Erin Artz

Review of Stratton Mt. Resort

My fiance and I go somewhere every year between Ch...

My fiance and I go somewhere every year between Christmas and New Year. This year we went to Stratton because he went when he was younger and had a good time. He snowboards but I've never learned. I decided to do a ski lesson while we were there. This is definitely the worst holiday trip we have been on. We stayed at the Black Bear Lodge. For 4 nights we paid over $1,500 and got a room I wouldn't have paid $500 for. It was dark, dingy, and dated. The carpet was hard and looked dirty. The bed was hard as a rock. The heater/air conditioner was incredibly loud. We had kids running up and down the halls banging on doors. The walls and baseboards were cracked and the blind over the window was so thin you could see right through it and no curtains. What made that even worse was the fact our room looked at the parking lot so we got to stare at the back of a car. We had to hang a blanket over it to get privacy. For the money we paid we were sick to our stomachs. After driving over 8 hours we slept and I talked to the manager the next morning. She listened and was friendly but wasn't much help. She acted confused and surprised when I said it was so dark you couldn't see in your suitcase (because there's only 2 dull lamps & didnt understand why the blind was so thin..) I told her we stayed somewhere the night before at a third of the price and had a mini apartment (this lodge has NO amenities) and she smartly said, "But it wasn't a ski resort was it?" Not really the point when the lodging didnt come with lift passes or anything to do with the resort. It is still a basic, run down, cheap hotel. They switched us with someone else who hadnt arrived yet and at least this room looked like it has been painted recently and we had a view of some snowy trees. Bed and heater still horrible and got the worst night's sleep. Not worth $1500 AT ALL...On a positive note, the ski lesson was worth the money and very nice instructors.