Summit Chalet | House in Snoqualmie Pass, Washington

Positive: The second floor and loft were lovely! The TV had all the apps available for streaming. There were plenty of dishes and even a coffee machine with some ground coffee and snacks. The beds in the loft were very comfortable.

Negative: It is very loud due to the major highway across the street. I used the TV to play white noise from YouTube to mitigate the traffic sounds. The first floor was also VERY musty. I would not have wanted to sleep in the room downstairs, due to the smell. The smell dissipates as you climb the stairs to the second floor.

Positive: Beds were comfy and the kitchen was well stocked with cooking tools. The Pac-Man video game was fun to play. Heated toilet seats were nice.

Negative: The proximity to the highway made the property very noisy. The highway is busy all the time (and night) and you can hear it in the house. We avoided the patio as it is in need of some maintenance. The wifi never worked and Vacasa support was unhelpful.

Positive: We loved the layout and easy access to town.

Negative: The noise from the highway

Positive: The house was very clean and beds were comfy! Bathrooms appear recently remodeled. They even have warmed toilet seats!! The linens all seemed new and clean. They have a glove and boot dryer, which was an expected perk and super helpful. We brought our own, but found we needed all of them to stay on top of the wet snow gear. The kids loved playing in the snow outside the house. The house is by the highway, but we didn't notice the noise during the day and we all sleep with fans/white noise machines at night, so the road noise didn't bother us a bit. The house is close to Snoqualmie and was in a great location for a weekend of skiing. Despite some hiccups, we would stay here again. We would simply pack some additional supplies to ensure we filled in some gaps.

Negative: The house was VERY cold when we arrived. We turned all 3 wall heaters on high and used the 2 extra space heaters on high and we all still had to wear coats, hats and blankets during the first evening/night we were there. We slept in fleece and hats during the night. About 12 hours after we arrived, the heaters seemed to warm up the house to the point that we could remove our hats and extra layers It would have been so nice if the cleaning crew/host had turned the heat up BEFORE we arrived. The main floor fireplace is currently broken (and has been listed as broken for months per the online reviews) and this seems to be a big loss as a source of heat. The kitchen seems to be missed some critical supplies. The house is advertised to sleep 6 (which it definitely will), but there was only 3 mismatched mugs, so drinking coffee in the AM was challenging for our group of 5. There was also only 1 butter knife and no baking trays. There is a great selection of plates and bowls. If you stay here, I recomment bringing some extra mugs and maybe some cultery. Also, the tea kettle is rusted inside. Most of the kitchen outlets don't work. The GFCI red button on the outlet by the fridge has been crushed into the outlet and so it seems like all of the outlets are "tripped". No breaker was tripped at the panel, but I was not able to rest it in the kitchen either. We had to plug the coffee maker and toaster into the island outlets. It took me a good 20 minutes to troubleshoot this the first morning. I reported it to the host, so hopefully they will fix soon. It makes the already tight kitchen counter space even more limited as everything ends up being done right around the sink. The downstairs toilet handle was broken and so we had to leave the toilet lid off in order to flush the toilet manually. This was only mildly incovenient. I reported it as broken. Despite all of the above, I would stay here again.

Positive: Super close to the mountain

Negative: Fireplace didn’t work, house was 40 degreees when we got into it and took 3 hours to heat up. Glad we brought extra space heaters or it would have taken longer