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St. Mary's mountain retreat with hot tub - sleeps 10

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A spacious living area with a wooden staircase, a kitchen with modern appliances, and a cozy seating area.
A modern living room with a sectional sofa, ottoman, and a staircase leading to another level.
A wooden pathway in a forested area with trees and a clear sky.
A wooden bar with a bottle of wine and two glasses on it.
A deck with outdoor furniture, a view of trees, and a house in the background.

Reviews

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful

Highlights

  • Family fun awaits
    Top-rated for families.
  • Beach equipment
    A rare find — beach equipment ready to go for your days by the sea.
  • Centrally-located
    You're never far from where you need to be with this convenient location.
4 bedrooms4 bathroomsSleeps 10

Popular amenities

  • Balcony
  • Hot tub on site
  • Dog-friendly
  • Kitchenette
  • On-site fitness centre
  • Arcade/game room

Explore the area

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Idaho Springs, CO
  • Place, Clear Creek
    ‪16 min drive‬
  • Place, Phoenix Gold Mine
    ‪19 min drive‬
  • Place, Argo Gold Mill and Museum
    ‪21 min drive‬
  • Airport, Broomfield, CO (BJC-Rocky Mountain Metropolitan)
    ‪74 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

4 bedrooms (sleeps 10)

Bedroom 1

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 3

1 King Bed

Bedroom 4

2 Single Bunk Beds

Living Room 1

1 Single Futon

4 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 2

Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 3

Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 4

Bathtub or shower · Bathtub · Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Kitchenette
Balcony
Number of living rooms
Outdoor play area
Garden
Dining area

About this property

St. Mary's mountain retreat with hot tub - sleeps 10

Bring the whole family to this St. Mary's retreat with lots of room for fun. 2 decks, outdoor grill, gorgeous mountain views, a large 6 person hot tub, exercise room, eat in kitchen, kids room w/ matching set of bunk beds, 3 add’l bedrooms w/ spacious closets & room to relax. Minutes to St. Mary's Glacier trail head, lakes, hiking, 40 miles to Denver, 12 miles to downtown Idaho Springs, close to Red Rocks, Mt. Blue Sky, Boulder & ski resorts. Great location to be away from it all without being too far!

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 25
Check out before 10:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

Pets allowed: dogs less than 23 kg per pet (limit 2 pets total)
Indoor Pet stains or stool on property, add'l fee
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Check-out instructions

The host requires you to complete the following before checking out:
Load and start the dishwasher
Strip any used beds and gather used towels
Remove personal items, remove leftover food and drinks and take out the rubbish
Turn off the lights and lock the doors
Failure to complete these may result in a negative review from the host.
- Guest acknowledges the home is located at 10,250 ft. elevation and that winter weather at this elevation can be challenging at times.
Area requires a 4wd in winter months and snowy weather.

Important information

You need to know

Property # 3009738vb
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and a deadlock
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios and terraces, which may not be suitable for children; if you have any concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm that they can accommodate you in a suitable room

About the area

Idaho Springs

Located in Idaho Springs, this holiday home is in a rural area and on a lake. Winter Park Ski Resort and Panoramic Express are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Golden Gate Canyon State Park and Yankee Hill. Travelling with kids? Consider Georgetown Loop Railroad and Amaze'n Maze Winter Park.
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Idaho Springs, CO

What's nearby

  • Clear Creek - 16 min drive - 15.3 km
  • Phoenix Gold Mine - 19 min drive - 17.5 km
  • Charlie Taylor Water Wheel - 19 min drive - 19.7 km
  • Argo Gold Mill and Museum - 21 min drive - 20.8 km
  • Georgetown Lake - 27 min drive - 29.9 km

Getting around

  • Winter Park Ski Resort Amtrak Station - 63 min drive
  • Broomfield, CO (BJC-Rocky Mountain Metropolitan) - 72 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Taco Bell - ‬22 min drive
  • ‪Vail Mountain Coffee & Tea Co - ‬22 min drive
  • ‪Empire Dairy King - ‬26 min drive
  • ‪Starbucks - ‬22 min drive
  • ‪Hard Rock Cafe - ‬26 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is St. Mary's mountain retreat with hot tub - sleeps 10 pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 2 total) with a maximum weight of up to 23 kg per pet.

How much is parking at St. Mary's mountain retreat with hot tub - sleeps 10?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at St. Mary's mountain retreat with hot tub - sleeps 10?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at St. Mary's mountain retreat with hot tub - sleeps 10?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is St. Mary's mountain retreat with hot tub - sleeps 10 located?

This family-friendly Idaho Springs holiday home is located on a lake, within 3 mi (5 km) of Saint Mary's Glacier and Yankee Hill. Charlie Taylor Water Wheel is 12.3 mi (19.7 km) away.

