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Clair Tappaan Lodge

Library

Free WiFi, bed sheets

Shared fridge, microwave

Shower, towels

Private Efficiency Style Room | Free WiFi, bed sheets

6.8Average

(43 Ratings)

"This place was super cute! A great place to stop in for a night"

Aryanna

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6.8 / 10.0

Average(43 Ratings)

Hostel in Norden, CA

Reasons to book

Great price for your budgetOne of the lowest cost properties in the area

Book with confidenceWe partner with the top travel sites so you know you're getting a great deal on the perfect rental

Includes essentialsPool, Kitchen or Kitchenette, Internet / Wifi and more

About this hostel

Slopeside hostel with sledding
With direct access to the slopes, Clair Tappaan Lodge offers amenities like ski storage, complimentary wireless internet access, and free self parking.
Bathrooms are shared.
Clair Tappaan Lodge offers 28 accommodations. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Guests have access to shared bathrooms. Bathrooms include showers.
Recreational amenities at the hostel include ski-in/ski-out access.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Amenities at Clair Tappaan Lodge

Pool

Kitchen or Kitchenette

Internet / Wifi

Laundry

Ski in / Ski out

Free parking

Map of Norden, CA

city location on map

Nearby attractions

Emerald Bay State Park

Inspiration Point (Emerald Bay)

National Automobile Museum

Available Rooms

Things to know

Additional fees to expect

Cleaning & other feesWe include all stay related fees in the Cleaning Fee line, which may include cleaning, property manager, resort, tourism and other stay related fees. All Expedia properties are professionally cleaned after each stay.

Booking feeNo booking fees, easy credit card payments.

Service feeThis helps Expedia provide a safer and more secure booking experience.

TaxesTaxes on accommodation such as Occupancy Tax, VAT, or GST. May also include tourism fees.

Customer support

Customer support is handled by our partner Expedia

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6.8Average

(43 Ratings)

"This place was super cute! A great place to stop in for a night"

Aryanna

Don't miss out! Price and availability may change

$$$$

6.8 / 10.0

Average(43 Ratings)

Hostel in Norden, CA

Reasons to book

Great price for your budgetOne of the lowest cost properties in the area

Book with confidenceWe partner with the top travel sites so you know you're getting a great deal on the perfect rental

Includes essentialsPool, Kitchen or Kitchenette, Internet / Wifi and more

Map of Norden, CA

city location on map

Nearby attractions

Emerald Bay State Park

Inspiration Point (Emerald Bay)

National Automobile Museum

Available Rooms

About this hostel

Slopeside hostel with sledding
With direct access to the slopes, Clair Tappaan Lodge offers amenities like ski storage, complimentary wireless internet access, and free self parking.
Bathrooms are shared.
Clair Tappaan Lodge offers 28 accommodations. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Guests have access to shared bathrooms. Bathrooms include showers.
Recreational amenities at the hostel include ski-in/ski-out access.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Amenities

Pool

Kitchen or Kitchenette

Internet / Wifi

Laundry

Ski in / Ski out

Free parking

Things to know

Additional fees to expect

Cleaning & other feesWe include all stay related fees in the Cleaning Fee line, which may include cleaning, property manager, resort, tourism and other stay related fees. All Expedia properties are professionally cleaned after each stay.

Booking feeNo booking fees, easy credit card payments.

Service feeThis helps Expedia provide a safer and more secure booking experience.

TaxesTaxes on accommodation such as Occupancy Tax, VAT, or GST. May also include tourism fees.

Customer support

Customer support is handled by our partner Expedia

Ratings and reviews

6.8 / 10.0

Average(43 Ratings)

4.0 / 10.0

I was not expecting to see not a single soul during my entire stay. If I appreciate the simple check in process, it would have been nice to get a real person to talk to get the basic infos on the way around. It was off season and I enjoyed the surrounding, the coziness of the main rooms and the quality of the prestation. But alone in the unheated building was a very awkward feeling. Think of bringing a lighter to start a fire if you’re on your own 😃

10.0 / 10.0

This place was super cute! A great place to stop in for a night

8.0 / 10.0

Very quiet

10.0 / 10.0

You can pay for the breakfast meal that’s served at 8 a.m. If you miss it, then you can make your own sandwich after 9 a.m. Laundry is available for free and communal areas are spacious and inviting.

