Marriott's Mountain Valley Lodge

We keep coming back for Christmas week. It is terrific! Everything is so beautifully decorated and charming. Activities abound from skiing, skating, snow shoeing, swimming, nearby sleigh rides, dog sledding, snow mobiling, and lots of dining and shopping. Not to forget Santa came visiting and all was very merry.

The one bedroom units are great, plenty of space. The huge master bath has a jacquizi tub for soaking away sore muscles and cold from a day skiing. Love the big kitchen and big round table for everyone to gather. The master bedroom has a very comfortable king bed. The great room has twin day beds that the kids found perfect. The sofa bed is great for one, or okay for two small children. A clean up midweek was all we really wanted. Daily maid service would have been a little extra.

We rented skis on the ground floor and walked out to the Quicksilver lift. We skied all the way back to the door. It's easy enough to warrant taking a warm up break during the day and going back out. We had lunch in our villa many times.

Loved the outdoor hot tub while viewing the last skiers coming down the slopes. Was fun to be swimming after skiing too.

We dined next door and many places around Maggie Pond as well as down Main St. Didn't need a car at all after we arrived. We could have come by shuttle from the Denver airport too.

We plan to come back often. Christmas in Breckenridge is gorgeous!

We stayed in a 1 bedroom in March 2008. The 4 of us thought it was great. There is a lounge area with a huge screen TV. It is well located to the town and there is a free bus shuttle around town and to supermarkets, also.

In the midst of a ski week. Have to give the place a mixed review:

It's got a good location....ski in/out is nice (just a close walk to the lifts) and getting into the town is very easy. The people are friendly...and they seem to genuinely want to encourage resort events (breakfasts, exercise sessions, craft sessions, etc). This is a nice place if you want to ski for a week and have a one bedroom unit where you have some space to move around.

Now here are the downsides: the building and the units just aren't very nice -- certainly not the type that will ave you raving when you get home. We stayed in a renovated 1BR. The halls smelled like a ski lodge, and the room actually smelled moldy. The heat was hyper sensitive -- so we alternated between 50 degrees on the thermostat and occasionally 70.

Our unit itself was extremely illogical. Nice to have two bathrooms in a 1BR, but the layout was quirky at best and there really wasn't any place comfortable to lounge around.

By quirky I mean the following: extremely long and thin (TV was placed where no couch could be put in front of it); no central sitting room; enormouscloset in the bedroom (god knows what for); and we truly missed not having a fireplace.

Not sure if this building used to be something else (perhaps its a converted hotel) but the room was just plain weird.

Besides this, the kid's areas in the hotel (playroom) seemed very beat up ... and the hotel lacks a comfortable lobby area to relax in (all the more important if you have weird and quirky room without a fireplace).

We are owners at Marriott Mountainside in Park City -- and its amazing what a difference a logical building layout makes.

All in all, we have enjoyed our vacation here immensely -- but can only think how much nicer it would have been if we could have raved about the unit/hotel. I wouldn't pass this up if you have no better skiing options...but set your expectations accordingly before you arrive and you'll be happier.

I just returned from a week at the Mountain Valley Lodge in Breckenridge. It was great!! The rooms in the resort had a "facelift" this spring with new furniture, bedding and an upgraded kitchen.

The resort's location is wonderful for walking in to the village or up to Peak 8 on the Breckenridge ski area. During my stay at the resort, the staff at the resort was friendly-- giving recommendations, or helping to answer any questions.

This resort must be great during the winter season, since it is a ski in/ski out resort. I hope I can once again stay at the Mountain Valley Lodge in the near future.

This property looks great from the outside.

As Marriott owners, this property looks like a converted motel.

Breckenridge is a great community; this Marriott is not!

There are much better accomodations in Breckenridge.

Property should be closed for a year for a complete overhaul.