Cottam's Lodge by Alpine Village Suites

Property required checking in at the base of the ski hill, and then turning back to actual room. Young woman at desk was kind and apologetic though. After returning down the highway to the actual location, got into room which smelled funny - like vape and BO (yes the sheets did too). Lights switches did not work and the side window didn't have a screen. The front, highway facing window had a screen, but who wants to hear highway traffic all night. That night the large trucks driving up and down the highway were loud and kept us awake all night. NO SLEEP due to noise, road and strange pops and creeks from the building itself. Also, there are no gas stations, restaurants (had to go back to the lifts to find 1 restaurant), grocery stores, within 20 miles. If you bring a pet - there is no place they can go that is safe as the room was directly off the highway. I left by 6 AM simply to get away to my next destination. If you are looking for a party room after drinking all day on the slopes - its for you. If you want a nice place to sleep and relax - find another.

My favorite stay in the area

Friendly service. Good location. The check in orocess was confusing because of the branding. We stayed in Cottam's Ladge but didn't know it was managed by Alpine suites. I did get a message informing me about the check in process, but the phone signal was very weak & didn't get it until after we figured it out on our own. Also, the water pump for the property stopped working at about 830pm so no showers or water for toilets/medicine. They were able to get it working again at 9 but limited our use so drinking was okay. Haven't check it yet this morning.

Interesting Two-Night Stay We booked a 2-night stay the lodge. Bad news: Room was not in good shape overall with slow heat, draft through the door and the room above sounding like a bowling alley. Good news: Called and talked with Garrett. He brought a space heater to get us through the night. The next day, he moved us down the road to much better accommodations. Being in a sales, understand the importance of service and he did that exceedingly. Upon check-out, Maddy was also friendly and helpful.

Not what we expected We were very disappointed with our stay. It started with our check-in. We were told via email that check-in time was until 9pm. The front desk closed at 815pm. I received a call stating our keys would be left in an envelope at the front desk. Once we arrived (right before 9pm), we could not find the keys and no one was available to help. After searching for nearly 30 minutes we finally found them outside in an envelope in the pouring rain. Once we got to the cabin, it was not at all what we expected. It was advertised as a 2-bedroom that sleeps 6 people. It was a 1 bedroom with a loft. The only access to the loft was from a steep ladder in the 1 bedroom. Both twin beds in the loft were full of dead bugs so my kids refused to sleep up there. The only bathroom was in the 1 bedroom. So if you want any kind of privacy, this is not the right place. Everything is accessed from the bedroom. It was nice having the kitchen, which was fully stocked with pot/pans/dishes. It would have been nice to know that there was a grill available to cook which would have helped to minimize some of the heat in the cabin from the kitchen. The cabin is perfect size for 2-3 people that are ok with having no privacy.

Cute but Run-down The cabin was cute and quaint. It was a little run-down though. The outlets wouldn’t hold any plugs, they want you to do your own dishes but there wasn’t a stopper for the sink, the room didn’t have AC and the fans didn’t do much for keeping it cool. One of the fans didn’t even oscillate anymore and they were all full of dust. We only stayed one night or I would have had them come fix some stuff.