Originally Posted by goodgirl

....I had a look at the area around the PH Beaver Creek, just from the outside and driving around the resort area. The road leading up to it has a checkpoint with a gate, where you state the reason for entering. Feels very secluded. The entire resort area looked totally deserted, I drove around for 30 minutes and saw a single older lady a few hundred meters from the hotel and a few people on a bike much further away towards Avon. Drove around the main entrace of the PH, no valet in sight, no single person around. You could have told me the hotel is closed, I'd have believed it, and this was on a Sunday afternoon with perfect weather.
The area would be quiet, sure, but I saw nothing to do there. If you wanted to walk out of the hotel it would feel pretty lonely, I saw no shops, restaurants right outside, beaver creek looked unimpressive compared to the rivers right near the HP Keystone and GH Vail. You would be more likely to drive outside of that gated resort area every time you leave the hotel, I would not go without a car. I don't know about winter, the hotel might be more suitable for skiing and the area might be more lively then perhaps? Maybe I missed something because I just looked from the car, it's possible.