Skippress - Index

Skippress - US Vol. 7 No. 2 - Index

Photos: Amanresorts
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THE BEST SKI VACATIONS IN THE WORLD
Cutting Edge
Riders Palace,
Flim-Laax, Switzerland
At Riders Palace in Switzerland, the cost of your hotel room
is really the cover charge that gets you in the door to an
endless party. Designed in tandem with Sony, this hi-tech
alpine ice castle hosts nonstop après board parties, features
plasma screen TVs and Playstations in the rooms and lobby,
and has a super-chill bar with DJs that’s open 24 hours.
Ride the Alps all day and rock all night at the Palace, where
riders on the low-budge can just rent a hostel-style bunk.
Higher-end players can grab a hip, super Spartan suite if they
ever need to do anything as old-fashioned as sleep or shower.
riderspalace.ch, +41 81 927 97 00 — PK
Hotel Amangani,
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
As iconic and austere as the Tetons, Jackson Hole’s Amangani
is equal parts beautiful body and higher mind. Known for its
beachfront vistas and oooh- inspiring architecture in warmer
climes, the Aman enterprise came to Jackson with Zen-sexy
suites and bay-window baths that frame the Tetons like a
mountainous wave-break at the edge of time.
Chamois-covered chairs, a heated pool into infi nity, Pacifi c
redwood walls and an even-in-the-bathroom eye to detail
never let you lose sight of — or feel disconnected from —
the mountain range. Of course, you’re welcome to leave your
artist’s aerie as you wish, with shuttles to the slopes at Teton
Village, sled tours of the Elk Refuge, and the bars and shops
in town. amanresorts.com, 1 800 477-9180 — PK
Photos: Weisse Arena Gruppe, Laax
Cedar House
Sport Hotel,
Truckee, California
When a hotel is designed to “explore our need to
connect to nature,” to “design a harmony sympathetic
to the human body, mind and spirit” and to “create 42
rooms and suites in a hip European style,” you know it’s
honing the cutting edge. High in the Sierra Nevada, Cedar
House defines sharp. Honeyed cedar logs, raw steel
beams, mighty boulder foundations and a true green
ethic makes it a treat to the eye, the soul and the land.
And the fabled ski areas that surround Lake Tahoe surround
Cedar House as well. cedarhousesporthotel.com,
1 866 582-5655 — JO
Photo: Courtesy of The Cedar House Sport Hotel