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The Modern Moose! Fully Updated & Minutes from the Best Snow and Hiking on Earth

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Fully remodeled kitchen with brand new appliances
Stocked with all the pots and pans and dishes you need to start cooking!
Beautiful custom built farm table to gather around with family and friends
One of three large flat screen tvs
Interior

Reviews

10 out of 10
Exceptional
4 bedrooms3+ bathroomsSleeps 12260.1 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • Kitchen
  • Washer
  • Barbecue grill
  • Dryer

Explore the area

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Cottonwood Heights, UT
  • Loveland Living Planet Aquarium
    ‪12 min drive‬
  • Mountain America Exposition Center
    ‪13 min drive‬
  • Snowbird Ski Resort
    ‪15 min drive‬
  • Salt Lake City, UT (SLC-Salt Lake City Intl.)
    ‪26 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

4 bedrooms (sleeps 12)

Bedroom 1

1 King Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 3

2 Queen Beds

Bedroom 4

2 Double Beds

3 bathrooms, 1 half bathroom

Bathroom 1

Soap · Towels provided · Bathtub or shower · Toilet · Hair dryer

Bathroom 2

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 3

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 4

Toilet

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Outdoor play area
Garden

About this property

The Modern Moose! Fully Updated & Minutes from the Best Snow and Hiking on Earth

Welcome to the Modern Moose! At the base of the beautiful Wasatch Mountain Range and minutes to the greatest snow on earth!

Location, location, location!

The Modern Moose is the perfect spot for all your outdoor activities and adventures. It is just minutes from world renown skiing, hiking, snow shoeing, climbing, water activities and wildlife viewing all year long.

At the same time it is just 20 minutes from the SLC international airport and walking distance to the grocery store, the park and ride, and even a great nail salon for those wanting a more relaxing time while others are on the slopes.

If location wasn't enough, the Modern Moose, is the perfect amount of luxury and comfort. With 2,800 well designed square feet and an extensive modern remodel, your family/ friends will have plenty of room to relax in the comfort of our home.

Some days you may want to stay home and just hang out.

The Moose can comfortably sleep 12 and has two separate gathering areas where your groups can sit, relax, eat, and enjoy each other’s company.

Each living area has big couches so huge and comfy that once you sit down, you may not want to leave!

Experience plush designer sheets and bedding, down pillows, plush towels, and all the kitchen appliances you will need to cook your meals.

There are 3 large flatscreen TVs with streaming capabilities, a downstairs theater room with Wii, basketball, and our newest addition (my favorite), a classic PACMAN arcade game.

Our brand new back deck has a new sunk in jacuzzi to relax and soak in after a long day on the slopes or hiking.

The EXTRA large capacity washer and dryer will be very handy for families or large groups.

There is plenty of parking at The Moose with a 2 car garage and room for two more cars in the driveway as well as extra parking in the parking lot three houses down.

We do not use a management company. We pride ourselves with personal service and make cleanliness a HIGH PRIORITY. We are always available for contact and will ensure the best service possible!

Welcome to the Moose!

Property manager

Shay Goulding Meurer
Premier Host

Languages

French, Spanish

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Amenities

Hot tub
Kitchen
Washer
Dryer
Pet-friendly
Free WiFi

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 25
Check out before 10:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

Pets allowed: dogs less than 23 kg per pet (limit one pet total)
$200 pet fee covers extra cleaning (esp. shedding)
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
please let us know about your pet. strictly enforced. Thank you!

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
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and a deadlock

About the area

Salt Lake City

Located in Cottonwood Heights, a neighbourhood in Salt Lake City, this condo is in the mountains. Hogle Zoo is a popular area attraction and if an activity is on the agenda, Snowbird Ski Resort and Alta Ski Area are worth checking out. Travelling with kids? Consider Jungle Jim's Playland and Paddle Wasatch. Take in the nearby slopes with cross-country skiing and snowboarding, or try out other outdoor activities such as snowmobiling and ice skating.
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Cottonwood Heights, UT

What's nearby

  • Fashion Place Mall - 9 min drive - 11.6 km
  • Loveland Living Planet Aquarium - 12 min drive - 11.9 km
  • Rio Tinto Stadium - 13 min drive - 11.6 km
  • Mountain America Exposition Center - 13 min drive - 11.8 km
  • Snowbird Ski Resort - 15 min drive - 14.3 km

Getting around

  • Fashion Place West Station - 10 min drive
  • Murray Central Station - 13 min drive
  • Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) - 26 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Hog Wallow - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Alpha Coffee - Hq - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Lone Star Taqueria - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪La Caille - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Market Street Grill - ‬5 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is The Modern Moose! Fully Updated & Minutes from the Best Snow and Hiking on Earth pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 1 total) with a maximum weight of up to 23 kg per pet.

What time is check-in at The Modern Moose! Fully Updated & Minutes from the Best Snow and Hiking on Earth?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at The Modern Moose! Fully Updated & Minutes from the Best Snow and Hiking on Earth?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is The Modern Moose! Fully Updated & Minutes from the Best Snow and Hiking on Earth located?