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 21 out of 33 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 9 out of 33 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 33 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 33 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 33 reviews

8.6/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Check-in

9.6/10

Communication

9.0/10

Location

8.8/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Very pleased!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy
Beautiful home out in St. Mary’s. Would absolutely come again - the hike was so fun and the property was very nice. Roads to get out there are windy and long, will take a good 30 min to get to Idaho Springs. Consider this if you’re looking to be close to a town. All in all, great stay and would come back.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We loved our stay. House was clean and very spacious. Host was quick to respond with questions. The driveway is a bit hard to get in/out of. You have to walk down a path to get into the house. It's a bit of a struggle with a lot of luggage and/or groceries. Would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The house was well stocked and had everything we needed for our stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 17 Jan, 2026
Thank you for the detailed review Kelly - truly appreciate it!
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Everything was nice. It was a surprise that the driveway was quite a steep hill. Luckily, my husband and family members didn’t mind pulling in, but I would be intimidated if I was by myself. Also, the long walkway down the hill was very steep and much longer than depicted online definitely not for older folks, or anyone with knee troubles.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We had a good time
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 17 Jan, 2026
Thank you Jason - we are glad you enjoyed it!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place

This is a great VRBO, stocked pretty well, plenty of room and some extra goodies to keep everyone occupied.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 29 Apr, 2024
Thanks Jason - glad ya'll enjoyed the stay! Hope to host you and your guests again soon.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great communication and a great location with deck views in St. Mary’s glacier. Walking distance to hikes.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 17 Jan, 2026
Thanks Matt, so glad you enjoyed the hiking the views! Hope to see you again at the home in the future.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Mountain Stay

Great property with great location. The house has plenty of room and a nice hot tub.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 29 Apr, 2024
Thanks Emil - so glad you enjoyed! Hope to host you and your guests soon.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice Stay in Mountains

Host was quick to respond to any questions and was professional. Place was nice and well taken care of.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 29 Apr, 2024
Thanks for the feedback Steve! Hope to see you and your guests in the future.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing stay!

The owners were very nice and accommodating. They made everything from check in to check out very easy. The location was very beautiful and quiet. We wish we could have stayed longer!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 18 Sept, 2023
So glad you enjoyed it!! We loved hosting y'all. Come back again anytime!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great stay

Beautiful view, hot tub was nice, simple checkin and checkout process. Stairs to get down to the house a bit daunting, especially at the elevation, but manageable.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 3 Aug, 2023
Thank you for the thoughtful review James; Hope to see you and your guest again soon!
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Idaho Springs Vaca

Overall a great stay would recommend to others. We may come back in the future. Easily accommodated our group of 8!
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 10 Mar, 2025
Thanks Robert, so glad you and your guests enjoyed it - come back again soon!
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Cousins Weekend

It was good.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location
The home was cozy and our hosts were very responsive to some unexpected needs that came up. The only thing I would say is I wish there would have been more of a advisory or notice of the distance and climb it takes to get from the top of the road to the house.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 17 Jan, 2026
Thank you for taking the time with a detailed review Jamie! We have just spent months updating our exterior staircase to make it easier for guests to climb up and down, we hope you visit again in the future to check it out!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location but lots of stairs

Great location and great communication from owner. Just note the stairs, there are a lot of them and at 10,500 feet it could be rough for some.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Mountain Escape!

Came up with a group of coworkers for a reunion, the cabin is spacious and perfect for large groups, and the view is amazing from the porch. Excellent place for a five star mountain cabin retreat with friends and family. The owners were very communicative and thorough in their check in and check out process. Would definitely recommend to anyone!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 8 Jul, 2023
Thank you for the detailed review Stephen - so glad you enjoyed your stay! Hope to host you and your group again in the future!
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Check-in, communication
Disliked: Location
Nice house, not super clean, hot tub wasn’t hot and was dirty. Far from Idaho springs.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 21 Jul, 2025
Thank you for the review. I am sorry you felt the home wasn't super clean, we do our best to maintain a high quality and will address with our cleaners. With regard to the hot tub, I wish you told me during your stay so we could have addressed the issue - sometimes if the wrong button is selected, it can accidentally get knocked into a mode that doesn't maintain the heat or circulation - and it can be easily fixed! Next time reach out to us during your stay. Our address is provided early on and the VRBO maps show the home is up the mountain in St. Mary's, so yes, this is about a 20 minutes drive to the town of Idaho Springs. Enjoy the rest of your summer.
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Disliked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy
We weren't able to make it into the house because of an icy pathway. The first section of rope used to help your way down the path was missing.
What the real icy, slick, steep, dangerous pathway is going down to the house.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 17 Jan, 2026
Delbert and Shalyn - we are sorry you didn't have a good experience, however, as mentioned in our notes, we had our Property manager arrive within minutes of you contacting us and he was able to get down and help you and your guests so it was safe and usable -sorry this time didn't work out.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

GET AWAY FROM IT ALL

If you want to escape the everyday drag of city life, come up here. Nice place. Kid friendly. They played outside on the tire swing every day for hours. Everything you need is there. Good close by fishing. Town is a bit of a drive but that's what you get when you want to get away.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very spacious and beautiful.

