Experience Vail From Sonnenalp

Stepping into the lobby of the Sonnenalp Hotel in Vail, I feel every minute of this family-owned business’s 99-year history of hospitality.

The desk staff is expecting me, and I am shown directly to my suite which has all the amenities one expects, a huge bathroom, ample closet space, a king-sized bed, flat screen TV with a variety of true High Definition programming, a minibar, refrigerator, a balcony overlooking the pool and Jacuzzi, along with robes and slippers laid out in nightly turndown service. I open a waiting bottle of water and drink in the view through the glass balcony door, mindful that humidity and oxygen are harder to find here than in Miami, couple that with the knowledge my serious slope side