Your next Colorado ski town getaway has gotten even more inviting. With an impressive vision and efficient growth strategy, Gravity Haus is quickly standing out in a few local mountain areas as “a community for the modern adventurer.”

We recently rolled into Winter Park to check out the newest Gravity Haus property, located right off of Hwy. 40 in the center of town. The modern mountain-inspired aesthetic of reclaimed wood and black accents was all aglow from the main building’s soft lighting as we arrived at sunset.

After already experiencing both the Breckenridge and Vail properties, Gravity Haus Winter Park already felt familiar. While each location offers unique amenities and a vibe all its own, once you’ve settled into one Gravity Haus the others you’ll visit feel like a home away from home.

STAY

Especially unique from its more luxurious sister hotel properties, Gravity Haus Winter Park is a little more casual as a boutique motel of 38 newly renovated guest rooms. Gravity Haus encourages membership options so guests can take advantage of discounts and special member amenities like the Haus Quiver (gear borrowing) and StarterHaus (shared workspace), but you don’t have to be a member to stay. “We have created a place where people can stay, people can work, people can have fitness and adventures,” shares Rob Davis, general manager of Gravity Haus Winter Park. “We really work to check all those boxes, which is in line with the other properties as well.” Dogs are allowed at all Gravity Haus properties, and the park-yourself outside entrance motel setup of Winter Park made it even more convenient to have our old pup Jack with us.

EAT

Gravity Haus Winter Park has a much tighter kitchen than the other properties, but the small menu plays big. “Everything we do in the kitchen is all cooked from scratch daily,” Davis explains. “We don’t have a freezer and we don’t have a fryer.”

Fresh ingredients and flavors truly come through in all the breakfast, lunch and dinner offerings. Start with a burrito for breakfast, try a salad for lunch and then the risotto special for dinner. Be sure to start you day with a cup of brew from Unravel Coffee, featuring Gravity Haus’s very own sustainably sourced beans. Head over to the bar for afternoon happy hour and you’ll see some locals bellying up après adventure. Try one of their delicious and homemade batched cocktails like the Alpenglow or a local beer on draft.

PLAY

Didn’t bring bikes or skis on your getaway? Gravity Haus members can take advantage of the Haus Quiver at the Winter Park location. Every season, Gravity Haus partners with local and national gear brands to curate a quiver with all the gear you need to experience the outdoors. Learn more at hausquiver.com.

Winter Park has premier access to mountain bike trails in the summer and fall, and the nearby Winter Park Resort for skiing and snowboarding in the winter and spring. Many backcountry access options are also nearby for those with experience and proper avalanche training.

On our final Winter Park morning this past fall, we enjoyed a chilly mountain bike ride before check out time and could see the snow starting to build on the nearby resort. Like most mountain towns, Winter Park has something to offer in every season. Gravity Haus is a great home base for all the fun.

Throughout our stay it was ideal to walk just a few steps from our room to Dryland Fitness. The on-site gym offers group fitness classes, open gym times, outdoor hot tubs and plenty of equipment for Gravity Haus members and hotel guests. Day passes are also available for non-members. Locals lead the classes and you’ll be next to many Winter Park residents in class who have made Dryland Fitness in Winter Park their home gym.

“Community is really important to us,” says Davis. “We’ve had a lot of great feedback from the community. Locals spend their time here.”

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Originally published in the Winter 2021-22 issue of Spoke+Blossom.

Stay + Play: Gravity Haus Winter Park