Daily Drool: The Viceroy Snowmass Opens

The Viceroy's latest luxury hotel, designed by Kelly Wearstler and Jean Michel-Gathy.

As we reported earlier this year, the Viceroy Hotel and Resorts Group has once again tapped designer Kelly Wearstler to create the interiors for its latest locations. The Viceroy Anguilla opened last year, and now Viceroy Snowmass has opened its doors.

The Snowmass location is Viceroy's first mountainside resort. Based in Snowmass Village, Colorado, just minutes from chi-chi Aspen, the resort sits in a town known as Aspen's laid-back cousin -- however, the arrival of a luxury resort of this caliber may change that. Interiors at The VIceroy Snowmass were designed by Jean Michel-Gathy and Kelly Wearstler. (Michel-Gathy did the spa and room interiors, and Wearstler tackled the pool terrace and café and bar.)

The resort features a restaurant that will offer fine dining along with "picnic boxes" for the trail, a separate lobby bar, a spa with holistic services and even an outdoor pool that they claim will be open year-round. Can you say apres-ski?

According to Interior Design, the Snowmass outpost of The Viceroy is on track to become one of only two LEED-Silver certified hotels in Colorado, and one of only eight in the United States.

Interior Design reported on the details of green design, "All dirt removed from the construction site was saved and reused. Construction workers were transported to the site by bus, reducing fuel consumption and vehicle emissions. The Viceroy also provides reusable and washable water bottles, hand towels, and shampoo and conditioner bottles. A saline pool creates its own chlorine through the use of salt and electrical current. There's even a gratis on-site electric car charging system."

The eco-friendly design is just one more reason to love this chic Rocky Mountain escape!

Love looking at luxury hotels? Check out Kelly Wearstler's drool-worthy design for Viceroy Anguilla.