Mule Deer Cabin Great family lodge Gourmet kitchen indoor /outdoor fireplace

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Location
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9.4

Exceptional

Popular amenities

Kitchen

Air conditioning

Free WiFi

Check-in time

4:00 PM

Check-out time

11:00 AM

Explore the area

Government Camp, Oregon

Mt Hood Cultural Center and Museum4 min walk
Mirror Lake Trail4 min drive
Timberline Lodge Ski Area11 min drive
Portland, OR (PDX-Portland Intl.)66 min drive

Rooms & beds

6 bedrooms (sleeps 16)

Bedroom 1

2 Single Beds and 1 King Bed

Bedroom 2

2 Single Beds and 1 King Bed

Bedroom 3

1 Double Bed and 1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 4

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 5

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 6

4 Single Beds

4 bathrooms, 1 half bathroom

Bathroom 1

Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 2

Toilet

Bathroom 3

Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 4

Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 5

Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Deck or patio

Kitchen

Balcony

Separate dining area

Dining Area

About this property

This phenomenal three story, completely remodeled cabin, set at the base of Mt Hood’s Historic Glade Trail in Government Camp, is just minutes from Timberline and a little over an hour from Portland.

3,410 square feet. Additional 1,330 square feet of wrap around deck space
2 master suites featuring private baths and king beds with built in twin trundles
2 rooms with queen beds
1 double bunk room
1 twin bunk room
Sleeper sofa in recreation room
4 1/2 bathrooms
4 fireplaces. 1 interior wood burning 1 outdoor wood burning and 2 interior gas
Gourmet kitchen with Thermador range and refrigerator, microwave and warming drawer
Custom dining table seats 16
Custom furniture throughout
Outdoor BBQ
Wifi, 55" TV with Roku Streaming, stereo system with iPod / MP3 connection
Approximately a four-minute walk from downtown Government Camp, including an upscale grocery store and several bars and restaurants
Glade Trail runs along front of cabin allowing skiers and mountain bikers access directly from Timberline
No Smoking / No Pets - Deck Furniture only available during Summer months. Minimum age to rent this property is 25.
4 cars comfortably fit in the driveway!

Property manager

All Seasons Vacation Rentals

Premier Host

Languages

English

Amenities

Free WiFi

Air conditioning

Free WiFi

Air conditioning

Microwave

Kitchen

House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM

Minimum age to rent: 25

Check out before 11:00 AM

Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17

Events

No events allowed

Pets

No pets allowed

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy

Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges

Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed

On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited

Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a deadlock

About the area

Government Camp

Located in Government Camp, this lodge is in a rural area. Timberline Lodge Ski Area and Multorpor Chairlift are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Mount Hood National Forest and Salmon River. Take in the nearby slopes with skiing, or try out other outdoor activities such as sledging.

Government Camp, Oregon

What's nearby

Mt Hood Cultural Center and Museum - 4 min walk
Mirror Lake Trail - 4 min drive
Snow Bunny Sliding Area Sno Park - 4 min drive
Timberline Lodge Ski Area - 11 min drive
Mount Hood Meadows - 18 min drive

Getting around

Portland International Airport (PDX) - 66 min drive

Restaurants

‪Ram’s Head Bar - ‬11 min drive
‪Wy’East Cafe & Y’Bar - ‬11 min drive
‪Cascade Dining Room - ‬11 min drive
‪Beer Stube - ‬3 min drive
‪Mt. Hood Brewing - ‬15 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Is Mule Deer Cabin Great family lodge Gourmet kitchen indoor /outdoor fireplace pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at Mule Deer Cabin Great family lodge Gourmet kitchen indoor /outdoor fireplace?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Mule Deer Cabin Great family lodge Gourmet kitchen indoor /outdoor fireplace?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Mule Deer Cabin Great family lodge Gourmet kitchen indoor /outdoor fireplace located?

Set amidst the mountains, this ski-in/ski-out lodge in Government Camp is within a 15-minute walk of Mount Hood National Forest and Summit Ski Area, and is convenient for winter sports, such as sledging. Mt Hood Cultural Center and Museum and Multorpor Chairlift are also within 15 minutes.

9.4

Exceptional

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9.6/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Check-in

9.6/10

Communication

10/10

Location

9.6/10

Listing accuracy

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10/10 Excellent

A guest from San Francisco, CA

24 Apr 2024

Stylish home in Government Camp

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michelle M.

