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Mountain Lakes Await You

A small kitchen, an old starter and a belief that good bread brings people together. Here's how it all began.

Lakeside cabin nestled among evergreens with morning mist rising from the water
Our beginning

Wake to Morning Mist Over Still Water

It started with weekend loaves for friends and neighbours. Word spread faster than we could bake, and before long we'd swapped the kitchen table for a little shopfront on the corner.

Today we're a bakery and coffee house rolled into one — but the heart of it hasn't budged. Same starter, same slow mornings, same welcome.

What we care about

Log Cabin Retreats by Forest

Lakeside Cabin Stays

Locally milled flour, real butter and seasonal fruit. Nothing we can't pronounce.

Wooden Cabins & Peaks

Long, slow ferments give our bread its flavour. You can't hurry a good loaf.

A warm welcome

A café should feel like someone's kitchen. Come as you are and stay as long as you like.

In the kitchen

Made by hand, before the sun's up

Our day starts at four in the morning, when the ovens go on and the first doughs get shaped. By the time the doors open, the counter's full and the whole street smells like breakfast.

It's early, floury, tiring work — and we wouldn't trade it for anything. There's real joy in handing someone a warm bun and watching their morning get a little better.

  • Every cabin comes stocked with firewood, fresh linens and a full kitchen for cooking by the lake
  • Water sourced fresh from the mountain spring that feeds the lake
  • Trails maintained daily, never left overgrown
Weathered dock stretching into still forest lake at sunrise
SunriseCoffee brewing
StarlitStill water reflection
9Seasons by the shore
1Old family recipes
The hosts

The people who know these lakes

A small team who've lived here for years — and who'll point you toward the best fishing spot or hiking trail without being asked.

Cabin owner standing by the lodge entrance

Sarah Chen

Cabin manager & founder

Up before dawn to stoke the fire, keeper of the guest book, happiest with pine needles in her hair.

Local guide portrait

Alpine Lake Escapes

Grounds keeper

Maintains every dock, boat launch and firepit, and will happily guide you to hidden coves all day.

Hospitality team member portrait

Summer at the Lake House

Welcome & guest services

The warm greeting when you arrive and the one who remembers you take your coffee black and prefer the cabin with the lake view.

Winter Cabin Rentals Available

Settle into a cabin, light the fire and watch the morning mist lift off the water. We'd love to have you.