The Lodge at Spruce Peak

We stayed at the Treehouse, espoused as the suite family option at the Lodge at Spruce Peak. The accommodations are beautiful: three bedrooms, a full kitchen, two beautiful bathrooms. Nice big TVs. What they promise but don’t deliver: Treehouse is not actually connected to the hotel. You can’t use the front desk, call housekeeping directly, get answers about late check out unless it’s after 9am and before 4pm, order room service, change into clean dry clothes after the pool before walking back. It’s also not ski in ski out. You walk over to the ski valet, you can store your skis there overnight. The ski valet isn’t truly on the mountain. When I called about getting more coffee given the number provided. The person who answered the phone rudely told me I had called the wrong person. Didn’t offer who else I should have called. When I called about late checkout, I was told “luxury guests at the Treehouse can dial 0 to speak to the operator,” to be told the operator absolutely cannot help me. So, my family and I had to split up and only two of us ski on our last day so we could checkout. All in all, not worth the extra money to be “slopeside.”

This would’ve been a three star review but it’s getting two stars because of the expense. We spent a ridiculous amount of money for a 2 bedroom penthouse at this hotel for three nights. Amongst other things we had issues with, the sink in the master bathroom, didn’t drain, the laundry equipment in our unit didn’t work, housekeeping came very late in the day, once we were finished skiing and tired in our room, the free breakfast that’s offered to guests in the penthouses was worse than you would find at a Fairfield Inn, we were charged for valet parking even though we self parked our car every day… and so on. The quality of the bedding in this hotel is that of a discount hotel chain - certainly not appropriate for the premium we spent on our mini vacation. This hotel is good. It’s proximity to the gondola is good. It’s got various amenities that are very nice, but if you spend thousands of dollars per night on a penthouse, you have a certain set of expectations and none of those were met. Truthfully, it was quite disappointing.

The rooms are stunning; the fireplace and view were exceptional. Bathroom was fantastic and large. The set up for skiing made it easy without a lot of carrying boots and skis around. Loved it all. Mountain was also great.

What a wonderful experience; the lodge was beautiful, we enjoyed having hot chocolate by the fire, food was good with a variety of restaurants. I had a lovely spa treatment. We didn't ski but took the gondola up to the top of the mountain. Valet parking made it easy to get your car and explore the town of Stowe. We would definitely go back!

The overall experience of staying at a base of the mountain property with nice dining as well as other amenities made the stay a very nice one.