The location was gorgeous, and the cabin was in a beautiful place, the grounds were kept, the amenities were excellent, and overall a great stay!
The only negative was the driveway. The owner did make a point to say that during the snowy season you either needed a 4WD, or, an AWD with decent treads, and we brought 3 vehicles (2 4WD trucks customized for offroading, and an AWD Accura with new tires) and on the night of arrival around 9pm, there had been snowfall the day before and the first truck got stuck climbing the mile-long winding uphill driveway because the drive itself is a single-lane dirt path; however, on each side of the single lane drive are what I'd call trenches from water runoff, etc., and in the snow you can't see those and so the first truck was stuck for ~2 hours because the left tires were down in a trench. Later in the week 8-12" fell overnight and late the following afternoon we attempted to get down & back up the driveway with the other truck and while it didn't get pulled into any trenches, the driveway was so steep and the snow was so difficult to get any kind of traction in, that truck got stuck in the middle and slid back down to the bottom; that was another 2.5 hours of solid digging. Now, we totally understand that this is Colorado, it's mountainous and the grades are steep, that's a given, but beware of this driveway if you travel here during snowy conditions. I'd recommend you bring shovels, traction mats (or sand, birdseed, etc.), a tow rope, and if you have a winch, even better! In total we spent nearly 5 hours of our vacation just shoveling portions of their driveway leading to the top/cabin, and that sucked in such high altitude. I don't know what options there are in that neck of the woods but hiring someone with a tractor to blade a path would have been fantastic!
That said, the rest of the visit and stay at this cabin was excellent and we would come back and stay again.
We really enjoyed the fireplace and the firewood they had prepared for us; they had chopped wood of various sizes in the cabin, stacked, and ready for us. As well, they provided some pinecones and various kindling pieces to get it going and that worked well. We replaced their firestarter/lighter as it was nearly empty when we arrived but we grabbed one at the store and left it for the next visitors.
The area is beautiful and serene. We took many beautiful photos of the mountains from the deck.
Excluding the driveway, 5 stars!
