Steam after dark
The outdoor hydrotherapy tub seats six and runs all year. On cold nights the steam rises straight up into the pines.
Snow banked all around
Winter is its best season. Guests bury drinks in the snowbank before heading up the mountain and dig them out when they get back.
From the summit to the tub
With a local guide, expert skiers can ride June Mountain's lifts and ski all the way down to the chalet's back deck.
Under the log walls
The tub sits just off the back deck, a few steps from the Grand Room, with Carson Peak overhead.
The Grand Room
Ceilings rise twenty-one feet over an open fireplace. This is where the day ends, whoever is staying.
The oak bar
Stools cut from local timber, and room for everyone to pull one up.
Evening lamplight
Leather couches, a backgammon table and a fire that is easy to keep going.
An eleven-and-a-half-foot table
Made from local pine, long enough for eight and the next morning's maps.
Dinner at home
Some nights you cook. The kitchen is stocked down to the garlic press.
The kitchen
Fully remodeled, with a handmade copper sink, a six-burner stove and a double oven.
The family room
A wood stove and a queen futon beside the kitchen. Late conversations end up here.
The master suite
A California King under a log ceiling, a private two-person jacuzzi, and a loft above.
From the master suite
Granite and snow, framed in the window.
The Elsie Room
Windows on two sides, a sitting corner, and a memory foam bed.
The ruby-red tub
The Elsie Room's claw-foot tub, deep enough for a proper soak after the trail.
The River Room
The quietest room in the house, with Yost Creek below the window.
Below Carson Peak
Four thousand square feet of log home on the June Lake Loop, one mile past June Mountain.
Yost Creek and the aspens
The creek runs through the grounds. Bring a book to the hammock.
The back deck
Morning coffee in the pines, and the start of the walk to Fern Lake.
Rush Creek above Silver Lake
Five paddleboards wait in the garage. This slow meander up from Silver Lake is our favorite paddle.
Grant Lake in summer
The biggest lake on the loop, with granite ledges and cold, clear water.
Sunset at Grant Lake
The wind drops in the evening and the sky over the Mono Basin catches fire.
Parker Bench
A branch off the Parker Lake trail climbs to long views down the canyon to Silver Lake.
October on the loop
The aspens of the June Lake Loop are among the last in Mono County to turn gold.
Wild mustangs
Bands of wild horses roam the high desert around Mono Lake. Seeing one is never guaranteed, and always unforgettable.
June Mountain
A mile from the door. Kids 12 and under ski free all season.
Yosemite's high country
Tuolumne Meadows is forty-five minutes away over Tioga Pass in summer.
Fern Creek
Fern Creek tumbling down the canyon wall above the loop.