Marta H.
Yelp
Escape for All Seasons unit 117
The location can't be beat. You can see chair lift 4 & walk to it from the back patio (sort of). The unit is definitely dated inside compared to what I can see of other units around.
The carpet, despite the remove your shoes sign, looks dirty & stained. The bottom of my socks were black after the first night! Gross....
The lighting through the entire unit is terrible, it's VERY dark. The chandelier over the fireplace does not work; the light switch on the wall near the entry goes to that light, but the light will only stay on if you stand
there holding it! The gas fireplace is a nice addition to the living room, but the seating is ridiculous for a unit that sleeps 8! 1 couch & 1 chair.....I guess you could always use the kitchen chairs or barstools, but that isn't a terribly comfortable option. We did appreciate the glove dryer next to the fireplace. The kitchen is not well appointed. We were able to cobble together with things to make meals, but there are no serving bowls, 1 plastic "mixing bowl" & only 2 oven safe glass cooking pans. There are some metal pans, but they aren't terrible clean. The top of refrigerator is filthy, as was the top of the microwave. The dishwasher sounds like something is wrong & the garbage disposal could wake the dead! There is a strange odor coming from the fridge, almost like a moldy smell, but it did keep the temperature nice & cold. We also felt we had to wash everything before using. I can't believe we only had 1/2 roll of paper towels..... for what we paid, you would think we would at least have a full roll or a backup.
There were only 3 of us, so we only used the 2 queen beds.....the bed in the actual bedroom was not terribly comfortable & the bedding didn't feel terribly clean. I really appreciated the empty cookie wrappers between the bed & the nightstand! There is a flat sheet on the mattress that doesn't stay tucked in is a little gross & every time someone moved, it felt like you were rocking on a boat! Oh & don't plug anything into the outlet closest to the door, it's connected to the light switch....took me 2 days to figure that out, after wondering why my phone & watch didn't charge over night! The amount of dust on the cable box on the dresser in this room was SO thick, my husband wrote "clean me" in the dust!
The queen bed in the loft was definitely more comfortable, but again a flat sheet over the mattress & the bed being pushed up against the wall does not make it conducive for 2 people to sleep in, if the person against the wall has to get up in the night.; not to mention if there is someone sleeping on the trundle! There are the windows in this "room" and only the small one had a curtain. The 2nd (larger) window had nothing to cover it, so the early morning light was definitely an early wake up call!
The bathrooms were dated and absolutely NOT clean. Why on earth anyone has carpet in a bathroom is beyond me?! The shower heads were ridiculously low; so low my 6'1" husband compared it to Will Ferrell in Elf, showering up at the North Pole! The towels were terrible....no better than staying at a Motel 6! There was a ton of dust on the top of the hallway shower, and hair that didn't belong to any of us inside the tub. Also the stoppers had to be pulled out of both tubs to prevent the tub from filling up with water if you were showering. The medicine cabinet shelves were dirty and had dead bugs on them.
The furnace is in a closet next to the bedrooms & was so loud we wound up keeping the temperature at 55 so it wouldn't go on in the middle of the night & wake us all up!
The back patio has no BBQ & no furniture, which was a bummer, and it completely flooded one night during a downpour. There is a "gate" that I think people are supposed to use to go to Snow Summit, but you have to scale a partial wall to walk out of it.
The parking is minimal.... Not sure if the complex is full, where people are meant to park, and there are no assigned spots for any units (that I could see). We booked through Cool Cabins, and not the property directly, and were not told we needed a parking pass. Had we not read the property book inside the unit, we would NEVER have known we needed one, had I never messaged Cool Cabins, I would not have known I had to go to the on-site office to get one.....make sure if this is you, you bring something showing your unit number or they won't give you a pass! You also have to make sure you get one, as the complex manager is tow-happy!
We paid almost $3k for 4 nights, which included $129.38 for cleaning & $340.51 for a "service fee"! For what?
For the high cost, this property is disappointing, and in my opinion sub-standard. I give it 2 stars, however, as the location really cannot be beat!