It was private and quiet, but yet not far off of the main road a very peaceful place and wonderful

That it wasn’t free

The location

It was extremely hot no AC

Beautiful setting. Mountain View’s the stars at night the studio cabin was comfortable and everything we needed.

Nothing

This facility is a work in progress, but will likely be great once it is finished. The location especially is very nice if (like us) you want to access the Crags Trailhead for Pike's Peak, or even if you want to stay in a quiet place in the boonies with a dark night sky. On the first night of our 2-night stay, we saw The Milky Way overhead at about 10pm from the dirt parking lot!! There are some lights in the parking lot that we wished we could have switched off, but even with them, after giving our eyes some time to adjust to the darkness, the night sky was breathtaking! The room was very spacious and had a balcony where you could sit when the weather cooperates. The towels were very nice. The bed was comfortable. The building itself has a nice rustic and welcoming vibe, and has a couple of food and drink establishments within that we did not get a chance to patronize.

There was heavy construction taking place in the building, with a significant amount of dust and construction equipment throughout the walking paths and front yard. Overall, the property looked unfinished and not ready to receive guests yet. The room had very poor lighting. The brightest light in the room was in the closet, while the vanity had no lighting at all. Since the vanity was the only mirror in the room, it was extremely inconvenient to brush your teeth, get ready, or apply makeup without adequate lighting. The coffee machine basically didn't work. Water and steam spilled all over the counter while brewing, the coffee did not brew properly, and coffee grounds ended up in your cup with very weak coffee. There were not enough coffee pods provided and no proper creamer, but in the end that didn't matter because the machine didn't work anyway. To make matters worse, there were no tissues or paper towels in the room to clean up the water that spilled because of the malfunctioning machine, we had to resort to using toilet paper! There was no TV in the room, which for city slickers like us was a real downer. This is something you should be able to take for granted nowadays. There was hardly any table space available in the room. A small table with two chairs would have been very useful, especially for guests who want to sit and drink tea/coffee or eat something. The microwave was placed next to the vanity sink, taking up most of the available space around the sink and making the area difficult to use. A better arrangement would be to place the microwave and refrigerator together on a small separate table or counter. The shower water temperature often spiked or fluctuated. We did not see anybody at the front desk for pretty much the whole time that we were in our room, but admittedly we were out hiking most of both the days we stayed there.