restaurants (IE. The Creekside POWDER BEACH Ba Residential Sales Vacation Rentals Property Management Toli Free 888-944-9555 Pork City 801-944-9444 801-645-9444 Aue” Lake Powall ~ Houreboots and lodging ) Little Cottonwood Canyon’s only on site real estate office now has a new name - cottonwood canyons realty. Formerly snowbird realty. With over 20 years experience in the Snowbird/Alta Resort Areas, we are now serving Big Cottonwood Canyon. Looking for a place in Solitude Resort’s new Village? We can help. Our name has changed but our commitment to service or our knowledge of the canyons - and our selection just | got better! cottonwood canyons realty a Sugarplum — : mountain | Powder Ridge views and a balcony. | Blackjack — with to needs, know, is currently unavailable along the Wasatch: an intimate ski in ski : There will also be three | Hellgate rooms it comes WHAT’S IN A NAME........ccccccceecneee 2? $165.00. per night on night of this anything Utah can offer, and which can beat most of them. The Inn at Solitude will offer. visitors something which, as far as I | the village side of the building quality, It is also important to remember that, as exciting as_ the prospect of a hotel spot that can empty their cars of its luggage and whisks them through the entry lobby, under an imposing chandelier, to the check in desk. If they peek to the right they will see a tiny sliver of the main lobby full of overstuffed chairs and they may see somebody glide silently out of the Library. If they listen carefully they may here the distant mutter of cocktail talk in the hotel’s private club which is on the double sided fireplace which separates the club from the main with when customer’s The Inn 1S currently sitting in Restaurant) and shops. the middle of a If the Deseelhorsts continue to parking lot and — Insist on doing things right, and there construction zone. is no sign that they intend to do As the years go otherwise, the Solitude Resort Village by and the and The Inn at Solitude will establish Solitude Resort Village fills in, this . an exclusive and unique niche in a _ property will surely demand a growing market which appears premium price if only because of its chaotic at times. location adjacent to the slopes. But for the present The Deseelhorsts are concerned with filling the rooms, giving good value and establishing Solitude’s reputation as a vacation pleasant valets will politely relieve them of their keys while the bellman quietly Deer and experience. Inn’s elegant and tidy entrance, the ( Colorado’s Deseelhorst’s 4/The anxiety and excitement in the resort One can’t help but Offices are palpable as believe that staying D-day approaches // at The Inn is going year ago with the opening of The Creekside lodge designed by Jack Zehren and associates from Beaver Colorado amenities the hotel promises to offer, these prices seem like steals but the price is consistent with the resort hotels; he is impressed as well, All prices include a continental breakfast. Given the level of service and the a graduate of Lodge, knows Village. The tradition was initiated a Creek they will rent for $235.00 a sect I was — small kitchenettes. kitchenette rooms have two queen and a sofa sleeper The will beds and Sridwbird Realty PO Box 920071 — Snowbird Village - Snowbird UT 84092 ~ Condominiums ~ 800-453-7122 Homes Building Lots | Shared Ownership Page 15 801-742-2222 ext. 4120— 801-742-2807 FAX : Located in the Snowbird Center - 2nd floor |