Cottam's Lodge by Alpine Village Suites

I stayed at the Cottage Lodge for 2 nights during a recent skiing trip to Taos. I arrived at the lodge, but there was no office. The cleaning crew told me to head up the road to the Alpine office 1.5 miles away. I did and could not find it. I returned and followed the cleaning crew to the office in Taos Ski Valley. I checked in without difficulty. The Cottam Lodge is separate from main hotel and there are no services. There were several nice features. I was able to store my skis at the main hotel and put my boots on there, leaving my shoes with the desk. The room at the Cottage Lodge was adequate. Fully equipped kitchen, bathroom recently remodeled with nice shower and a comfortable bed. Room was a mixture of 1970-80 decor with some more modern updates. Functional for a couple. There was snow during my visit and climbing up and down the unshoveled steps with suitcases was somewhat challenging. Parking is immediately in front. There is a hot tub that I did not use. One other item: the Cottam Lodge is almost at 9000 feet. If you are coming from sea level, you might consider staying at a lower altitude (perhaps in Taos) as sleeping at that altitude was challenging. All in all a reasonable stay at a reasonable price with great snow conditions at Taos.

Do not recommend this place to anyone. Place was supposed to be serene. Our experience was far from it. Outside it was picturesque. Inside - one word - crappy. Worst place I’ve stayed at for the money I paid. Room was either hot or cold. Temperature control didn’t exist. Floor was cold a couldn’t stay without our socks on all the time or on the bed. Bathroom didn’t have exhaust. One good this is, hot water was good. Bed was very soft and gave me back pain. Room service didn’t exist. We came back from skiing at 3 or 3:30 but our room was not cleaned. Other rooms were being cleaned. ABSOLUTELY the worst place to stay.

The place was clean and cozy. I loved that it was so close to Taos Ski Valley and the pets were welcomed.

Francisco is the best. I never had such great service from someone. I am a person with a disability and he was so accommodating . This a great place and will come back to stay.

Ice in room would be nice but not a big deal. Very nice experience dining locally! Very quiet!!!

I would never recommend this place for any family. The place is not maintained well, the ceiling were peeling from water damage. Then the pest issues, there we bugs crawling and huge black ants crawling on our bed. We couldn’t sleep well just because of thinking you can be bitten while asleep. The place was hot making it uncomfortable to sleep also and our room was along the corridor so we couldn’t sleep with the window open. I know this is a ski village and maybe skier’s don’t care where they stay, but it’s also rented in the summer. Never us again ever coming close to this place.

We were very disappointed with our stay. It started with our check-in. We were told via email that check-in time was until 9pm. The front desk closed at 815pm. I received a call stating our keys would be left in an envelope at the front desk. Once we arrived (right before 9pm), we could not find the keys and no one was available to help. After searching for nearly 30 minutes we finally found them outside in an envelope in the pouring rain. Once we got to the cabin, it was not at all what we expected. It was advertised as a 2-bedroom that sleeps 6 people. It was a 1 bedroom with a loft. The only access to the loft was from a steep ladder in the 1 bedroom. Both twin beds in the loft were full of dead bugs so my kids refused to sleep up there. The only bathroom was in the 1 bedroom. So if you want any kind of privacy, this is not the right place. Everything is accessed from the bedroom. It was nice having the kitchen, which was fully stocked with pot/pans/dishes. It would have been nice to know that there was a grill available to cook which would have helped to minimize some of the heat in the cabin from the kitchen. The cabin is perfect size for 2-3 people that are ok with having no privacy.

I had questions and concerns at check in and they were handled perfectly. Awesome staff

Very quaint mom and pop outfit. They had hummingbird feeders set up and little thing like wine glasses and a cork screw set out. Walls are a little thin and could hear the people snoring next door but we turned on a fan. It was clean and fine for 2 people. Nice kuerig coffee machine with plenty of coffee. Only complaint is the shower it went from scalding to ice cold back to scalding. I had to rinse off my shampoo in cold water just so I didn't get burned. Wish there was a way to fix that. Nice memory foam mattress but a little firm for my wife. Worth the money. Glad there was no smoking anywhere on the premises. Like that they just texted you the room code at check-in time.