Mountain resorts have always sold a view, but a growing number of current hotel projects are betting on something more: full-scale reinvention of what a mountain stay can be. Pulled from the THP hotel database, the developments below show resort operators leaning further into terrain, altitude, and outdoor access as the core of the guest experience, rather than treating the mountains as scenery outside a window.
Scale and setting vary sharply among the three. Homewood Mountain Resort in California is entering the first phase of a broader expansion with the Mid Mountain Day Lodge, a new 75-room hotel still in pre-planning. Halfway around the world, InterContinental is building a 190-room, five-star property beside the Huangguoshu Waterfall in Guizhou, China, placing the hotel directly within one of the region’s most visited scenic areas. In Park City, Utah, Outbound Park City is taking the renovation route instead, reworking an existing 182-room property across a 4.5-acre site with design inspiration pulled from the surrounding Wasatch Range.
The Park City project, in particular, points to how far mountain-hotel design has moved beyond standard alpine styling. The renovation will build out two courtyards, one centered on a pool and hot tub, the other set up for fire pits, communal seating, and small outdoor events, alongside more than 11,000 square feet of meeting space and gear-ready guestrooms. It’s one entry among thousands the THP database tracks worldwide, spanning every stage from early planning through construction and opening.
Mid Mountain Day Lodge Homewood
- Location: Homewood, California, United States
- Construction Status: Pre-Planning
- Construction Type: New Building
- Stars: 4
- Number of Rooms: 75
- Investor/Owner: Homewood Mountain Resort
InterContinental Huangguoshu Guizhou
- Location: Anshun, China
- Construction Status: Under Construction
- Construction Type: New Building
- Stars: 5
- Number of Rooms: 190
- Developer: Anshun Investment Co., Ltd.
- Group: InterContinental Hotels & Resorts | IHG Hotels & Resorts
Outbound Park City
- Location: Park City, Utah, United States
- Construction Status: Under Construction
- Construction Type: Refurbishment
- Stars: 4
- Number of Rooms: 182
- Management Company: Outbound Hotels
