Sun Mountain Lodge Receives the Honor of the 2012 Restaurant Award

Sun Mountain Lodge has received the “Restaurant Appreciation Award” from the WAWGG (Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers) for its outstanding wine list featuring Washington State wines. Sun Mountain Lodge has over 400 different Washington wines, and over 460 Northwest wines.

This program is in its thirteenth year and the goal is to select and highlight restaurants that do an exceptional job of highlighting the width and breadth of wines available from our state.

The award was presented at the 2012 convention and trade show held at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Cashmere, Washington.

For more information, please call Don Elsing, Wine Director, toll free at 800-572-0493, extension 770, or direct at (509) 996-4770. Visit our website at http://www.sunmountainlodge.com/ or email us at smlwine@sunmountainlodge.com . For more information on the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers, visit http://www.wawgg.org/ .

We Have Snow!
We have beautiful, fluffy white powder, with crisp blue skies and sunshine forecast for the weekend of January 6-8. Come on up and enjoy great skiing and snowshoeing! Here's the link to MVSTA's grooming site for more details.

We're Open!

As of 12 Noon today, we are open and ready to welcome you for the winter season!
Most of the ski trails are groomed and ready for skiing. The Dining Room and Wolf Creek Bar & Grill have great new seasonal menus, and the Gift Shop has some wonderful Christmas gift items in stock.

We have a wonderful variety of fun activities and events planned for the holiday season. Click here to see the schedule.

Come on up - we look forward to seeing you soon!

Annual Fall Closure

Sun Mountain Lodge will begin its annual fall closure for cleaning and renovation on Sunday October 23rd. We will re-open on Wednesday December 7. At that time we will be offering our 509er Room Specials prior to the Christmas Holidays. Our Reservation office will be open during the closure everyday from 9AM to 7PM. So call now and book your pre-holiday getaway up at the Lodge. 800 572 0493 or 509 996 2211.

Harvest Dinner at Sun Mountain Lodge

This Sunday, October 16, Sun Mountain Lodge will be hosting a Harvest Dinner celebrating the bounty of the Methow Valley and honoring our local producers. Enjoy fresh, local products and chat with the owners from the Big Valley Ranch, Crown "S" Ranch, Bluebird Grain Farms, King's Garden, Thomson's Meats, Undine Acres, Sunny Pine Farms, Larkhaven Farms, Blue Star Coffee and more! Executive Chef J. Russell Bradshaw has prepared an exciting fall menu featuring the fine products of these local suppliers. Dinner starts at 6PM and the cost is $58 including tax and gratuity. No-host Methow Valley Brewery and Lost River Winery products will also be available. To make your reservations, call Don Elsing, Wine Director, at 509 996 4770.

Maryhill Wine Dinner

This Saturday, October 8, is the final wine dinner of the season. It will feature the outstanding wines of Maryhill Winery, winner of the WA Winery of the Year Award. The menu, prepared by Executive Chef J. Russell Bradshaw, will include a house-made English muffin with lemon curd and Larkhaven Farms New Moon goatling cheese paired with the Maryhill Proprietor's Reserve Chardonnay, 2008. The second course will be a wild mushroom, Sunny Pine Farms goat cheese strudel with the Maryhill Proprietor's Reserve Barberra, 2006. Wild boar ossu buco with juniper, thyme spaetzle, braised red cabbage and Brussel sprouts and bacon lardons will be the entree, matched with the Maryhill Cabernet Sauvignon, 2005. For dessert you will enjoy a grapefruit parfait with the Maryhill Muscat Canelli, 2008. This suberb dinner is priced at $85 plus gratuity and tax. To make your reservations, call the Dining Room at 509 996 4707.

Terra Blanca Wine Dinner

On Saturday, September 24, Sun Mountain Lodge will be partnering with Terra Blance Winery for a fabulous wine dinner in our Dining Room. The menu will feature fall specials from Executive Chef J Russell Bradshaw paired with these outstanding wines from Terra Blanca: 2010 Riesling, Cherry Hill Vineyard, Columbia Valley; 2009 Chardonnay, Estate Vineyard, Red Mountain; and a 2007 Signature Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Mountain. Darrell Rice from Terra Blanca will be on hand to talk about their wines, the vineyards and the winery. Dinner will be served from 6 to 8 pm. To make reservations, call the Dining Room at 509 996 4707.