![]() ![]() I love the huge stone fireplace in the main lodge, the great vibe of the Twisted River Tavern, and the piece de resistance is the excellent meal we enjoy at Carson’s American Kitchen. My stay is all too short, but I am thoroughly impressed by the beautiful holiday lights and decorations inside and out. I spot a deer and retreat into the warmth of my room satisfied. ![]() In the morning, I step out onto the balcony to take in the view of the frost-tinged meadows complete with ghostly mist. The property has 212 recently refreshed Lodge Village guestrooms and suites with stone gas fireplaces and private decks, as well as 33 River Lodge guestrooms and 300 luxurious vacation homes and condos to stay in. I am staying in a recently refurbished Lodge Village King room, cocooned in bed as I watch the wintery sky outside. Sitting pretty in 1335 ha of photogenic meadows and rolling hills, the resort is heaven for golfers with four majestic championship courses offering 63 holes, and a playground in summer with horse riding, kayaking and hiking all on site. Weather: Sunriver gets 300 days of sunshine a year, but because it is a high desert climate, summer temperatures can drop from 80 degrees in the daytime to 30 at night.Located between the gorgeous town of Bend and the soaring volcanic cone of Mt Bachelor – a world-class ski resort in winter – Sunriver Resort is just as spectacular as its surroundings. But for fine dining, head to Bend, 18 miles away. For a week's stay in June, the sites offer four-bedroom homes for $1,148 to $5,497.Įating there: Sunriver has its own restaurants and a village with a grocery store. com) Vacation Rentals By Owner ( ) and others. Vacation homes, owned by individuals, can also be rented through Bennington Properties ( ), Discover Sunriver Vacation Rentals ( ) Sunset Lodging ( sunriverlodging. Staying there: The Sunriver Resort ( ) offers accommodations at vacation home rentals or in the Lodge Village or River Lodge, priced from $99 to about $250 a night. Getting there: You can fly into the Redmond Municipal Airport, 34 miles away, but if you don't like flying through turbulence in a small plane, fly into Portland, a pleasant 180-mile drive away. The lake is home to the Western toad and Cascades frog, threatened species protected by law. ![]() Then we took another in which we walked through wildflowers to the high alpine Todd Lake, where hundreds of tadpoles squirmed in the shallows. The Sunriver veterans took us on one of their favorite hikes in the Three Sisters Wilderness area: the Green Lakes trail along an icy river with tumbling waterfalls. I pedaled past Fort Funnigan (a reproduction fort for kids over 3), The Outpost (for arts and crafts, with Paint 'n Pinot for grown-ups) and the SHARC water park (there is a separate Mavericks fitness club with a lap pool).īut the outdoors beckoned. Sunriver was built on the site of a World War II combat engineer training facility, and this had been the officers club. I spent the afternoon wandering farther by bike, starting with the Great Hall, a magnificent timber and stone structure. ![]() My bird-watcher husband saw four lifers before we stopped for ice cream at the Sunriver Lodge. The next day we took to the Sunriver bike path, 37 paved miles, shared by cyclists and walkers, that meandered through woods and the green grasses and blue water of a wetland. We sat in the steaming water, turned off the patio lights and watched as the dark sky filled with twinkling constellations. After dinner, several of us repaired to our house's hot tub. ![]()
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