Field Guide Lodge

Style

Cool of the wild

Setting

The full Vermonty

Stowe Mountain stay Field Guide Lodge is an inviting, all-year-round basecamp for exploring this picturesque corner of Vermont. The only residual signs of its ski-haus past are the hotel’s more-practical-than-pretty buildings that belie the top-notch interiors within. Bucolic Vermont scenery inspires the hotel’s contemporary lodgings – with outdoorsy-print wallpapers, tactile timbers and nature-referencing hues – where the deer heads are papier-mâché and the furs are faux. A sociable lobby-bar-lounge is at the heart of this retreat, but as the mercury rises, expect the party to extend to the patio and outdoor pool, where a fire pit encourages laidback evenings alfresco.

Facilities

Rooms

31, including 11 suites.

Checkout

11am; check-in is from 3pm until 8pm. Both are flexible, subject to availability and you’ll need to arrange this in advance.

More Details

Rates include a tapas-style breakfast in the main Lodge.

Also

Although not wheelchair-friendly, there’s an accessible suite in the Trail House (not ADA-compliant), which has grab rails in the shower, a lowered toilet seat, and a foldable shower chair. The front desk and lobby are accessible by ramp, but the pool and hot tub are not wheelchair-friendly.

Free Internet Access

Pet Friendly

Pool

At the Hotel

Free WiFi. In rooms: air-conditioning, 40-inch LED TV with Apple TV, Tivoli radio, USB ports, hairdryer, mini fridge, wine glasses, corkscrew, waffle kimono robes, and Lather bath products.

Our Favourite Rooms

Summit Kings at Field Guide Lodge come with their own entrance, outdoor gear locker, plus high ceilings and/or picture windows. Cottage Suites are idyllic for groups or families, and if you’re after something extra special, check out the Lark and Trail suites in the Trail House to the rear of the hotel. King Suites in this building, too, come with private outdoor space, and we’re putting in a good word for the cosiness of Lodge Queen rooms.

Poolside

Between the main Lodge and the Trail House, a jauntily angular pool is edged by oversize concrete slabs that give way to tub chairs and wooden four-poster day-beds, and there’s a hot tub to one side. The main pool is heated and opens seasonally.

Spa

There’s no spa at the hotel, but for face and body treatments, Field Guide Lodge recommends Bhav Spa in nearby Waterbury.

Packing Tips

The ambience at Field Guide Lodge is more backpack than wheelie case… Binoculars and sketchbooks, outdoorsy threads for daytime adventures, and cosy layers for lingering alfresco as the sun sets.

Also

On Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings, the hotel often hosts live music.

Children

Welcome, and there are multi-room and cottage-suite options, as well as some rooms that’ll fit a crib, but that’s the extent of the provision for families, so this family-friendly stay is best suited to older children.

Gallery

Food & Drink

Top Table

As the elements allow, the patio is an atmospheric spot, whether it’s breakfast or après-ski drinks. A fire pit beside the pool is a great spot for after-dinner drinks and chat.

Dress Code

Mountain casual or ready for the slopes is fine.

Hotel Restaurant

There’s no restaurant at Field Guide Lodge, but rock up to the lounge areas that fan off the lobby in the main Lodge each morning for juice, coffee, and sweet and savory small plates served tapas-style.

Hotel Bar

The lobby-cum-lounge-bar at this Vermont mountain lodge is the hub of any stay here – light-filled and beautifully appointed with raw timber, birch tree-trunks, faux-fur, papier-mâché deer heads, and eye-catching modern furniture. It’s a space in which you could curl up with a coffee, defrost fireside with a good book, gather with apéritifs before heading into Stowe for dinner, or return to, sated, for a cheeky nip before bed. In summer, the patio becomes an extension of this conviviality, occasionally hosting live music.

Last Orders

Breakfast is served from 8am until 10am.

Room Service

There’s no room service at Field Guide Lodge, but all rooms come with a mini fridge, glassware and corkscrew – so there’s scope to improvise your own in-room drinks and snacks.

Planes

Burlington is the nearest airport, a 50-minute drive from Field Guide Lodge. Private transfers are available (price on request).

Trains

Waterbury-Stowe is the nearest station, 20 minutes from the hotel by road, with daily Vermonter services connecting Waterbury with St Albans to the north, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington DC to the south. Private transfers are available (price on request).

Automobiles

There’s a private carpark at Field Guide Lodge, with a free allocation of one car for each room booked.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

Vermont is known for its ice-cream and maple syrup and there’s a sweet line-up of places to visit and adventures to try, centred around Stowe – the heart of which you can access on foot from Field Guide Lodge. In winter, it’s all about Stowe Mountain – the snowy playground between Mount Mansfield and Spruce Peak, linked by 13 lifts and 116 ski trails: explore it skiing or snowboarding, or via its network of cross-country ski routes. Summer brings the opportunity to spy its peaks and valleys from the air with a hot-air balloon ride, or amid the canopy with a high-ropes adventure at Smugglers’ Notch. There are hiking trails, including Camel’s Hump – a five-hour epic with the range’s largest vertical climb. 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 a Ben & Jerry’s factory tour, tenpin at Stowe Bowl, or tastings and a browse of bottles at Boyden Valley Winery. In spring, head to Nebraska Knoll Sugar Farm to explore the alchemy that transforms tree sap into maple syrup.

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This Mr & Mrs Smith hotel participates in the World of Hyatt loyalty program. As a member, you can earn and redeem points and enjoy exclusive benefits for qualifying nights. .