The stairs and the thin air were challenging at first for a group from Florida :) but we knew what we were getting into. Once we got acclimated everything was fine and we had a great time.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Women’s retreat

Great stay! All the ladies loved it! Roomy and cozy! We had a few issues. Property entrance is difficult to get to! Especially if you have a lot of items which we did. The path ended at a certain point and the path was icy! The dishwasher was broken so we washed everything by hand last complaint was the hot tub. It was gross! It probably should just be replaced or removed.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 30 Apr, 2024
Thank you for the review Lamar. We are sorry about the difficulty you had with the entrance, the path is in the photos for everyone to see up front and we didn't realize the ice was an issue and had our snow plow team come right away when you alerted us. We confirmed the dishwasher was working so may have just been a confusion on how to use it. Our hot tub is also in good condition so we are not sure why you didn't enjoy it - this is the first time we heard about this, so please let us know during your stay in the future, so we can quickly address it and add to your enjoyable vacation. Thanks again - Denise & Anthony
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect for big family

We had a big family with five kids and there was plenty of room! Plenty of beds and also a nice basement with an extra TV and games. The grounds were lush and right in the middle of the tree tops - secluded and beautiful. And only minutes from St. Mary’s trailhead. Morning coffee on the porch was amazing. Just be aware that if you stay here the house is built on the side of a mountain. So the grounds are somewhat steep and there is a long staircase from the driveway down to the house. It’s difficult getting suitcases or anything heavy into and out of the house. Also it is a bit of a drive to a Idaho Springs (22 min) so be aware if that as well. Other than that it is a fabulous property!! We loved our stay!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 3 Aug, 2023
Thank you for the detailed review Robin! Appreciate your feedback about the staircases and suitcases, I'm sure this will be helpful for future guests. Hope to host you and your family again soon!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Enjoyable Stay in a Lovely Location

Denise was an exceptional host! She consistently provided prompt communication from prior to the official booking through after the check out of our stay. The kitchen was well equipped. The house was clean. The check in/out process was super easy. My oldest son and his wife especially enjoyed the French press coffee maker. My teen daughter and her friend enjoyed the hot tub. My husband and I enjoyed sitting on the balcony overlooking the mountain side and enjoying the breeze. The property is breath taking in more ways than one! The steps up from the house returning to the vehicles are no joke. They look harmless in the property photos, but at 10,000 ft. elevation, it proved to be a challenging task for young and old alike. The walk down the stairs wasn’t quite as difficult. Overall, we had a very enjoyable stay.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 10 Mar, 2025
Thank you so much Jodie for the detailed review! So glad you and your guests enjoyed it - come back again soon!
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Liked: Check-in, location
Disliked: Cleanliness, communication, listing accuracy

Disarray

Trash was left all over the deck, and furniture rugs scattered everywhere. Hard to enjoy the view while we were tripping over everything. Bathroom tile in guest bathroom downstairs is broken in front of toilet, and my kids were tripping over it all weekend. Bathtub in the master bathroom was filled with dirt and debris and had to clean it out myself before I could bathe my son. Open holes in ceiling of bathroom, and a putrid smell coming from the bathroom. Guest bedroom by front door mattress was broken, so the older couple sleeping in there were rolling on top of each other all night. In theory this is a great place to stay, but once we got in there it was not worth the money I paid. Tried to contact the host privately with no response.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 9 May, 2024
Hi Ragan - thanks for the note. Had you reached out during, we would have resolved the issue immediately. As mentioned, we had work done in the house the day before you checked in and we weren't aware the tub was left with debris by the plumber! The debris outside was a result of melted snow, so we were unaware it was left by prior renters until the snow melted. The mattress was never reported to us by any other guest, and we are still not seeing the issue, but would have MORE than happy to address had we known the issues. Not sure why you are saying you tried contacting us, there are no messages in the app from you other than the one you sent after check out and I was never contacted privately throughout your entire stay. We are sorry you didn't have a good experience and as mentioned, we are happy to provide a discount for any future stays. Be well, Denise

About the host

Hosted by Denise Burke

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We live in Austin with our 2 children and 2 s
dogs- lovers of nature, ski in the winter and hike and bike in the summer.

Why they chose this property

The beautiful mountain air and views and proximity to hiking, biking and ski resorts.

What makes this property unique

St.Marys is a special place with the elevation allowing for a true mountain experience- we have seen moose and bears and just feel so remote and away from it all. Love to hike. Fish on the lake and enjoy skiing just a short car ride away.

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