2.0 / 10.0

Misleading no sheets provides. Not willing to help.

10.0 / 10.0

Decline

6.0 / 10.0

Did not like the lack of info provided regarding access to the property. No advance notice of parking and distance from the road in snow conditions was provided. Once in the bldg it was fine as a hostel.

6.0 / 10.0

The staff was friendly. Rooms were clean and the library was cozy. The games and game room were in terrible condition. Everything was unusable or broken or missing pieces. Also, the food was a bit disappointing. We paid $40 a person for 1 breakfast and one lunch. Breakfast was a limited amount of scrambled eggs, plain hasbrowns, and sausages. Lunch was make your own PBJ. Unfortunately there is only a microwave available to guests so bringing your own food is difficult. And if you want dinner, make sure to order when you book reservation as they didn’t accommodate us as we arrived too late to add on site (something they advertised as an option online).

2.0 / 10.0

I booked the 5 bed dorm. They put me in a room the size of a small closet with two tiny bunks. It had two single pane widows and it was very cold all night. The mattress was terrible. I booked two nights but left after the first night.

10.0 / 10.0

Staff was very accommodating given our last minute stay due to weather conditions.

1.0 / 10.0

It is not the room l booked and we couldn’t stay. so we left and find another hotel.

4.0 / 10.0

Winter indoor camping. Ski coats are a necessity at breakfast. Heat was off for two days on our wing including bathrooms. Bring sleeping bags and towels. Parking and unloading luggage is an Olympic nightmare. You walk on a narrow path on top of 6 feet of snow for 150 yards. Path is maybe 2 feet wide, steep and has holes ,and if you are off the path you will sink to your waist. But, the sledding is excellent.

10.0 / 10.0

Great place!

2.0 / 10.0

They’ve got a driveway they don’t maintain well, and a parking lot they don’t maintain well, that are the slipperiest we’ve ever experienced! And it was not clear there was no point to driving up the crazy driveway / no parking up there. Sometimes one factor can ruin an experience no matter how nice everything else is, and in this case it was two factors. 1) Every time we were in our moving vehicle on their property, I was afraid the vehicle was going to be damaged by sliding off the road or into another vehicle in their parking lot. The public roads were fine, it was only their driveway and parking lot that were horribly maintained and thus icy af. 2) The window in our room did such a horrible job blocking the cold, and no heat in the room, that we were cold all night even after renting blankets since they don’t provide ANY with the room! Crazy.

2.0 / 10.0

If your planning to come to the Sugar Resort in the winter do not book at this location. They will close the hotel without telling you but worse off all they don’t even own a snow plow to clear their entrance. Bad service and bad management. Their rooms are non refundable too, garbage

4.0 / 10.0

I was sad to return to Clair Tappaan after many years of visiting throughout my childhood. The facility was still beautiful, but advertised amenities such as the hot tub and kitchen are no longer available. The meals are expensive and meh.

4.0 / 10.0

Heater outside the single dorms is very loud Not able to get proper rest at night.

2.0 / 10.0

There are not even blankets to sleep with, it was freezing cold out side

2.0 / 10.0

Bad experience

2.0 / 10.0

Reservation screwed, so that I needed to look for a place for that night despite late night. (I put special note telling my arrival would be late though.) The Expedia booking system should not indicate “available room” when the host office is closed.

6.0 / 10.0

This is a lovely lodge nestled in beautiful landscapes and they provided exactly what I was looking for - a quiet, rustic place to stay for a few nights while enjoying some time outdoors. There was a bit of confusion with what services were included with my stay since I booked through Expedia rather than directly through the lodge's website and that detracted from my experience a bit. I would recommend that Expedia and Clair Tappaan smooth out those bumps to improve future stays!

10.0 / 10.0

Great

10.0 / 10.0

It did the job.

10.0 / 10.0

Wonderfol spot located in Soda Springs' CA. Large commons room, quite library, various accommodation options. Affordable. Excellent hiking or skiing right out the front door. Meals are freshly cooked and accommodate dietary needs. Meal plan is extra, ask for meal plan if its not offered. Remember to take your own bedding. Pillows are provided. Wonderful place to create memories.

10.0 / 10.0

Claire Tappen is a gem - for those seeking respite from the craziness of our busy world, community, beauty, quiet...