On a scale of 1-10 this was a 20! We were visiting my son, who works in Vail and wanted to rent a cabin, close enough to him, but not spending crazy money. We must have looked at 100 options before deciding on Snowshoe. The cabin was affordable, spacious and worked extremely well for 3 couples and a baby. With bedrooms and bathrooms on each floor, we had total privacy. We did let everyone use the awesome double whirlpool tub and the baby loved her bubbly bath there. The kitchen was perfect for 3 or 4 cooks at a time. The heated floors and wood burning stove kept us toast warm and we used the hot tub on the deck several times and especially appreciated the privacy of the woods behind the cabin. Since there was about 2 ft of snow, the gentle slopes made for perfect sledding for our 2 year old and we used the toys (snow shoes and sled) for free entertainment.
We have rented private homes all over the world and even have owned our own beach condos, using them as vacation rentals, so we are pretty tough critics. I will say that this home completely exceeded all of our expectations!
I would also like to say that Pinnicle, the rental management company was excellent to work with. We requested an additional day at the beginning of our vacation and they worked with us on that as well as a late departure, since they didn't have anyone coming directly after us. I appreciated that they are local, the staff personable and very, very willing to work with our changing needs!