What: Friday Powder Day and Snow Cat Skills

Where: The Little Nell, Aspen, USA

Aspen's only 5 star ski-in/ski-out, The Little Nell, is gearing up for this winter skiing season. Fly over to discover panoramic mountain views and experience one of a kind activities and services.

Early bird catches the VIP mountain experience

• Returning for a new ski season, the hotel's popular Skiing & Winter Adventures invites guests to take part in the hotel's complimentary First Tracks on Ajax (Aspen Mountain) an élite tradition where avid skiers can hit the fresh untouched pistes of Aspen Mountain before its open to the public.

Snow Cat Skills 

This year the hotel is offering a “Snowcat Academy” for guests to learn to commandeer a snowcat at nearby Buttermilk Mountain. Designed to provide a unique experience with one-on-one cat instruction. The class will last approximately three hours and will give the guest initial training and then driving time in the snowcat.  Buttermilk's Panda Peak will serve as a giant sand (snow) box and the guest can learn to simply manoeuvre through the snow or groom a trail of one's own.  

Friday Powder Day

• Aspen Mountain Powder Tours are made all the more special when The Little Nell takes over one of the snowcats. Guests' knee-deep hosts for the day are The Little Nell's Managing Director, Simon Chen and Director of Sales & Marketing, Pete Hayda, as well as the Ski Concierge aces
• Each tour averages 10-12 untracked runs on blank canvas of intermediate to expert terrain, followed by an intimate late lunch at a wood stove-heated cabin in the heart of the Elk Mountains. Lunch offerings are perfectly paired with cuvee wines, specially bottled for the restaurant, element 47
• The Little Nell Powder Cat Tours experience is offered on Fridays from 15 December 2015 – 2 April 2016. Cost is £298 (lift ticket included) per person; if a group would like to buy out the cat (10 seats) the pricing is reduced to £257 per person. Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

Rates: Stay at The Little Nell from £459 per room per night

Booking: thelittlenell.com/

What: A Special Fairytale Ski Escapade
Where: Gstaad Palace, Switzerland

Enhance your skiing repertoire this winter season at Gstaad Palace, a hotel perfect for romantic weekends or family getaways. Experience European luxury at a family-run hotel located in the beautiful Swiss Alps. 

Ski Butler on the slopes

• Be greeted on the Swiss mountaintop by the hotel's own ski butler with a hamper filled with appetizing sweet treats, savoury snacks and cheeses
• Pick your own spot to enjoy a splendid slopeside picnic with a glass of chilled champagne or a warm cup of Glühwein during your skiing extravaganza on the mountain

Midnight in Gstaad

• Rediscover Gstaad's mountains at night with an exhilarating near vertical ride on a snow groomer organised by the hotel
• Experience Alpine wildlife and stunning moonlit caps, while enjoying the view with someone special

• Sleigh ride to supper

• Take après-ski to another level at Gstaad Palace which offer guests a special private sleigh ride under the stars with Glühwein and canapés. The end destination brings guests to a tiny farmhouse chalet where options are fondue or fondue

  Rates:

  Ski Butler £98 per person for a minimum of 2 people, Snow Groomer £65 per person for 60-90 minutes, Sleigh ride to supper £91 for 1 hours with a maximum of 4 people

  Booking: palace.ch, +41 33 784 50 00
  
  For further information on any of these packages, please contact Mason Rose:

  T +44 (0)20 7201 8060  E: pr@masonrose.com  www.masonrose.com