I have mixed feelings on how our stay went so I’m breaking it down by pros and cons. While we had a great time, I felt like the cons were either concerning to frustrating for us.
Pros:
-Inside was very clean and organized
-check in and out was a breeze
-there were several feet of snow that we had a lot of fun in
-decent halfway point for all the areas destinations
Cons:
-rooms either had missing entirely or battery removed smoke detectors (none through the entire property)
-upon leaving we noticed that the chimney was completely ripped from the roof and hanging. Concerning as we had the wood stove burning and it’s just not safe until fixed for obvious reasons.
-the driveway and walkway was plowed, but not the base of the stairs up to the house, with the melt, they were very icy and dangerous. I tried to shovel out the layer, but I’m not strong enough. Not sure why it was left that way
-I know that cooking in high altitude is different, but the oven still did not match what all the guides say. We would have the oven up 25 degrees and it would take twice as long to cook our heat through. They have a crockpot as an alternative (I’m just not a crockpot person), but the oven not working was disappointing.
-can opener did not work
-the place is advertised as having a treehouse and a really cool outdoor fire pit and fireplace, but be warned, you may not have access to it, so I suggest asking if either of those were selling points (like it was for me) if they will be buried in snow or not. Fortunately we were able to access the top of the tree house and my brother shoveled out all the snow on it and a bit around it for the kids.
-with the snow melt, there was a lot of trash showing up on the property. I picked up at least two grocery bags full of strangers trash (1 because I don’t like seeing trash on the ground and 2 because I felt like if I left it there, I didn’t want the host to think it came from us being pigs).