Capturing the Spirit of the Holidays

From Christmas trees in every corner to the smells of warm gingerbread throughout the Pine Room, one thing is for sure… we know how to celebrate the holidays at Skytop Lodge.  Check out this great video put together by Blue Ridge Communications TV-13.  It really captures the spirit of Skytop! Tonight we have our firework celebration, and tomorrow our annual New Year’s Eve Ball! ...

And the Gingerbread winner is…

Congratulations to Wm Eric Matson, our holiday trivia winner!! We tested everyone’s gingerbread knowledge through a fun trivia contest on Facebook (candy canes and royal icing might have been thrown, but we promise no elves were hurt in the process!).  Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday a new trivia question was posted.  Each time you correctly answered, your name was entered in the drawing...

WNEP Showcases Skytop’s Gingerbread House

The holiday season is in full swing at Skytop Lodge!  We’re busy trimming trees, arranging decorations, and baking. This year we came up with an enchanted woodland forest theme, incorporating a lot of natural elements, and television station WNEP took notice as you can see in this recent news clip, http://bit.ly/eL9EID. Assembly started soon after Thanksgiving and we’re almost done,...

Skytop in the news

Jump on the gingerbread train and follow the cookie-crumb path to edible architecture!  The holidays couldn’t be a better time to visit Skytop Lodge, and our family-friendly festivities are generating a lot of buzz. Our famous Gingerbread House and cookie-decorating classes were recently featured in the Miami Herald (http://bit.ly/a2WUqm), Tampa Tribune, (http://bit.ly/dAyuxX) and Dallas...

‘Tis the season — for Gi’normous Gingerbread Houses

Don’t know about you, but this is my favorite time of year!  Do visions of sugarplums, candy canes, gumdrops, and fanciful gingerbread houses dance in your head?  Don’t have time to whip-up a Gingerbread creation of your own.  No worries, as pastry chef, Christina Kuhar, and her culinary team of elves are busy preparing and building a lifesize Gingerbread House that delights children and...