My mother and I stayed here for my birthday, which...

My mother and I stayed here for my birthday, which was during the off time between Christmas and MLK holidays.

We loved tea hour, the bell hop and valet services. And the array of activities. Ice skating was a lot of fun, as was snowboarding on the beginner slopes. The guest services was so lovely to include some macaroons and a birthday card on arrival.

We were not so happy with the serenity garden spa experience there was a lot of algae in the octagonal warm spring, and the stone reflexology walk had very little water and was thick with algae. When I mentioned it, I was told it is supposed to be like that and it is cleaned daily!!

Otherwise, there was an indoor steam and dry sauna, hot chairs (which I could barely leave they felt so lovely, especially after a day of snowboarding) and lounges for relaxing, with tea, fruit and nuts. It was off season, so the fires were not lit outdoors, which made it an awkward dining experience (carried food up to the indoor lounges). The outdoor dry sauna was in need of some repair.