Grown-Up Getaway Summer Cabin! 2-person, rustic western cabin-Nestled in trees, along river in the heart of Colorado Rockies. 2nd Historic Glamping Bunk House available for up to 2 extra guests (ADDITIONAL FEES PER PERSON) Hiking, biking, great restaurants. For the adventuresome-NOT for those seeking the conventional. This is Real Cabin West.**Ask about Enchanted Elopement packages with caring minister, photos, honeymoon & more! Cozy, log studio PLUS Glamping for creative retreat or honeymoon.

The space
PLEASE READ ALL--Wise Acre is better than glamping -- a RUSTIC, artfully designed, very LOCAL, whimsical compound of cabins and cottages. Airbnb pricing includes one studio cabin for up to 2 people.
If you choose to add more than 2 guests, for an additional fee per person, per night, you will have access to our second, rustic glamping guesthouse, which also sleeps 2 people. You have the option to choose only the attached, though separate, Living Studio with separate entrance, connected to Main Cabin where hosts Marcie and Mark live-- or ADD the ruggedly elegant historic, separate Writers' Cabin. And no other guests but YOU! The Studio has a a dining area for 3, an office area with desk and etagere and built in shelving, sleep in the loft with brand new Full floor mattress and on the main floor there is a great mattress on a Single daybed. The other Historic Bunk Cabin has comfy sleeping for 2 extra folks--NOTE**100 feet down a gently-lit driveway to the Studio bathroom, full kitchen and other sleeping areas. All in an enchanting National Wildlife Federation Certified Backyard Wildlife Refuge.
Remember sleep-away camp? Bring your swimsuits and river shoes. There are dipping holes in the East River--right in the back yard. Campfires, s'mores, fishing poles, snuggly, vintage tartan blankets, log cabin nights, great old books, Nat Geo magazines, board games, rushing streams, wildflower picnics, brilliant stars. That's Wise Acre, capturing 100 years of great American camp memories! Always mountain cool, shady and quiet, surrounded by stream and river, Wise Acre is an oasis in the high country of the West and Southwest.
And, like Sleep-away camp, if you wish to include up to 2 EXTRA people, for an additional fee-Per Person, guests may also sleep in the historic Writers' Bunkhouse Cabin. This has a Full-Queen bed and a single bed. Guests will follow a 100-foot driveway to the en suite bathroom shared with the guest house, the Living Studio.
NOTE***The "Heidi Loft" or traditional homesteaders' cabin loft in the rafters above the wood burning stove is accessed by a sturdy, 9-ft. ladder. It is not suitable for children under the age of 9 or those with fitness or mobility issues.
Wise Acre has long been known as a spiritual sanctuary, International Wild Flower Festival site and celebration center to people throughout the valley and beyond.
Hosts Marcie Telander and Mark Schwiesow are well-established elders of the extended Valley, having been named "Valley Treasures" by the Crested Butte International Wildflower Festival.
We are grateful and honored to be community organizers, festivarians, writers and Earth-Justice advocates. Originally Midwesterners from Chicago, we were seeking to create a forward-thinking arts and writing compound. We came to Crested Butte and founded Wise Acre as eco-journalists, filmmakers and photographers--over 40 years ago. ***For more information and a wild and wonderful visual journey through our unique community, we would be honored if you viewed Marcie Telander's TEDXTalk including years of local history, tradition and ecological activism: "TRANSFORMING COMMUNITY: Celebrating Stories and Spirit of Place."
You can also read about our move to the valley, being enriched by Wise Acre and the 43 years through which we have offered, and continue to offer our services as preservers and protectors of our environment and wildly unique MoBoho (Mountain Bohemian) Community. Check Amazon for Marcie's essay and poetry in the award-winning collection: RITUAL AND HEALING: Stories of Ordinary and Extraordinary Transformation.
Guests have access to the private fishing in our back yard, walking our labyrinth, *bonfires in the fire-pit, the Writing Cabin and the Studio Living Space. There are also hammocks in the woodlands along our stream and the banks of the East River.
*Wise Acre is 420 Friendly with smoking OUTSIDE ONLY--
*if there are no fire and drought restrictions in place in the valley.

