Mountain Meadow Cabins, Centennial

First, the good: the location is great for hiking. Now, the not so good: our cabin was very dirty. Not just not cleaned, but down to the corners run-down and dirty. I am fine (heck, happy) with very simple accomodations, but these were icky. The heater (very un-childproof) was full of dust, the beds had icky old blankets, the room (and subsequently all our belongings) smelled of old grease, the "shower" was a creative mess of caulk, the floors were disgusting (proven by my now-filthy socks), the table had layers of old sticky gunk from years of dirty fingers, the beds stacked mattresses with plywood in between layers... I could go on and on. I would have preferred a simple room with wood floors and walls (that met in the middle, not filled with black caulk), sparse wood furniture, clean crisp sheets, and that's about it. Perhaps the typical clientele is not families, hikers, etc., and it's not worth keeping up the cabins like that? The only people I know to whom I'd recommend our cabin are groups of boisterous snowmobilers and hunters. Perhaps they could take the money spent on satellite television (do we really need tv on vacation?) and put it in to fixing up the cabins.

A terrible cabin in a beautiful place. I will try to be positive to start. I liked leaving. I disliked the poorly maintained entrance road, the junkyard setting, the filthy cabin complete with big flies, dirty floors, and weird smell. Door would lock from outside with a padlock but would not lock from the inside. Not what i would consider decent lodging. Cabins are quite literally falling to pieces from lack of maintenance. Save yourself some time and pass this one by.

Our stay in January 2008 in Cabin #1 was enjoyable. Very roomy, comfortable, and everything worked in the cabin. Snowmobiles parked outside of the cabin close to trails O & U. Owners, Michelle and Chris were always on site if anything further was needed. When leaving, our truck wouldn't start after sitting in below zero for 3 days and Chris was there to give a jump start! Plan to go back in the summer for some fishing at the many lakes and streams that are very handy to the location.....Rick