Good job Dr. Jab, especially with the maps. Given that I live right in this area, and have used this hotel many times for guests or to burn a "worthless" Cat 4 to earn a hotel run one night credit, I'll comment.

The sidewalk is maybe icy and not walkable 10 days in a year. Some due to global warming maybe, some due to past years the commercial property owners and city/county not have labor shortages, some due to bad snow years - who knows - but it's rare that even a couple days after a foot dump that the street and sidewalk don't have much of their snow melt away.

Your walk in the morning details are quite accurate. I'll estimate the walk back in afternoon (from bus stop, across Hwy 224) is exaggerated and more like 100m not 200m. All that said, for a HP no where near the mtn and not having a shuttle these distances are kind of attractive, and for the price... after all expectations are this isn't ski in/out. And, the poor reliability on the new Spiro HV buses routes 101 and 105 really sucks (labor shortage they say, whatever I say) - but that's not the property's fault.

As for the property itself, well, does anyone expect that free breakfast to be anything but absolute fake food no nutricion borderline poison (sugars, seed oils, saturated fats) for the body crap? Again, it's a HP. And, thanks for the trip back to the '90s with the comment on the alarm clock. I mean, I'm almost 60 and still have one on my nightstand, but with an iPhone (I suspect an Android is no different) who uses one of those lol.

For the expert to extreme level type skier who is very comfortable hiking/walking in boots while schlep, ah, carrying skis, the best way to return to the property at day-end is to ski down under the Waldorf Gondola then walk from there to the rear entrance of the property. For a family, the best plan is to pay up for ski in/out, or face the wrath of the kids (which I do weekly with my seven year old HAHA when I make her use the bus).