Chipman Inn — Hotel in Ripton

This is a true old-fashioned country inn, up in the gorgeous Green Mountain National Forest. We spent four days there in mid-September, and had a wonderful, and relaxing time. The owners, the very charming Joan Bullock and her son Chris, know and love the area and owned the Inn back in the 1980's, and just repurchased it last year. Our room, the Green Room, was spacious and the bed quite comfortable. Lots of nice wooden hangers in the big closet. Downstairs there are three inviting public rooms - the dining room, in which Joan served us delicious and nourishing hot breakfasts, (with good, hot, strong coffee); the Tap Room, which has a small, full bar (and featuring Vermont craft beers) and a fireplace (with Robert Frost's snowshoes hanging above) before two of the deepest, comfiest sofas you'd ever want to sink into. The third public room is a sort of lounge/library/media room, with a writing desk, and a big screen TV if you just must see tonight's game. So there is LOTS of space to move around in and just enjoy yourself in. This is a literary family and there are books everywhere. I could most definitely see coming up and just spending a week writing here, and in fact, Joan told me the Inn is used by students attending the Bread Load Writer's Conference, just a bit further up the mountain. Great things to do: Just across the road from the Inn is the Ripton Country Store (and Post Office), which like the Inn, is the real deal. Middlebury, down the mountain, has excellent shopping and restaurants, the college art museum, a great used book store (Otter Creek), and a yoga studio; and two miles past that in Weybridge is the Morgan Horse Farm, where we spent a delightful morning watching the foals frisking with their mothers, and also saw Morgan stallions being trained. At each breakfast we met hikers who were using the Inn as their base, and in winter there are nearby Nordic and Alpine skiing, at Bread Loaf and the Snow Bowl. We'll most...

Now I should specify that my girlfriend and I never stayed here so this isn’t necessarily a review on the establishment itself but of the people who run. It was late on a rainy Sunday and my girlfriend and I were driving down some backroads when we stumbled across a hobbled duckling. It was clearly abandoned by its family and its injury would likely prohibit it from surviving on its own. We dubbed him Frogger because he was running across the road when we saw him. We got him inside a blanket and got him into the car to heat up. We called number of people trying to get them to take in the duck or for us but due to it being late on a Sunday, we got no replies. We were a bit lost on what to do and my girlfriend pointed out the Chipman Inn and suggested that we go in an ask them what we should do. I rang on the doorbell and a lovely woman opened the door. I explained our situation with the duckling and showed her Frogger in the box. In true Vermonter fashion, she offered to take in the duckling because she had a friend who does rehab and she knew the local veterinarians as well. She took Frogger off of our hands and assured us he’d be well taken care of. I wanted to leave the review as a reflection of the generous and kind hearted Woman that took on a hobbled animal for no other reason but to assure its own wellbeing. This left my girlfriend and I with a comforting feeling and an incredible story. I would love to come back and stay one day and I think anyone considering staying here will be incredibly well taken care of and happy with...

We spent three nights between Christmas 2019 and New Years at the Chipman Inn. My husband and I were traveling with grown children in their 20's. Our host, Chris, greeted us warmly on a rainy Friday afternoon and showed us upstairs to the Rose Room and the Green Room. Both rooms were clean, comfortable and spacious. Back downstairs, there was a fire in the fire place and a warm (or cold) beverage available. Chis has decorated the Inn with a interesting artwork (Edward Hopper included) and historical information - all with local connections. ||||The weather was not kind to us over these days but we had a marvelous time anyway. We got some downhill skiing in at Sugarbush, trips to a couple of local breweries (Foley Bros. and Bobcat), a hike near Lake Dunmore. The location was perfect for us even though we didn't even get to Rikert Nordic skiing center or the Middlebury Snowbowl.||||The best part of staying at Chipman in was not just clean comfortable rooms but our Innkeeper Chris. Everyone staying at the Inn was having a good time. Chris was vigilant in attending to his guests. The other families, with small children were all hanging out in front of the fire, playing games: 2 kids from NY playing with 1 kid from NJ, playing with 2 kids from DC. I felt like I was at a holiday party! In the morning we all met again in the dining room for a fabulous breakfast. I cannot say enough good things about a Chris and the Chipman Inn! We look forward to...