This family-friendly Salt Lake City condo building is located in the mountains, within 2 mi (3 km) of Big Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch-Cache National Forest and Donut Falls. Jungle Jim's Playland and Paddle Wasatch are also within 6 miles (10 km).

Reviews

10

Exceptional

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Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 83 reviews

10/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

10/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Duston C.

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

Great access point with all the amenities

Great place, very comfortable for two families of four. Location for skiing was excellent! Only downsides were the road noise as it backs onto a busy road and neighbor noise as it is a condo. All in all, we enjoyed our stay and would stay again!
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Randy B.

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

Ski Trip

Great location for Big and Little Cottonwood Canyon!
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Eric P.

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

Ski Fam

Our stay was amazing!!! The home is comfortable and relaxing. Well equipped, modern, and clean. Shay the host was very thoughtful, kind, and accommodating. We will definitely be back.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Raechel H.

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

We love it here! 3 times and still charming!

We love the Modern Moose! This is our 3rd stay at this property. Shay, your host is responsive and kind ( although we’ve never had any issues) The home is always cleans and comfortable. The location can’t be beat with quick access to both canyons and this year we even made a day trip to Snow Basin with ease. Thanks for a fabulous place to stay!
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Steven Z.

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

Great house, great location

This house is perfect for family gatherings. The kitchen is well equipped. The house is as advertised in its listing. It is very convenient to the Cottonwood Canyon resorts as well as to Salt Lake City. It's well cared for, and we enjoyed our stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Katie L.

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

Modern Moose is a must!!

Everything about our stay at The Modern Moose was excellent! It was the perfect place for our annual friends ski trip. The house is lovely, comfortable and centrally located. An easy drive up the mountain to skiing and a short drive to stores and restaurants. We loved the basement with games, the hot tub and the extremely comfortable couch after a day of skiing. Shay was very communicative and a pleasure to work with. We will definitely be back next year!!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

kerryrn12

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

Family Ski Trip

Family of 5 adults stayed at Modern Moose for our yearly ski trip. The house was beautiful and had everything we could have needed. We enjoyed the fully stocked kitchen and the hot tub was perfect after days on the slopes. The full sized washer and dryer was so appreciated. The host was extremely responsive and wonderful to work with. We will be back.
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Joe B.

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

Awesome place

Great house, communication and location! Highly reccomend
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Arlene P.

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

Perfect vacay home

Beautifully designed, great lay out. The owner Shay is responsive and kind. Great kitchen to cook in. Loved the big table so our whole family could eat together. Basement with games was a big hit. Highly recommend!
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Julie G.

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

Thanksgiving at the Moose

We had a wonderful stay at the Modern Moose for the week of Thanksgiving. The house is adorable and was just perfect for us! It is in a beautiful location, it looks just like it does in the photos, it was really spread out and roomy, and we cooked up a storm. It really felt like a home away from home. It was spotless, and seamless as far as figuring things out. Communication with the owner was very timely to answer any of our questions. It truly was a great find! I'd love to stay there again!
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kimberly P.

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

Excellent Work Retreat

6 colleagues got together for both productive collaboration and leisure time. The house was spacious, very well appointed and convenient to beautiful hikes. We all agreed we would love to come back to the Modern Moose!
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anthony M.

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

Perfect stay!

Everything about our stay was absolutely perfect.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Audrey O.

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

A beautiful condo 20 minutes - or less - from hiking and wildlife

Early August, we thoroughly enjoyed the beautiful condo and were especially grateful for responsiveness of hosts/owners. On our hikes we saw moose and beavers, lots of western birds. Highly recommend.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lindsay A.

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

Soccer Tournament Stay

We enjoyed a long weekend stay at the Modern Moose! The house was beautiful and fully accommodated 3 players and their parents! It was clean and fully stocked with kitchen and bathroom items. The condo is also conveniently located within walking distance to an Kroger grocery store and coffee shop! Shay was amazing to work with! Our girls made it out of pool play and went on to play two more days and Shay was flexible in allowing us to stay extra days! We will definitely will be returning to the Modern Moose if the opportunity arises!
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

BEV R.

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

Best house ever!

We came from NM and CA for a family reunion and anniversary celebration over Memorial Day weekend. We were delighted to find a fully stocked kitchen with lots of room for all of us to cook. We were so pleased to find enough real plates and silverware for all of us. The house has so much room that we could be together when we wanted and alone when we wanted. The hot tub was warm and bubbly. Every bedside has a USB charger! Everything we could have wished for was there. Additionally, if it was ski season, the Snow Bus stop is just across the street. Grocery store nearby. It was the best ever!
Stayed 4 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Diana J.

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

Mother’s Day Weekend

Enjoyed a long weekend in Utah to see our son who now lives in SLC and our daughter from Vegas joined us. We had a great weekend and appreciated their beautiful & comfortable home. Had everything we needed for meal prep and family games. Lots of space and great location for our hikes, park city visit, and time in SLC.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rachel A.