28 Feb 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great

There was an issue with the stove/oven and it wasn't working, the property company was able to assist.

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Shawnathan T.

12 Feb 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

An Absolute Delight

This property was immaculate, and such a delight. The whole family was able to stay and have tons of fun playing in the snow, watching shows on the tv, and lounging in the giant living room. We are actively considering a second trip to the cabin!

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Elise F.

20 Dec 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect for us!

I spent my 30th birthday here with a group of friends for a ski trip. There was plenty of room for everyone, and it’s close to anything you need. My favorite part was the big open living room that was spacious enough for everyone to spend time together. If you’re a sensitive sleeper, bring ear plugs because you can pretty much hear everything going on in the main room from the bedrooms. But that didn’t keep us from having a great time.

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nina B.

18 Aug 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect for Large Group

The great room and huge dinning table was perfect for gathering and bonding for a large group. Plenty of cozy spaces to relax indoors and out.

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

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10/10 Excellent

Shannon Phelan H.

25 July 2023

Amazing Group rental

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

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10/10 Excellent

Paul I.

28 Sept 2022

Outstanding

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: My family and I really enjoyed our stay here! Really looking forward to coming back soon.Although WiFi was a bit spotty when we tried streaming a movie. Other than that the stay was great!

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10/10 Excellent

Kristen N.

8 Aug 2022

Great home!

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: This home is beautiful with a great location. It has plenty of room for relaxing and the creek is right behind it! We loved sitting on the back deck and listening to the water. Town is right down the hill. We would stay here again. Wish they would leave more towels. One per guest is all they provide for the whole stay. Also, they let us get the code without going to welches because we didn’t drive in that way.

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10/10 Excellent

Sarah K.

4 July 2022

Family Wedding Vacation

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: This house was absolutely stunning. There was a stream that ran right through the back of the property and the sounds was so relaxing. The rooms were the perfect sizes and the living room and lots of space for all out of group activities. All guests loved the property! The upstairs would become really hot during the day but we were able to crack the window open at night and it cooled down perfect. Would stay again!

6/10 Okay

Evan P.

9 July 2021

Liked: Communication, location

Great location, otherwise disappointing experience

We rented this house for a get together. It is in a great location- a couple blocks from the middle of Government Camp. For whatever reason, the VRBO map shows it miles from town in the middle of the forest. They charge multiple miscellaneous fees that weren’t explained until after the booking process They charge $30 each for a booking fee, accidental damage, and trash removal. The trash removal fee seemed particularly excessive given that we were staying two nights. After booking, you are instructed to download an app. The app theoretically has check in instructions but the link never worked. I ended up calling to get the door code. We arrived at 4pm and found the cleaners still working. They were very nice and apologized repeatedly. It’s a large house and the two people cleaning it were clearly doing the best they could to get it done in time. The overall cleanliness is as fair. It seems like it needs a deep clean- things like dead flies on the window sills and fireplace mantle, old cans of stain on the deck, fireplace ashes dumped off the side of the deck all need to be addressed. As another reviewer mentioned, the photos show a much newer, cleaner house. There are multiple maintenance issues inside including: the towel rack missing from the walk( brackets still mounted) and 3 of 4 burned out light bulbs in one of the master bedrooms, loose deck railings, one smoke detector missing it’s battery, numerous stains in the carpet, a toilet missing part of its flush button. The listing shows photos of nice deck furniture. It was absent from the property. We were told it was in a warehouse in Portland. The management said they’d try to get us something but no deck furniture ever arrived. Overall, a disappointment stay particularly given the high price charged for this property.

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

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10/10 Excellent

Jenny H.

23 Feb 2021

Wonderful weekend away

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We went to the mountain house for a weekend with two families of 5. We had more than enough room, one bedroom went unused. This house was cozy and stocked. We had fires, and walked to the trailhead to snowshoe and sled. The entry way benches gave us a nice large area to get our snow gear on and office. The table was huge so we played games and had big dinners together. Our only complaint about the house was the lighting. Lots of mood lighting but hard to see if you wanted to read rules to a game, see what is in your bag, or read a book, our middle aged eyes struggled to see, a few bulbs were out above the table. At the same time the lighting did create a cozy atmosphere. Overall this was a great stay and the host was easy to reach and very nice and accommodating. I was worried about having to pick up the key in Welches but the property management was really helpful and made it work with our skiing schedule and we got to check in a little early. We really loved our stay here and would love to be back!

