Vermont, United States

Bluebird Cady Hill Lodge

Price per night from$199.31

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Style

Adventure-poised launchpad

Setting

Ready, steady, Stowe

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In Vermont’s Green Mountains, itineraries may change with the seasons, but Stowe’s alpine charms are a constant. And Bluebird Cady Hill Lodge is set to be your year-round gateway to adventure. Its spacious rooms, suites and cabins come with a welcome dose of practicality for the kit-laden — but this is also a stay that incorporates enough frills (bar, hot tub, pools) to ensure you won’t need to go far after a day on the trails.

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

55, including two cabins and seven suites.

Check–Out

11am; earliest check-in, 4pm.

More details

Rates at Bluebird Cady Hill Lodge are room only, but you can buy à la carte breakfast at the Great Room bar.

Also

Two of the King rooms have been adapted for wheelchair users with widened doorways, lowered controls/switches, and an ADA-compliant bathroom. And all communal areas at the Lodge are wheelchair accessible.

At the hotel

Hot drinks station with unlimited tea and coffee; filtered-water station; kit lockers; games room with slot machines and a billiards table; fitness room; small boutique; seating and fire pits around the grounds, and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: air-conditioning and Ursa Major bath products.

Our favourite rooms

Of the rooms, we love the Deluxe King with Balcony, and the Double Queen with Balcony is the most spacious of the double queens. Any of the King Junior Suites reward your investment with generous living space. For groups or families, there are two standalone cabin options, sleeping up to eight, with full kitchens, dining space and either a private patio or deck.

Poolside

There are two pools at the Lodge: a rectangular outdoor pool (unheated), edged by loungers and parasols, overlooks Cady Hill Forest; when the mercury drops, the blue and white mosaic-tiled indoor pool is ideal for a quick post-trail dip. The Lodge also has a hot tub.

Spa

There’s no spa at Cady Hill, but you’ll find a sauna by the indoor pool and the hot tub is an ideal antidote for trail-weary limbs.

Packing tips

Bring as much outdoorsy kit as your itinerary wishlist demands: this is a place to wallow in nature, whether that’s on skis, mountain bikes or simply strolling the mountain trails.

Also

At the Lodge’s boutique, opt to buy a blind-date book, where you can pick your preferred genre and then be matched with surprise holiday reading.

Pet‐friendly

On request in some rooms, you can bring up to two dogs, each weighing no more than 70 pounds, for a nightly charge of $35 each. See more pet-friendly hotels in Vermont.

Children

This family-friendly hotel has plenty of rooms and suites that sleep at least four, as well as its standalone cabin and cottage for home-from-home adventures.

Food and Drink

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Hotel restaurant

There’s no restaurant as such at Bluebird Cady Hill Lodge, but the Great Room is where you can buy breakfast (pastries, oatmeal, fruit bowls, filled bagels and croissants), with the Lodge’s self-serve drinks station on hand for accompanying tea and coffee. There’s also an all-day menu of light bites — we’d recommend their grilled cheese — meaning you won’t go hungry.

Hotel bar

The Great Room is a cabin-style space of plaid-covered armchairs and wood-lined walls, with an antique, tiled fireplace at its heart. You’ll find a good choice of locally brewed, canned ales (IPAs, lagers and more), plus a modest selection of beers on draft and wines by the glass. Cocktails are either hand-measured by staff or in premixed cans and run the gamut from Manhattans to Mimosas.

Last orders

Breakfast is served until 11am, when the all-day menu kicks in until mid-evening, with exact times varying depending on the season.

Location

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Address
Bluebird Cady Hill Lodge
511 Mountain Road
Stowe
05672
United States

Bluebird Cady Hill Lodge is in Stowe, a short shuttle from town in one direction, and the Green Mountains ski field at Stowe Mountain, in the other.

Planes

Burlington is the nearest airport, a 50-minute drive from Bluebird Cady Hill Lodge.

Trains

Waterbury-Stowe is the nearest station, 20 minutes from the hotel by road.

Automobiles

Interstate highways take you most of the way to Stowe, and there’s free, private parking at the hotel.

Worth getting out of bed for

You’re a shuttle-bus-ride or short drive from the town of Stowe — a clapboard-cute center with clothing, antique, and gift stores, galleries, cafés and dining spots that’s made all the more authentic for its notable year-round population (it’s not just for tourists). In winter, your attention’s more likely to be drawn to Stowe Mountain – the snowy playground between Mount Mansfield and Spruce Peak that’s a 10-minute drive from the lodge. The ski area is linked by 13 lifts and 116 ski trails: explore it skiing, snowboarding, or via its network of cross-country ski routes. In summer, the focus shifts to the trails through Cady Hill Forest that you can access directly from the hotel. Take to the skies with a hot-air balloon ride; or plump for canopy-level views with a high-ropes adventure at Smugglers’ Notch. For two-wheel aficionados, mountain biking trails ribbon the slopes, or you can stick to flatter routes with a cycle along Stowe Bike Path. Weatherproof delights include tenpin at Stowe Bowl, an ice-cream-incentivised drive to Ben & Jerry’s for a factory tour, or tastings and a browse of bottles at Boyden Valley Winery. 

Local restaurants

There’s no restaurant at the lodge, only light bites in the Great Room, but a wealth of dining spots lining the road back to town readily compensate. Not far from Bluebird Cady Hill is Stowe stalwart, the Bench — as popular for its drinks and lively atmosphere as it is for generously portioned comfort food. You’ll need to book for Doc Pond’s, but hearty plates incorporating locally sourced ingredients, an upbeat ambience and convivial dining make it a worthwhile commitment. In Stowe itself, Cork Wine Bar is a low-lit, low-key space serving small plates and a strong selection of natural or bio-dynamic wines by the glass or bottle. 

Local cafés

No prizes for guessing what your hot- or cold-filled breakfast comes in at the Bagel. And brunch or lunch at the Skinny Pancake is a good no-need-to-go-to-town option, serving burgers and salads as well crêpes and coffee.

Local bars

Sister stay Field Guide Lodge has a sprawling mountain-themed bar and live music on most winter weekends. Cuisine aside, riverside pizzeria and sushi spot Matterhorn is an all-American bar with low lights, high tables and sports TV.

Reviews

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By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this cabin-cozy bolthole in Stowe and unpacked their pocket knives and plaid, a full account of their mountain break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Bluebird Cady Hill Lodge in Vermont…

If Bluebird Cady Hill Lodge were an item of clothing, it would be a pair of cargo pants — long on storage, with the cool, outdoorsy connotations that all trail hounds aspire to, and an emphasis on practicality over fashion. Rooms come with space to lounge and are dressed simply in wooden paneling, layered with plaid upholstery and drapes, mountain motifs and faux-fur rugs. There’s a dedicated space for kit storage, a fitness room (ideal for warm-downs), and self-serve tea and coffee on tap. 

Look closer, however, and this Green Mountains hotel — at the edge of its namesake forest in Stowe — is at the higher end of outdoor tailoring. There are enough details (two pools, a hot tub and games room) to elevate it from basecamp to welcoming bolthole. You can buy breakfast or snacks at the bar, as well as drinks, and when you need the inside track on sourcing supplies or booking a table, the Lodge’s friendly staff are on hand to advise. Not all cargo pants are made equal.

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