Guest access
The beautiful 1-acre property is shared with the hosts who live in the Main Cabin. The Living Studio has a separate entrance and has luxurious, soft bamboo sheets, fluffy towels, organic shampoo, conditioner, soaps and all the amenities to prep and make meals, refrigerator, etc. You will have private parking, off-street and right next to the Historic Bunkhouse/Writers' Cabin. If you should add up to 2 additional guests (extra fees per person) they would sleep in the Bunkhouse Cabin which DOES NOT have plumbing. **NOTE: You walk down a gently lit, 100-foot driveway to the studio/bath/kitchen/loft.
In your Sleeping/Living Cabin we stock the kitchen with fabulous, locally, fresh-roasted coffee from the Camp 4 Coffee bar--located just 1 mile away from your door. You can buy fresh homemade pastries and breakfast burritos at Camp 4 from 6am-11am every day. A very, Crested Buttian favorite! The studio also has breakfast choices including organic, local granola, English muffins, eggs, butter, jam, a french coffee press, organic teas, organic honey, stevia, sugar and local coffee. Olive oil, salt, pepper, spices and a range of basic kitchen equipment, cutlery are provided. We also provide seasonal fruits and chocolate treats, popcorn, crackers, chips, organic cereal, cream, plus fresh spring water from a local mountain spring close by.
On a lovely summer eve we like to share iced tea or a glass of wine with guest/s around our campfire in the green, green river gardens.
If your stay is 5 days or longer, you will have access to the washer and dryer in the Main Log House where we live. This will need to be in the evening or weekend with either Marcie or Mark showing you the way things work.
The Bunkhouse/Writer's Cabin, fire-pit, back yard, riverside deck and 2 patios are available for your enjoyment. PLUS right out your door you will find world-class Hiking and Mountain Biking trails just up the road. Superb trout fishing in the back yard. 7 miles from Crested Butte, Historic District and Wildflower Capital of Colorado, casual, classy restaurants and joyous locals.
If you add one of our ENCHANTED LOVE ELOPEMENTS, you will also have access to Marcie's ordained ministerial services to co-creative a glorious celebration with you. Plus our full micro-wedding services with ENCHANTED LOVE Artists and your honeymoon vacation here at Wise Acre. This sweet deal includes support in helping you create your vows, officiation of your ceremony, an ancient wedding tradition of Handfasting with a special red cord and professional photography of your engagement or elopement weekend, plus amazing Outdoor venues in our beautiful mountain valley amazing candid portraits and a weekend of photography by Mark Schwiesow.
We also provide gorgeous floral wreaths, combs and Wedding Crown and floral Wedding Arch and bouquet designs created just for you by artist and photo stylist Jo Ellipsis, make-up and hair-styling recommendations flowers and champagne if you choose plus local pastry chefs for a sweet treat for your sweet honeymoon outdoor picnic at Wise Acre.
At Wise Acre we also provide the Costume Cabin for Elopements where you will find Cosplay and ceremonial regalia to add to your wedding finery and help you choose from Woodland Wedding, Mountain Woman and Man, Leather and Lace, Gypsy, Mountain Bohemian, Fairy Tales, Medieval-Renaissance, Viking, Wild West and more magical costumes and enchanting wedding and ceremony styles.

CLOSE BY--Within 1 Mile are: Camp 4 gourmet coffee and pastries shop; Red Mountain Liquors featuring fine wines and spirits and craft beers; Tully's Restaurant and bar--American comfort food--very, very family and LOCAL; Wooden Spoon Restaurant and General Store and gourmet All-American food and pizzeria.

Other things to note
PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO THE EXTRA TIME TO CLEAN AND UTILIZE A PROFESSIONAL, THOROUGH STERILIZING PROCESS, OUR 4:00 P.M. CHECK-IN MUST BE ADHERED TO! No more than 4 guests in the 2 cabins. No pets. Not suitable for infants or children under 9 years, 9-foot ladder to the sleeping Loft requires good mobility and fitness. Also, back-country ATVs, RZRs or dirt bikes, large boats or trailers or large RV's cannot be parked or used out of Wise Acre. Rooftop and vehicle-mounted kayaks, canoes and bicycles,-mountain and road bikes-are welcome.
The additional historic Bunkhouse/Writers' Cabin for 2 extra guests does not have plumbing and is 100-feet from the Studio with Bath/Kitchen/Loft/Living Room. It does have an outdoor shower house and composting toilet, and sink attached.
If our Rocky Mountain region is under a restricted Fire Ban, we will not be making bonfires, saunas or using indoor wood burning stoves. No smoking will also be in effect. Because we are quite rural, we have relatively limited electricity and touchy septic systems. We will give you further important rules and specifics about use of bathroom, kitchen water and electricity conservation.
We take all of our trash and recycling to a location in Gunnison--17 miles south of Crested Butte.
Marcie is a psychotherapist in private practice and sees clients in specific parts of the large Wise Acre yard and Labyrinth. Sometimes we have group gatherings in the riverside sauna, around the large front yard and fire pit. We will, of course, alert you to any group activities which may be happening during your stay, and which might restrict any outdoor areas. Reading & critiquing WRITERS' packages with notes available!
Enchanted Love Elopements Weddings full-service packages are our specialty.