Rocky Mountain High.

Just back from Vail and Aspen, where I stayed at two iconic properties, the Lodge at Vail and Hotel Jerome.

Both are in the center of their respective towns, frequented by as many locals as visitors. Both offer a distinctive sense of place.

Vail Village, built in the 1960s, evokes an Austria ski burg, while Aspen is a mining town that dates to the late 1880s.

And both are glorious in summer and fall, when rates--and crowds--drop.

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