Walking distance to both the chairlift (Quicksilver) and the town (main street). From the parking lot, just follow the blue sign on the trail to the ski slope. Make sure you go straight when you get to cross Columbine road. We turned and went around Marriott property on the first day there. Even the detour and extra walking it still only took us 10 minutes to get to the lift. With correct route, going straight and cross the blue river on the bridge, you should get there in just over 5 minutes. You can ski all the way back to the bridge from the slope in spring. I was told the bridge was covered with snow in the winter. Saw many people walking to the town for dinner. Kids loved the loft feature of the unit. Being on the top floor, the unit is very quiet and had very good view. You do need to climb three flights of stairs though which is fine in exchange of not hearing footsteps over the ceiling. One things to mention is the reliability of wifi internet. We lost internet service for at least two extended occasions. If you depend on internet connection for work, make sure you have alternative accessing method. We used our Verizon hotspot during the outage. Overall, we enjoyed our stay here at Motherlode and would return when we come back to the area.