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2021

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4/10 Poor

Dustin E.

16 July 2020

Charming home but beware

Rating Details: The property manager was adequately helpful. The vacation rental was very dirty. I was very happy with the location. I was very dissatisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I do not recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: This home looks very charming online and it is. It is also positioned as luxury accommodations though which it is not. Sitting directly in the heart of government camp, the mule deer is positioned perfectly as a great base camp for all your Mt Hood adventures. Beware though, the photos are of a much newer and cleaner cabin than the mule deer is today. I was quite astonished to find most faucets leaking and falling apart, the railing around the deck is falling apart in multiple places and very unsafe, a door to one of the main entry doors fell off while we were there, the entire downstairs smells of mold, and the paper products in the house must have been purchased at the dollar store. Truly the worst part was simply how dirty the place is. One bed had sheets that smelt of someone else’s BO, cob webs everywhere, walls are dirty, base boards seem to not have been cleaned in over an year, the washer smells of mold, and all of this in the middle of a pandemic. It simply did not feel safe. This is the most expensive Rental property in government camp (we paid $1000 a night) and is truly not worth it. The quality of this home would have met my expectations at $300 a night price point. The cleanliness is completely inexcusable at any rate. Really quite disappointing for a property that could be so great.

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10/10 Excellent

Bekah T.

6 Mar 2020

Family Ski Trip

8/10 Good

Michelle P.

2 Aug 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, communication, location, listing accuracy

Disliked: Check-in

Wonderful place to stay for a big group.

This place was perfect for our group of 11. It says 16 but that would be very tight. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is that the check in process is inconvenient. You have to drive to a location that is about 10 minutes away to pick up a numeric code that could be emailed.

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

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10/10 Excellent

alex b.

26 July 2019

great

10/10 Excellent

Samantha M.

8 July 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome Offsite

The house was so great! It is much larger than expected. Perfect for an offsite and had enough space on the dining room table for a meeting. A few suggestions would be to add screens on the front doors and a TV or access to the projector in the living room.

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Bekah T.

25 Mar 2019

Wonderful place to stay!

We had a wonderful time at this cabin and plan to visit again.

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

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8/10 Good

ligia m.

26 Nov 2018

Nice place to stay with larger group

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We have a few things we’d like to mention about our stay at the Mule Deer Cabin. This is our 2nd year reserving this location.1. We’d like to mention that 2 of the bedrooms on the basement floor have beds with huge dips in them. 2. The oven was not cleaned and had an immense amount of oil splattered all over it. The pans are in need of replacement as well. We are a family that loves to cook and make somewhat gourmet meals. It was though not being able to have the right cooking items furnished here to pan-sear steak and fish. 3. The outside grill - I had checked with your office that it was in proper working order prior to our arrival- was not receiving propane enough to light.

10/10 Excellent

John H.

23 Oct 2018

This house is great.

Incredibly clean beautiful home near everything in town. Easily going to stay here again!

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

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10/10 Excellent

26 Jan 2018

Mule Deer friends weekend

This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Anya V.

8 Dec 2017

We love Mule Deer!

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We had an excellent time at Mule Deer. The only one issue was one upstairs bathroom wasn't working and we weren't notified until we arrived. Hopefully they continue to maintain such a beautiful property because we love staying there. It's an absolutely beautiful home.

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8/10 Good

Dana A.

23 June 2017

Mule Deer Cabin

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We rented the house to celebrate my Mom's 84th Birthday. The house was as described with the exception of outdoor furniture. Since it was a warm weekend, it would have been nice to enjoy the outside decks/fireplace.

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10/10 Excellent

19 Jan 2017

Beautiful House, Great Location!

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: This house is great for a large group/multifamily getaway! Nice open floor plan, downstairs bunk rooms are great for kids to sleep and play while adults visit upstairs. Love the indoor/outdoor fireplace. Simple, modern design. Couldn't be a better location - walking distance to everything in Govt Camp! Rental agency was great and very accommodating.

This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

John W.

15 Mar 2016

Mule Deer Cabin Review

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: The cabin was great. It accommodated our group very well and the management was very helpful. The location was so convenient to the mountain and all the great spots in Government Camp. We will definitely stay there again.

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2016

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