Colorado Lodge — Attraction in Big Bear Lake

In the midst of the SoCal summer heat, I found myself with a four-day empty stretch on my calendar. Usually, I like to go to Colorado for relief from the heat, but lacking either the time or funds for a Colorado trip, I hoped that the "Colorado Lodge" might substitute. I wasn't disappointed. ||For most of my stay, I sat on the porch of my little cabin home and listened to nothing but the wind in the pines. Very therapeutic. The interior of my cabin was clean and well-appointed. I had everything I needed including excellent WiFi. ||From an aesthetic standpoint, I'll admit that it was a little incongruous to step from the woodsy exterior into a modern, minimalist interior. But I DID like the fact that this cabin was scrupulously clean and NOT equipped with critters from the woodsy outside, as so many mountain cabins are. ||Caveat: the cabins and their picnic tables are separated from one another, but not by a great distance. So if you're here on a weekend, you might end up listening to your neighbors' multi-family parties. Until 2 AM. But midweek, this place was a paradise for me. I'll be back. ...

In the midst of the SoCal summer heat, I found myself with a four-day empty stretch on my calendar. Usually, I like to go to Colorado for relief from the heat, but lacking either the time or funds for a Colorado trip, I hoped that the "Colorado Lodge" might substitute. I wasn't disappointed. ||For most of my stay, I sat on the porch of my little cabin home and listened to nothing but the wind in the pines. Very therapeutic. The interior of my cabin was clean and well-appointed. I had everything I needed including excellent WiFi. ||From an aesthetic standpoint, I'll admit that it was a little incongruous to step from the woodsy exterior into a modern, minimalist interior. But I DID like the fact that this cabin was scrupulously clean and NOT equipped with critters from the woodsy outside, as so many mountain cabins are. ||Caveat: the cabins and their picnic tables are separated from one another, but not by a great distance. So if you're here on a weekend, you might end up listening to your neighbors' multi-family parties. Until 2 AM. But midweek, this place was a paradise for me. I'll be back. ...

This was a case of “instagram vs reality”… I was very excited to book the lodge for a 2 night stay while traveling to the west coast. The pictures on the website and instagram made the lodge look very appealing. I booked this location as a surprise for my husband and was very underwhelmed and disappointed with the level of cleanliness and lack of attention to detail. We both got the feeling very quickly that the property felt loosely managed. Many things throughout the cabin were in disrepair, dusty, and stained. The couch had so many stains that we didn’t feel comfortable sitting on it. Rugs were turned over to the “good sides”without stains. There wasn’t any hand soap in the bathroom. Our fire pit in the backyard did not work and the hot tub looked much less inviting in person. We did however enjoy how clean and comfortable the bedding was and the location of the property was convenient. The trees on the property were very pretty to wake up to. If maintenance and cleanliness were more of a priority we would book again in the future, but this was a...