Hotel Equities has added Sun Mountain Lodge, a 2,000-acre mountain resort overlooking Washington’s Methow Valley, to its lifestyle portfolio. The property is owned by GEM Real Estate Partners.
“Sun Mountain Lodge represents the kind of destination-driven resort where our team can make an immediate impact, and I’m thrilled it’s becoming part of our lifestyle collection,” said Ben Rafter, CEO, Hotel Equities. “Optimizing complex leisure demand patterns and elevating food and beverage, group and experiential programming requires a highly-coordinated commercial and operational strategy.”
Collin Madden, founding partner, GEM Real Estate Partners, added, “We think Hotel Equities is the right partner to unlock the next phase of growth at Sun Mountain Lodge. We’re confident that HE’s operational depth, commercial expertise and disciplined management approach will help position the resort to enhance performance while preserving the authenticity and guest experience that define this destination.”
The property sits adjacent to thousands of acres of national forest and North Cascades National Park. It has recently undergone a multiphase renovation and an expansion of experiential programming. Accommodations include renovated Main Lodge guestrooms near core amenities; mountain-view rooms with fireplaces and private decks; and 16 pet-friendly cabins along Patterson Lake with full kitchens and lakefront porches.
Amenities include two restaurants and bars, a wine cellar housing more than 2,000 bottles of Washington wines, a newly renovated full-service spa, outdoor heated pools, hot tubs and approximately 7,000 sq. ft. of indoor meeting and event space.
This winter, guests will have direct access to about 150 miles of cross-country ski terrain and the Methow Valley trails, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, expanded snow tubing, ice fishing and nearby alpine skiing at Loup Loup Ski Bowl. Warmer months bring mountain biking across more than 40 miles of trails, fly fishing, rafting, horseback riding at the onsite Sun Mountain Ranch, hiking, sporting clays and lake recreation.
