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Detroit Free Press

"Here is the best-kept secret in Aspen: the St. Moritz Lodge. It has a variety of accommodations, including condos, lodge rooms, rooms with kitchenettes
and hostel style rooms with three beds and a bath down the hall. It is a European-style lodge with an outstanding continental breakfast included,après-ski parties, laundry facilities and a 10l-degree pool outdoors. I stayed in a hostel room. The St. Moritz Lodge can be reached at 800-817-2069 or www .Stmoritzlodge.com. "

SUNSET MAGAZINE / TRAVEL SECTION

Bargain Aspen
Explore Colorado's historic town-when hiking, fall color, and prices are at their best
By Lara J. Finnegan• Photographs by James Boone

Day one: The riches of Aspen
"Almost everything in town was within walking dist, room at the St. Moritz Lodge & Condominiums. At $73 a night plus $7.01 tax, it was well located, clean, and comfortable. And the daily continental breakfast makes it an even better deal. Mary Kay and I dumped our bags at the hotel and headed off down quiet West Hopkins Avenue, which is also a bike and pedestrian path. A seven-block walk brought us to a visitor center in the historic sandstone Wheeler Opera House, where we loaded up on info for our Aspen assault: a free town map, a free shuttle bus map and schedule, the free local paper for discount coupons, and a map of a self-guided historical downtown walking tour."

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Aspen on $250 a Day?

By ALISON BERKLEY

"Economy lodging exists for inexpensive rooms online. Both sites pointed to Aspen's only youth hostel, the St. Moritz Lodge, 334 West Hyman, (800) 247-2069, where bunk-style rooms with shared bathrooms go for as little as $30 a night during the early season (rates jump during Christmas week and then drop slightly."

 "A private room seemed worth the extra money. Only five blocks- from downtown, beneath the steep, rocky slopes of Shadow Mountain, the hostel, a two-story European-style lodge, oozed with snow-covered gingerbread-house charm. Inside the lobby were all the standard Alpine touches: stone fireplace, wood paneled walls and a front desk finished in an earthy, speckled granite."

" When we walked in at 8 p.m. on Friday, a random assortment of international travelers (from Japan, Argentina and Australia) sat around the coffee table drinking bottled beer and eating steak they had cooked on the grill outside. When I checked in and told the man in the office I didn't have a credit card because my wallet had been stolen the week before, he shrugged and said, "Bummer," and gave me the keys to our room. I assumed it would be O.K. to pay in cash when we checked out (and it was) because he didn't ask me for a dime."

"The room was much bigger and cleaner than I had expected, with a big bay window, two twin beds, a large desk, television, clos¬et, full-size bathroom and views of the mountain."