Clay Brook Hotel at Sugarbush

Inmitten der Natur von Vermont liegt das Clay Brook Hotel at Sugarbush. Wir meiden normalerweise große Hotels aber man muss wirklich sagen, die machen schon einen sehr guten Job! Wir wurden ausgesprochen freundlich begrüßt und mit allen erdenklichen Informationen sofort perfekt versorgt. Das Zimmer war ausgezeichnet, sehr geräumig, sehr sauber und mit allem ausgestattet, was man sich wünscht. Nachts ist es herrlich still und die frische Luft ist grandios. Für Skifreunde ist das Hotel ebenfalls perfekt. Es liegt direkt an den Pisten, die unterschiedliche Schwierigkeitsgrade abdecken. Nachmittags gab es sehr gute Livemusik, Essenstände und die Stimmung war wirklich sehr nett! ...und das, obwohl wir normalerweise so etwas gar nicht mögen. Das hauseigene Restaurants Rumbler ist ordentlich. Man sollte bei typisch amerikanischen Gerichten bleiben - bis auf die tolle Vorspeise bestehend aus einheimischen Wurst-und Käseproben. Weintechnisch solide kann man hier einen netten Abend verbringen. In der Saison gibt es eine größere Auswahl an Restaurants und Waitsfield um die Ecke bietet auch leckeres.

We stayed 3 nights over Easter Weekend in a King Bed single room. It was a last minute decision to come and we usually stay in AirBnBs but decided to try this hotel since they have dog friendly lodging and were offering a discount with our Ikon pass. We were so glad we did! All the staff loves dogs and it was so convenient to be able to come check on our dog mid day. The valets made everything so easy for us from unloading and loading our truck (we had a lot of stuff!), including directly delivering our ski equipment to the ski valets. We loved the hot tub after skiing. I also used the on site fitness center which is very nice. It was a bonus that there was a free concert as part of Spring Fling. And, we had the best April spring skiing we’ve ever had at Sugarbush! With the Ikon discount and the fact that they don’t charge extras for things like valet parking or a resort fee, we thought the value was very good.

We have bee doing a weekend at Claybrook every winter for years now, but took a break during Covid. Coming back this year, I noticed that the rooms had dramatically increased in price - that's passable, as so many other things have, too. But ultimately we found the price simply unjustifiable, largely because of the ultra dated, poor quality pullout bed. I can't recall if we did 2-bedroom units before, or if maybe other units we had had better pullout beds... or maybe when our kids were younger they could swing a terrible mattress better than they can now (they are 10 and 12 now). But ultimately, inflation aside, there is simply no way my family can justify paying $1,000/night for a room that "sleeps 4" but the pullout couch is out of the 1980s. The mattress on the pullout was probably only 4-6" thick, and it was covered by one of those flimsy, thin, gross old mattress pads with big elastics that slides around on the mattress. Then it was just sheets and a brown, also ancient-seeming, pilled type of blanket. Sorry, no, nobody who is shelling out $1,000/night would ever sleep on a mattress like this, with bedding like that. If we come back, we'd need to bring our own air mattresses and sleeping bags, as even that would be better. But for the price, Claybrook should provide an updated, quality pullout couch with a decent mattress and nice bedding. Also - Slow drain in the bathroom sink and shower, not cool for $1k/night. Staff was friendly and courteous.

Went for a wedding. Inn is attractive and the service was ok. Restaurant was very good as was service there. Interesting choice for the staff to clean the coffee machine in the lobby at 9:30 on a Sunday morning. Why not wait until afternoon? Room and bed was ok, but bed was oversized as was TV hutch. Hard to get around them at night to go to the bathroom. Overall - it was fine, but not worth the expense, especially during off ski season.