Our family (6) went with another family (3) to ski Sugar Mtn. toward the end of the ski season. We stayed three nights. The house is everything that you want in a mountain house and has a warm/cozy cabin like feel to it.
Plenty spacious with some rooms/areas we didn’t even use. The outdoor porch (which appears to be relatively new) overlooks the woods and mountains in the distance. We saw plenty of deer and other wildlife up close, which the kids loved.
The kitchen is small, as others have mentioned, but totally doable. We cooked 3-4 times without experiencing any kind of “space issues”.
The weather was perfect so we never had a need to touch the thermostat. I think the temperature inside remained a constant 65 or so. The top floor did get a little toasty our last night there so we opened a couple of windows and it cooled down quite a bit.
The winding roads leading up to the house from the main road are steep. Both my wife and my buddys wife were white knuckled and petrified the first time we climbed up to the house. Thankfully the roads were clear and our trucks abs SUV’s were able to climb with no problem. I’m not gonna lie...if the roads were snowy or icy, you will absolutely need 4-wheel drive and I might suggest throwing on a set of tire chains before you make the assent. I did see remnants of sand and salt on the roads which makes me think that they are being properly maintained for winter driving up and down the mountain.
Sugar mountain was a short 15-20 minute drive. Same with local grocery and restaurants. There is a gas station at the bottom of the hill where it connects to he main road. Probably a 5-7 minute drive from the house.
The only issue that we experienced was that on our last night there, the toilet on the main floor randomly clogged. We tried to plunge it but no luck. We thought, “no big deal, there are two other bathrooms”. Later that night the toilet on the top floor randomly clogged and one of the guests from the top floor came down into the basement to use our toilet where my wife and I were staying. No problem...until that toilet also clogged. 😳😳😳The next morning I randomly heard the top floor toilet flush (thank God) and then I was able to plunge the basement toilet to flush. The main floor toilet still wasn’t flushing when we left.
All in all, great trip and GREAT house! We will be back!