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Interesting post.This is a bit of a thread hijack, but I think it's mildly interesting since I've never thought much about it before.
I usually like hitting up the big places out West and when I think of all of the places I have been to recently...some have a base lodge, and others have something a bit different.
Sun Valley...YES
Snowbasin...YES
Jackson Hole...NO
Telluride...NO
Whistler/Blackcomb...NO
Alta...NO
Snowbird...NO
Taos...YES
Beaver Creek...NO
Vail...NO
Snowmass...NO
Aspen Mountain...NO
Aspen Highlands...YES
Solitude...YES
Brighton...NO
Deer Valley...YES (even though the base really isn't the "base", there are lodges everywhere)
However, almost all of these places have something that would resemble a "lodge," they just aren't necessarily at the base of the mountain.
Fwiw I don't really consider the term "base" to have to mean bottom but simply just more in terms of a "home base". Whether mid mountain or wherever. Though it does usually exist at or near the bottoms.
I do find it somewhat strange though. I mean during perhaps poor weather or whatever a number of reasons that I have given in this thread. There should imo be a dedicated main lodge at most every resort. That said, telluride does say (I did find) that gorronno ranch does serve as a main (for lack of a better term) ski lodge. And with the other info offered up here we shouldn't have any real issue.
Only trouble is that Gorrono is not truly accessible for beginners. Fine for us even with the wife but may be not so much for everyone in general.