Vail's newest private club bets on intimacy at the top of Bridge Street
Brad Kaemmer's 62-member THE SIXTY TWO Society pairs ski valet and concierge service with a restaurant open to the public.
A new private alpine club has opened at the top of Bridge Street in Vail Village, betting that a small circle of members will pay for intimacy, ski valet service and a restaurant the public can also book.
THE SIXTY TWO Society, the project of Vail native Brad Kaemmer, is limited to 62 founding family memberships, a number chosen to honor Vail Mountain's 1962 opening, according to the club's website. The club sits steps from Gondola One in the Vista Bahn Building space formerly occupied by Los Amigos, according to Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine's restaurant guide.
Kaemmer is a second-generation Vail restaurateur. His parents, John and Julie Kaemmer, arrived in Vail in the mid-1960s and opened the London Bar and Grille, later the Clock Tower Inn, according to the club's site. Kaemmer describes the project as a legacy undertaking rooted in that family history in the village.
Members get ski-in/ski-out access, ski valet and equipment storage run in partnership with Gorsuch, complimentary SUV transportation, concierge services and a members' suite, the club says. The dining room serves breakfast, lunch, apres ski and dinner and is open to the public, with members receiving priority on reservations. The culinary team includes executive chef partner Jonah Friedmann and chef de cuisine Timothy Durkos, a Culinary Institute of America graduate with more than two decades of experience, and the club touts a 2,000-bottle wine cellar curated by Doug Frost, who holds both Master Sommelier and Master of Wine titles. General manager Parker Jones is a Vail local returning home after leadership roles at Ritz-Carlton, Stein Eriksen Lodge, Sundance Mountain Resort and Sun Valley Resort, according to the club's site.
THE SIXTY TWO Society is not a money grab. It is a passion project. A legacy project.
Brad Kaemmer, founder, THE SIXTY TWO Society (club website)
Membership involves a one-time joining fee plus annual renewal, according to trade press coverage of the project. The club's site, which had announced a summer 2026 opening, is now counting down to the 2026-2027 ski season and says it has already welcomed its first group of members. The site lists Vail Mountain's opening day as Nov. 13, 2026.
Private clubs have multiplied across resort towns in recent years as operators chase high-spending repeat visitors. The Sixty Two's pitch leans less on scale than on local lineage: a Vail-born founder, a Bridge Street address at the base of the mountain's original lift corridor, and a dining room that stays open to anyone who can get a table.