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

A reunion to remember!

This rental was the home base for our 10 year college reunion and it was totally perfect! The house comfortably slept 8 adults. Over the weekend, we had an intimate dinner with fifteen people, we played party games, and we had a big dessert open house with additional friends and family. It was the ideal rental in every way. Perfect for hosting and catching up with loved ones.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lynn V.

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

Wonderful Home

This is a fantastic townhome which our family of 5 really enjoyed! It’s a great space for visiting Brighton, Solitude, Alta, Snowbird and the Nordic center as we did for skiing, snowboarding and cross country + snowshoeing. The 4 bedrooms and 2 large, very comfortable sectionals were amazing while we made good use of the large and very well stocked kitchen for breakfast and dinner. Really appreciated the large kitchen table. The hot tub and basement activities were fantastic for our evenings. We really liked the style of this place and appreciated it’s touches like the boot dryer and garage ski rack. Our oldest, less experienced daughter did very well at Solitude with greens and blues. We had wonderful fresh powder. We don’t recommend Snowbird unless you’ve had fresh snow, it’s steep and gets dangerously icy. We will be back!! This is our 4th time in 2 years to the area. It’s just gorgeous and the ski resorts so easy and quick to drive to ( they do close road for 3 hours if an avalanche covers parts of the road, pay attention to U Dot. But snow removal is very efficient here!) The Modern Moose is amazing!!
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

K L.

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

Utah Ski

An amazing property as described with great responsive hosts.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stuart V., Smyrna, GA

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

Great place for family time!

Modern Moose was a great home base for our family over a long ski trip. The kitchen made it easy to cook big meals, the dining room table let us all sit together, and the bedrooms offered good spaces to rest/relax. Thanks for providing a great place for family time! There were many small things we liked: -modern and well-designed interior with plenty of space for our family of 8 -comfortable beds/linens -large dining room table that seats 10 -very cozy living room couch -well equipped kitchen -convenient location for getting to ski slopes -easy parking for 3 cars (including garage space for 1 medium-sized vehicle) -there are lots of hiking trails nearby as well as a park -ski boot/glove dryer -good washer/dryer -the driveway was quickly shoveled after a big storm A few things to be aware of: -the home is right on Wasatch Blvd, which generates quite a bit of road noise all day/night especially in one of the upstairs bedrooms -the hot tub is set at 91 degrees when you arrive; be sure to turn it up a few hours before you want to hop in -there's only one thermostat for the whole house, but the temperature stays fairly even throughout; bedrooms can get a little chilly at night but the blankets are warm
Stayed 10 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Raechel H.

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

We love the Moose!

We have stayed at this property twice and it has been awesome both times. The property owner is super easy to communicate with and is very attentive. The property is a perfect location for skiing both canyons and has plenty of space for everyone. It’s clean and nice and truly has everything you need!
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Robert L.

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

couples skiing the canyons'!

Great friends, great snow, and a very nice place to spend time together! Most likely be back next next year. Hosts were very responsive and helpful!
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kevin M., Emeryville, CA

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

Does not disappoint!

Stayed here with a friend group to hit the slopes and it was one of the best places we've rented in SLC in our 10+ year run. Very convenient access to both canyon roads/resorts and the renovations in the home are much better than the rest of the rental stock in the area. Will definitely look to book again when we're back in the area.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

Awesome entry to snowbird powder

Flawless
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Katie B.

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

Perfect!

So happy we found this house! It was perfect for adults and kids/teens. Super convenient location, clean, and Shay was easy to contact! Would stay here again in a heartbeat!!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

About the host

Hosted by Shay Goulding Meurer

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We have lived a good portion of our lives on the beach or near the mountains. The mountains always call us back and we returned to Salt Lake City in 2020. We are excited to raise our little guy near the mountains. We love that on the way home from school or work we can take a quick detour up the mountain to throw rocks in the river or go hiking and look for moose. Our little guy started skiing last year at 2.5 and rode the big lifts for the first time this year. So far he loves it as much as we do.

Why they chose this property

The Modern Moose is located at the base of the Wasatch mountain range within 15-20 minutes of 4 resorts with the Greatest Snow on Earth! (Snowbird, Alta, Solitude & Brighton). The mountains aren't going anywhere and the Modern Moose gets you as close to it as you can be while still being an easy hop to the freeway to head downtown, to Park City, or to the airport. Walk to the grocery stores or on greener days walk just 200 yards to the park and tennis courts or pick one of the many spectacular hikes around. It really is an ideal location and we hope your experience at the Modern Moose agrees.

What makes this property unique

We love our furry friends too. You are welcome to bring one, but know that there is a $250 non-refundable deposit to help us with any potential damage or concerns with your extra little guest.
Also included is a $2,500.00 Damage Deposit which is fully refundable. Our goal and yours is to return it in full every time. The deposit will cover only the cost to repair or replace any damage to the home, furniture or items damaged or taken during the stay.

Languages:

French, Spanish

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