For skiiers and riders, it’s the dream: after your morning coffee, you glide right out the door to the slopes. And when you’re done for the day, you don’t have a long drive—or, in some cases, any drive at all. A ski-in, ski-out rental is the way to go, and Airbnb recently compiled a list of guest favorites in this category for its Winter Travel Trends Report. From Park City to Steamboat Springs and from cute rustic cabins to glassy luxe villas, you’ll have a great choice of places to stay. We’ve pulled out a few from the list to spotlight here.
Five mins to Breck Village & Ski, Hot Tub, Views | Breckenridge, Colorado
With this Airbnb nestled in the Breckenridge mountains, you’ll stay at your own cabin called...wait and gather yourself for the cuteness… the Forget-Me-Not Chalet. While the cabin is adorably classic on the outside, it’s modern on the inside. Take a seat on the back deck with unobstructed mountain views or slide into the hot tub. The three-bedroom home sleeps eight guests in charming rooms, one of which has woodland wallpaper and two bunkbeds so your kids get a memorable stay (one guest saw a bear wandering around in the moonlight from the top bunk through the window) and one of which has a private sunrise-display balcony. Best of all, the trail is right outside your door and downtown Breckenridge is just five minutes away by car. If you can’t leave work behind, there’s a dedicated workspace. The cabin at the top of this article, with its windows glowing in the darkness, is this one.
Big Bear Treehouse | Big Bear, California
This cabin has some star power; it was featured on The Cabin Chronicles (S1E8) and has its own Instagram account. Right off the back deck are trails and miles of national forest, plus the home's minutes away from hiking, skiing and dining. Radiate in the mid-century modern vibe with retro furnishings, especially with all that light flooding in through the large floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room. With two bedrooms, it sleeps five guests. There’s a private forested backyard and a nice fireplace with books and games to have a cozy evening in after time on the slopes (there’s deliberately no TV in this cabin to encourage conversations and togetherness, although there is Wifi).
Gorgeous ski in/out condo right in PCMR Base Plaza | Park City, Utah
This condo is more of a traditional “ski in, ski out” situation where you can tell your car you’ll see it later (one parking spot is included with the rental). It’s right at the base of the mountains at the Park City Mountain Resort and that means you can step onto the free Park City shuttle for a short ride to join the lift line (and the resort has amenities like a hot tub, gym, pool, ice rink and even the Pig Pen Saloon with burgers and bar food so you don’t have to cook if you don’t want to, and still don’t have to drive!). You’ll have a complimentary ski locker to store your gear in this two-bedroom condo that sleeps eight.