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Rocky Mountain Highs at Omni Interlocken: A Family-Friendly Basecamp for Colorado Adventure
A golf resort designed for more than just golfers.
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One of my favorite parts about travel is arriving at a place with views that put even the most beautiful landscape photography to shame. Rarely, however, does this happen in a hotel room. Opening the double doors to my suite at the top of the Omni Interlocken in Broomfield, Colorado, and being greeted by a wall-to-wall balcony overlooking the Rocky Mountains was an exceptions.
Omni Interlocken was just finishing a renovation that started in 2019 when I arrived in late November of 2024. The whole building got a refresh from the rooms to the restaurants to the common areas, including the 1,000-square-foot Omni Suite. The room is the apex of the hotel’s offerings, as well as of the building itself on the mountain-facing side of the building.
Photo: Omni Interlocken
Golfers may be familiar with the Omni Interlocken for its 27-hole championship golf course. It even has the distinction of being the spot of a golf world record: Patrick Koenig set the record for the most 18-hole courses played in a year in 2023 and finished his feat at the Omni Interlocken Golf Course. I’m not even a passable golfer. Still, I found plenty else to keep me engaged, relaxed, and in total escape mode on a weekend trip that was one part staycation, one part getaway to celebrate learning kid number two was on the way.
The sprawling resort opened in 1999, and is known for golf, the double pools and hot tub, Mokara spa, and (this being Colorado) proximity to plenty of hiking and biking trails. Its location at the Interlocken business park caters to travelers, golfers, and leisure travelers looking to be close enough to the city centers of Denver and Boulder while still feeling removed from it all.
Photos: Nickolaus Hines
After taking in the landscape view, my eyes wandered to the pool sticks with fresh tips hanging on the wall and the dining table that converts into a full-size pool table directly inside from the balcony. I handed my 2-year-old the vintage-style billiards book to look at the drawings and set up a game for me and my wife. It was far from the typical game at a dingy bar, to say the least.
I’ve gotten used to sweeping mountain vistas at just about every turn since moving to Denver in 2020. Still, the postcard-worthy sight kept me gazing out the sliding doors to the balcony. I almost felt bad for the photographer who captured the breathtaking shot of the Rockies hanging in the adjacent living room. Though it did give me some reassurance that even the professionals can’t capture what I was so enthralled with. (Of course, that didn’t keep me from trying my best at documenting the setting sun as it cast a fire of colors onto clouds framed the mountains.)
Rooms at Omni Interlocken
The Omni Suite may be the premier accommodation at the hotel and the only one with a dining table for eight that doubles as a pool table, but the rest of the rooms got a makeover as well in the renovations. The VIP One Bedroom Suites covers 590 square feet with views of either the Rocky Mountains or the golf course. Like the larger Omni Suite, these have a separate living room, dining area, wet bar, private balcony, and oversized wardrobe.
Outside of the suites, there are 300-square-foot Deluxe Rooms with either a king- or queen-sized bed. The Premier Rooms are a similar size on the higher floors of the building, with king- or queen-sized bed options and custom wall coverings depicting Colorado recreational scenes.
An outdoorsy Colorado theme runs throughout the hotel and rooms. Little wildlife sculptures stand on furnishings, landscape photography of local favorites hang on the walls, and photo books are stacked on the side tables.
Dining at Omni Interlocken
The location of the hotel doesn’t lend itself to quick meals at local restaurants, but there are a number of dining options focused on local ingredients on the property post-renovation:
The Camper: Comfort food for breakfast and brunch with bottomless mimosas and family-style, all-you-can-eat Camper Breakfast.
Shep’s: Lunch, dinner, and Sunday supper are served in this mountain-chic restaurant serving dishes inspired by Colorado ingredients and a drinks list with spirits, cocktails, and local craft beer.
Trail & Trade: The onsite coffee stop featuring Silver Canyon coffees and local beverages alongside convenient breakfast and lunch options.
Fairways Restaurant: Casual dining on an outdoor terrace with panoramic views of the course and lake.
H20 Poolside Bar & Grill: Pool drinks and meals to refresh any pool day.
Things to do at Omni Interlocken
This is a championship golf resort, so it goes without saying that anyone who wants to play a round or two is in the right spot. Omni Interlocken is for more than just golfers, though.
We indulged in Omni Interlocken’s Babymoon Bliss Package: a stay (typically in the VIP One Bedroom Suite), a 90-minute couple’s massage, a prenatal yoga class designed for stress relief and improved circulation, and a private poolside cabana.
Photo: Omni Interlocken
I thought that I knew people who really enjoy hotel pools until I had a kid and saw the pure joy she gets spotting a body of water to splash and play in. The November air already had a notable chill when we visited and steam floated off the surface, but the two heated pools were warmed to just the right temperature to be comfortable playing for a few hours (and a hot tub for when deeper warmth was needed). Blankets kept us cozy while we enjoyed bites from the fruit and dessert plates in our cabana. In the warmer months, a poolside bar and grill slings drinks and classic pool food, and a little man-made river flows next to the pools.
Photos: Nickolaus Hines
Just inside, the 24/7 fitness center is equipped like a solid neighborhood gym with various yoga and HIIT classes. Get Fit Kits can be acquired from the front desk if you’d rather get your exercise in the privacy of your room, or a complimentary shuttle can take guests to the Rocky Mountain Sports Club Studio for more class offerings.
My wife enjoyed a relaxing treatment at the spa (not yet in her second trimester at the time, the full prenatal massage wasn’t an option), and then a refreshing morning yoga session the next day that stretched out all of the kinks that come with getting a toddler to sleep in a new environment.
Things to do off the property
Omni Interlocken can be a self-contained trip unto itself. If you don’t want to venture off the property for a few days, there’s really no need to, and on our trip we indeed spent most of the time exploring what Omni has to offer onsite. Like any home base for travel, though, a stay is best rounded out with some exploring of the immediate region.
Activities can be set up through the hotel. As part of the babymoon package, we opted for a guided nature walk on the trails around the Flatirons in Boulder.
Photos: Joe O’Leary
Our guide Joe O’Leary, with Colorado Wilderness, started doing guided tours in 1993 in West Virginia and moved to Boulder in 2000. Since 2017, he has led excursions at every level with the Colorado Wilderness team, including trips with corporate groups staying at the Omni. Colorado Wilderness takes a “choose your own adventure” approach rather than “pick from this list of options.” Our parameters? Something easy enough to do for someone with moderate fitness level while toting a 27-pound toddler in a carrier on my back. Ideally not too much ice.
O’Leary drove us the short distance to Chautauqua Park in Boulder near the Flatirons, which has been public land since 1898. It’s a quintessential Boulder destination for locals and visitors alike, and we’d traversed a few of the many trails that sprawl out from the park over the years. Hitting the trails with a guide brought a new level of enrichment filled with notes on the outdoor culture in Colorado, the history of the park, and explanations of the geological movements that created the Front Range scenery we walked on. It’s also nice to have someone to take pictures, of course.
Driving back to the hotel, it was clear that O’Leary has a passion for the outdoors and a deep understanding of how nature draws people to Colorado. Staying at the Omni Interlocken, evidence of that draw was all around us. 
