The Stonebridge Inn is in an excellent location, it is a 5 min walk from the mall and bottom of mountain. It is a cozy lodge type place with a restaurant, bar and hot tubs. Staff are very friendly and helpful, there is a bus stop outside. The only downside is that it is quite noisy - you can hear the water tank fill up when people in other rooms flush their toilets - not good if you are a light sleeper. It isn't very well soundproofed so you can hear the snow ploughs at 6 am and other people moving around in the corridoors etc. This is the only drawback. Snowmass is quite limited for places to eat out as there are only restaurants at the mall, although there are still about 5 great restaurants. You need to take a bus trip into Aspen town for some variety and atmosphere at night, takes around 30 mins. I think I would stay at the Silvertree Hotel which is right next door and a bit more upmarket, if I went again, the cost difference is minimal.

We spent a couple of nights here in July 2006. The room was quite small, but adequate with 2 double beds. There is no air-con and with daytime temperatures in the 90s, the room got quite warm - however there is a large ceiling fan which helped a bit. Even so, at night it was necessary to keep the window open and if, like us, your room is at the front of the hotel, there can be a bit of noise from buses or noisy guests entering and leaving the hotel (why do so many hotel guests have no regard for their fellow guests?).

On our first evening we had a lovely meal in the Artisan restaurant - great food, reasonably priced. The hotel brochure states that they offer a complimentary, deluxe continental breakfast. Well, it may be complimentary and it may be continental, but it certainly isn't deluxe! There was a choice of 2 fruit juices, a couple of cereals, a waffle maker, boiled eggs and then bagels, bagels or bagels. OK if you like bagels (we don't). There was no bread of any kind other than bagels. The staff couldn't provide apple juice for my son, even though he had it the previous evening. For our second morning, we visited the local shops and bought some apple juice and a loaf of white bread and made our own toast. We weren't impressed with the staff at breakfast either. On our first morning, there was no sign to say "Wait to be seated" or "Seat yourself" and so we waited a while at the restaurant entrance. The breakfast staff walked past and looked at us several times without saying a word - not very welcoming (unlike the front desk staff who were great).

The hotel has a nice pool area, but I have never seen a pool with so many dead flies in it - they really need to improve their filtration system.

One feature we were pleased to find was the hotel's laundry facility - very useful.

Overall, the hotel is not bad, but could be better - improve the breakfast choice and sort out the pool and it could be a very nice hotel.

I just returned from six nights at the Stonebridge Inn. Very pleasant stay. Staff was friendly, rooms were clean and quiet.

LOCATION/GROUNDS: The SI is an easy flat walk of maybe 75 yards to Fanny Hill, about halfway between the Village Mall and the Village Express six person chairlift. The SI has one main entrance facing Snowmelt Road - very pretty with large fir trees and a decorative stone bridge. This is the view on their website. As you look at the main entrance photo on the website, the Village Mall is located uphill to the right and the Village Express chair is located directly behind and parallel to the entrance (ski down a few hundred yards at most to load the chair), about 75 yards behind the hotel. Directly behind the hotel is a very nice pool/hot-tub/sauna area, then comes the Stonebridge Condo building, and then the slopes. Parking is very convenient in a surface lot across Snowmelt Road. You can walk to the Village Mall either along Snowmelt Road or up about the equivalent of six flights (out of breath!) of outdoor steps that wind up past other very nice properties next to a stream, through trees, past another hot tub, etc. Most of the walkway is steam heated to prevent snow and ice build-up.

ROOMS: Lobby is on level 4 of 7 floors. We stayed in room 615. Floors appear to be T shaped, with most rooms along the stem of the "T" parallel to Snowmelt Road and the slopes. Odd numbered rooms on the stem face the pool/hot tub area and the Stonebridge Condos. Even numbered rooms have "ridge views" and look out onto a ridge across from skiing, Snowmelt Road and parking. Our room was fairly small but very nicely remodeled and in clean, excellent condition. Two full-sized beds, a combination tv cabinet/dresser, and a very small table with two chairs furnished the room. Good wall reading lamps on both sides of each bed. 25" color tv with lots of cable choices and a VCR. Sink/vanity is outside the bath with a tub/shower combo and toilet. Small coffee pot in room. Our view looked out to pool/hot-tub and we could see the top of the Village Express chairlift towers. I don't believe that any rooms actually have ski slope views.

BREAKFAST: Breakfast is included with the room and was a self-serve affair. We learned to be patient. Choices were okay but things seemed a bit disorganized and there were five minute waits for the toaster and the waffle makers. Supply of plates and spoons ran out daily within 15 minutes of the 7 am opening. Ate my waffle out of a bowl and my cereal with a plastic spoon several mornings. Plenty of seats available though. Breakfast is served in the bar/restaurant area off of the lobby. Nice and bright with views of the pool/sauna area, trees, and other nicely kept properties. Food choices included cereal (Froot Loops, Cheerios, Special K, oatmeal, granola), fruit (apples, bananas, oranges), make-your-own Belgian waffles (with syrup, whipped cream and chocolate sauce), toast, several types of bagels, juice (orange and grapefruit), banana bread, coffee, tea, hot cocoa, fruit yogurt, plain yogurt, cold hard-boiled eggs, some cold cuts, sliced tomatoes, sliced cheese.

DINNER: We only ate off of the very satisfying bar menu. We did not try the very appealing full restaurant menu at the inn's Artisan restaurant. Entrees on the full menu for dinner averaged $22 to $28 - typical for Snowmass. The bar menu has items priced from $7 to $15. Good selection of appetizers and light meals. We had the fried calamari tossed in salad greens, an excellent flat iron steak w salad and shoestring fries for $15, and a good Caesar salad w grilled chicken for $9 (I think). The Maytag blue cheese burger got rave reviews from others.

OTHER: Laundry room was very handy and clean. Three or four sets of washers/dryers, all with timers so you could go back to your room during cycles. I think that the washer was $1.75, dryer $1.50 and box of detergent $.75. Pool/hot-tub/sauna is located together in an open area in between the SI and the Stonebridge Condos. Sauna and showers are divided by men/women in nice little building w changing rooms. Plenty of towels provided there.

STAFF: Staff was friendly and helpful when asked for something but they weren't outstanding. I don't recall a particularly warm welcome or any offer to show us around the hotel or inform us of amenities or to even let us know when and where to go for breakfast. The most frequent contact with staff for me was at breakfast and they seemed overwhelmed and in a hurry - not in the mood to even say "Good morning!"

OTHER RESTAURANTS: Our favorite was Little Annie's in Aspen. Checkered table cloths and the same wood paneling with red painted window frames that I remember from 20+ years ago. Great value. We both had grilled salmon with salad and starch for $17 each. We also ate at the Village Steakhouse - very good meal with a great salad bar, located up the hill in Snowmass Village Mall. And one night we ordered pizza from the one delivery place recommended by the front desk - $18 for an 18" pepperoni. Very good.

Great location and very nice staff overall. The lobby is pleasant and appropriately "mountain". We had a large room with a divider in the middle (perfect for the kid to sleep on the other side). The room was clean, but the furniture, carpet, and bathroom needed redoing. It's quite dated in appearance and is starting to look a little worn. Also, the TV was on the wrong side of the divider (where the pullout sofa is, not on the side of the master bed). The breakfasts were included but were spectacularly boring (cereal, boiled eggs, waffle maker every morning without variation). For the money I would not stay there again, I would upgrade a little bit and get a condo.