Most summers you can enjoy a luxurious stay at the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek while learning to hike up mountainsides. Some Coloradans have a mission in life: to climb the 54 mountains in this state that rise more than 14,000 feet above sea level. Folks who live here can head up to the mountains on weekends and take a variety of shorter hikes leading up to climbing "Fourteeners," as this group of mountains has been nicknamed, but you can get a similar experience while staying at a luxurious Hyatt.
You Can Do It
But if you're not experienced in hiking on mountains, where both the degree of difficulty on the routes and the weather are variable, there's an option for you using the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek as a "base camp." The luxury hotel offers several "Hike Weeks" each summer.
For the summer and fall of 2012, the Summit @The Park package includes five nights of lodging, three days of guided hiking (two local hikes, one Colorado 14’er) led by Nate Goldberg, the founder of the Beaver Creek Hiking Center, rental of boots and hiking poles, specialty socks and hat, three gourmet lunch picnics served during the hikes, two spa treatments, daily breakfast, an Energizing Welcome Amenity and transportation to and from the trail heads.
Other outdoor adventures include ATV, Jeep and Hummer tours of White River National Forest, Camp Hale and the Continental Divide; hiking and biking on guided tours through the Rockies; horseback riding excursions and white water rafting.
Rates start at $1,900 per person based on double occupancy and are subject to availability. Summit @The Park will be offered June 23 – 28, 2012, July 21 - 26, Aug. 25 – 30, and Sept. 22 – 27, 2012.
Visit Park Hyatt Beaver Creek or call 866-471-7658 for more information, and to check package dates for the current year.