7 city hotels where you can apres-ski without ever hitting the slopes

12.01.2024 - 19:19 / thepointsguy.com

With winter in full swing, you might be gearing up for a trip to some of the best ski resorts in the country. Or, if you're like me and have yet to learn the art of winter sports, you're probably just jealous of all of your friends partaking in that apres-ski life. (You know, the part where the only muscles you use are the ones in your arm that help lift a hot toddy to your lips.)

But fear not! You don't have to be anywhere near the slopes or the snow to enjoy a little apres-ski fun. In fact, you just need to be near one of these fabulous hotels that are offering winter pop-ups, which include private chalets for you and your crew to enjoy, winter-themed cocktails, ooey-gooey fondue and everything else you need to feel like a Real Housewife of Salt Lake City.

If you go to one of these hotels to apres all day, don't forget to post the "receipts! proof! timeline! screenshots!," as Heather Gay would say, because the best kind of apres ski is apres-no-ski.

Sure, you could go on an all-inclusive ski trip in the States, or you could cash in miles, fly to Paris in Air France's all-new business class and check into the Park Hyatt Paris-Vendome, one of TPG's favorite points hotels.

There, from now through Feb. 29, you can be transported to the scene of a beautiful mountain resort at Chalet du Park by Jean-François Rouquette, a pop-up dining experience set in an immaculate wooden chalet in a very Parisian courtyard. Guests who book can either experience a three-course lunch menu with dishes like beef chuck in Medoc wine sauce followed by apple pie (120 euros or $131) or a raclette dinner (210 euros or $230) with mountain charcuterie, Montbeliard sausages, baby potatoes, herb salad, apple pie and even the option to add on black truffle for an additional fee.

Rates at the Park Hyatt Paris-Vendome start at 1,360 euros ($1,440) or 35,000 World of Hyatt points per night.

When people say they work on The Hill in the nation's capital, it doesn't mean they're snowboarding instructors. But you might find them pretending they are at The Macallan Chalets, a winter pop-up experience at Bourbon Steak in the Four Seasons, one of the best hotels in Washington.

In conjunction with Irish whisky brand Macallan, the restaurant has put up a series of chalets that can accommodate different-sized groups, each for $25 per person (plus food and drink, some with minimum spends), all inspired by Macallan's estate in Speyside, Scotland. Chalet visitors can enjoy a series of dishes like smoked salmon latkes, lobster pot pies or fontina-stuffed gnudi alongside specialty Macallan highballs.

Just don't forget to finish the experience with The Macallan Hot Chocolate, made with an 18-year-old Macallan Sherry Oak, Valrhona chocolate, Macallan