Reserved house for Christmas for 5 nights. Ended up staying 6 nights; no choice or fault of our own. Supposed to check out 12/28. Unable to leave; snowed in for 3 days. Owner told us Lundy Road plowed every morning, between 8 & 9 am. Plow only went by this house 1 time, between noon & 1pm. Saw evidence Lundy was plowed one other time; plow literally blocked our driveway with a berm that was chest-high to our 6-foot son. Owner had attitude about us parking in the driveway, he'd told us to park on Lundy. This was impossible; there was a thick, high berm on both sides & just enough space on road for single lane.
We have a heavy-duty 4x4 pick-up w/ snow tires; if we didn’t, likely would have been trapped another 1-2 days.
2 shovels in this house; one was a worn-out metal snow shovel, the other was lightweight plastic meant for light snow shoveling. Plastic shovel had previously been broken & glued back together. Metal snow shovel broke on 2nd day of use. Family members shoveled snow for combined total of 25 hours. Called 4 snowplow businesses in Mammoth; none could/would help us. A snowplow website stated they could not help us for a week.
Lift tickets & gear rental were prepaid. We could not get through Lundy Road to get on 395 to Mammoth.
Only brought prescription meds for 5-night reservation. Had no Blood Pressure meds for unplanned 6th night when we were stuck. This made for a very miserable night & day, where my heart felt like it was trying to pound out of my chest.
Additionally:
*kitchen towels in drawer were put away wet!
*hot water lasted long enough for brief shower
*spa tub took a long time to fill; needed to start& stop filling each time hot water ran out. Only filled enough to cover highest jet. Turned jets on - water shooting out was FILTHY!
*old, used soaps & bath sponges left in showers & sinks; soap in Master Bath shower had hair on it
*sink plug in Master Bath broken off, plug left on vanity next to sink, pubic hair stuck to plug
*no door separating Master Bedroom & Bathroom; flimsy privacy screen set up by toilet
*killed approximately 25 spiders
*several dead and living flies
*oven is ancient and off by about 40 degrees
*dishwasher leaks horribly
*cookware rusted, damaged, ancient
*fireplace blower requires 30-90 minutes before it works
*heater very weak; 15 hours to get from 48 upon arrival, to 60 degrees
*sofa FILTHY and smells HORRIBLE
*DISH Network never worked
*Wi-Fi didn't work one day, often weak other days