In addition to downhill and cross-country skiing, winter activities include snowboarding, ski biking, ice skating, tubing, bobsledding, dog sledding, and sleigh rides. Whitewater rafting, hiking, hot-air balloon tours, mountain biking, cattle drives, and llama treks are popular during warmer months.

Nearby greens include the Vail Golf Course, two miles from the village, and the Robert Trent Jones–designed Beaver Creek Golf Course, eight miles west of Vail. Activities at the Dillon Dam Recreation Area, about 30 miles east of Vail, include boating, sailing, camping, canoeing, fishing, and Nordic skiing.

The hotel is situated on the banks of Gore Creek in Vail's family-friendly Lionshead Village, located 150 yards from the gondola. Vail, the resort, encompasses 5,289 skiable acres with 193 trails on three main areas. Vail-Front Side is 28 percent beginner, 32 percent intermediate, and 40 percent expert. Back Bowls is 13 percent intermediate and 87 percent expert. Blue Sky Basin is 47 percent intermediate and 53 percent expert. The resort, which has a 3,450-foot vertical rise and averages 66 inches of snow each January, has 34 lifts, including one gondola and 14 high-speed quads.

Beaver Creek, eight miles west, offers 1,625 acres of skiable terrain with 146 trails: 34 percent beginner, 39 percent intermediate, and 27 percent expert. These are accessible by 14 lifts, including seven high-speed quads. The resort has a vertical rise of 3,340 feet and receives an average annual snowfall of 300 inches, plus an annual average of 300 days of sunshine. Beaver Creek includes the resort areas of Arrowhead and Bachelor Gulch and a variety of terrain parks such as Park 101, Zoom Room, and Moonshine Terrain Park and Pipe.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.