Golden Retreat: Sleeps 20, Adjacent to Timberline & Dolly Sods (VRBO)

• President's Day Ski Weekend

  President's Day Ski Weekend

  • Guest deke3
  • Date of stay 02/17/12
  • Review Submitted 02/22/12
  Large 6 yr young home - with awesome views from both sets of wrap around porches. Getting to Timberline Resort is just a matter of piling in the SUV, drive for 1 minute down the mountian, and piling back out right onto the slopes. Totally cool. Upstairs is a game room large enough to hold a small wedding - with cathedral ceiling, a pool table, pingpong, foosball, and TV and stereo. The kitchen on the first floor is huge with a 6 burner stove and a long center counter so you can just line up the kids and feed'em like an army. The jaccuzi tub out back was nice and hot, as was the first floor gas fireplace. And wow - the basement is actually a huge two car garage. SUV's can easily fit and I swear you could put three with all that space. Good times had by all.

  Recommended for: Families with young children, pet owners, adventure seekers, families with teenagers.

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• Great neighbor

  Great neighbor

  • Guest Bruce
  • Date of stay 02/17/12
  • Review Submitted 02/22/12
  Had a great time at this house. House is well maintained, very convenient to the ski area, and has a hot tub and stocked game room for relaxing. The game room really kept the kids (and adults, too.) entertained. House also has great views of the mountain and surrounding valleys.

  Recommended for: Girls getaway, families with young children, adventure seekers, families with teenagers.

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• Great Getaway Time

  Great Getaway Time

  • Guest Barbara K.
  • Date of stay 01/21/12
  • Review Submitted 01/30/12
  My family had a great weekend here skiing. Timberline is an off the beaten track resort. It offers plenty of challenges, but is not overcrowded. The Golden Retreat is close to the ski lodge, it makes an easy day of skiing, but is great for relaxing at the end of the day. From the huge garage where you can load / unload protected from the weather, to the huge rec room upstairs where we held family challenges of pool and ping-pong, to the jacuzzi on the deck... there was never a dull moment. At the end of the day, tired kids, tired dogs, cozy fire!!!

  Recommended for: Girls getaway, families with young children, pet owners, adventure seekers, romantic getaway, families with teenagers.

  Owner response: Glad you had fun. Come see us again soon. Summers are great too.

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• A Fabulous time at the Golden Retreat

  A Fabulous time at the Golden Retreat

  • Guest Beth
  • Date of stay 01/13/12
  • Review Submitted 01/29/12
  Our family recently stayed at your comfortable, clean, functional and fun house in Timberline. The best part for us was that everyone had their "space". From the fantastic, huge upstairs game room to the solace of the back porch hot tub, we all enjoyed the vacation. Comfortable beds, over the top kitchen and the less than 4 minute drive to the slope or cross country trails made it even better!

  Recommended for: Girls getaway, families with young children, age 55+, families with teenagers.

  Owner response: We are so glad you and your family enjoyed yourselves. We look forward to seeing you again.

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• Great house for larger groups

  Great house for larger groups

  • Guest Nathan
  • Date of stay 08/26/11
  • Review Submitted 08/30/11
  The Lodge is a great house, fairly well secluded despite being on Mountainside Rd where there are houses on every lot, only a couple neighbors in sight. The house sits up on top of a hill, so you get great views from the top floor deck. The kitchen has a professional 8-burner gas range which was perfect for a big meal. The owners were also extremely accommodating with very detailed directions, tips, check-in/check-out procedures, etc. They had labeled every light switch, every plug, the linens were all assigned to a certain bed in a certain bedroom, etc. It made the stay very easy and left nothing to guesswork. A couple people in our group had stayed at this same house years ago when it was owned by another couple, they report that it's much improved, so the current owners seem to be dong a great job at keeping it up. We also offered a few suggestions for improvement so we can't wait until our next stay at The Lodge.

  Recommended for: Sightseeing, families with young children, families with teenagers.

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• Weekend Ski Trip

  Weekend Ski Trip

  • Guest Dennis
  • Date of stay 02/10/11
  • Review Submitted 02/13/11
  We had a group of four families with a total of 8 adults and 9 children ages 7 and under stay at The Lodge for a weekend ski trip. We had plenty of room in the home with 17 people and never once felt cramped. Mark and Katie were wonderful to work with on our stay. They gave much needed information about the ski resort and surrounding area since it was our first time there. We loved our weekend getaway and only wish we could have stayed longer. Thanks, Dennis

  Recommended for: Sightseeing, families with young children, adventure seekers, families with teenagers.

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• Great for a group gettogether

  Great for a group gettogether

  • Guest shan
  • Date of stay 11/04/10
  • Review Submitted 12/06/10
  We had a family gettogether in this house during Oct/Nov. Great house to hang out as a group. There is a lot of room upstairs for the kids to run around and have fun. The fireplace upstairs and in second floor helps to keep the house warm. We were there just for 3 days. Spent all three days mostly indoors watching movies and playing indoor games etc. Everyone had a great time. The owners were very helpful and helped to make our stay memorable,

  Recommended for: Families with young children.

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• Great place to spend your family vacation

  Great place to spend your family vacation

  • Guest Kands
  • Date of stay 11/04/10
  • Review Submitted 11/24/10
  We had family re-union there to celebrate our festival to-gether. We enjoyed the place totally. The home owners were very helpful and provided all the required information ahead of time and it well organized so we enjoyed really well. It is a huge house so it was perfectly great for us to celebrate the festival there.

  Recommended for: Sightseeing, families with young children, adventure seekers, romantic getaway, families with teenagers.

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• Wow!

  Wow!

  • Guest Stark
  • Date of stay 04/02/10
  • Review Submitted 09/15/10
  We had a family reunion here and it was great. There was plenty of room to spead out. The kids hung out in th pary room while we hung out in a very comfortable living room. The kitchen was giant. While we didn't ski, the hiking was some of the best we have ever done. We will be coing back. Thanks Mark & Katie. The lodge is great.

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Apr-Oct........................... $2350/week, 3 night minimum $1200
Nov-Dec 15 ....................... $2500/week, 3 night minimum $1300
Dec 16-Dec 25......................$3125/week, 3 night minimum $1500
New Years (Dec 26-Jan 02) .........$4500/week, 3 night minimum $3000
Jan 02-Feb 28 .....................$3900/week, 3 night minimum $2000
Holiday rates: Martin Luther King (1/18-1/21) & President's Day (2/15-2/18) $2300
March..............................$3600/week, 3 night minimum $1800
$500 security deposit and $50 pet fee (2 dog maximum)

Note: Until confirmed, rates are subject to change without notice.