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9.2 out of 10
Wonderful

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4 bedrooms3 bathroomsSleeps 101900 sq ft

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Washer
  • Dryer
  • Pet friendly
  • Air conditioning
  • Outdoor Space

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Sugar Mountain, NC
  • Place, Sugar Mountain Resort
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Place, Sugar Creek Gem Mine
    ‪18 min walk‬
  • Place, Grandfather Mountain State Park
    ‪3 min drive‬

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About the neighborhood

Banner Elk

With a stay at this vacation home in Banner Elk, you'll be on the waterfront, within a 5-minute drive of Sugar Mountain Resort and Sugar Creek Gem Mine. .This family-friendly vacation home is 8.9 mi (14.3 km) from Beech Mountain Resort and 9.1 mi (14.7 km) from Pisgah National Forest.

What's nearby

  • Sugar Mountain Resort - 9 min walk - 0.5 miles
  • Sugar Creek Gem Mine - 18 min walk - 1.0 mile
  • Linville River - 2 min drive - 0.9 miles
  • Grandfather Mountain State Park - 3 min drive - 1.5 miles
  • Grandfather Mountain - 16 min drive - 10.1 miles

Getting around

  • Tri-Cities, TN (TRI-Tri-Cities Regional) - 84 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Banner Elk Cafe - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Blink Elk Tap Room - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Town Tavern of Banner Elk - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Kettell Beerworks - ‬9 min drive

About this property

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You'll have the entire home to yourself and will only share it with other guests in your party.

Single-story home in the woods with game room and gas fireplace

Mossy Creek Haus

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Mossy Creek Haus – Creekside Mountain Retreat Near Sugar Mountain
Welcome to Mossy Creek Haus, a peaceful mountain escape nestled in the woods beside a relaxing babbling creek and located around the corner from Sugar Mountain Resort. Perfect for families, couples, ski trips, and group getaways, this spacious single-story retreat combines comfort, entertainment, and an unbeatable mountain location.

With over 50 glowing guest reviews, visitors consistently describe Mossy Creek Haus as a warm and welcoming place where families gather, reconnect, and create lasting memories. The home is known for its spacious layout, exceptional cleanliness, and thoughtfully designed living spaces that allow everyone to spread out comfortably while still enjoying time together.

One of the home’s standout features is the beautiful creek flowing behind the property. Guests love relaxing in the enclosed sunroom while listening to the soothing sounds of the stream each morning with coffee or tea in hand. Surrounded by nature, the home offers a peaceful setting while remaining close to all the area’s top attractions.

Inside, guests will enjoy:

Three separate living areas for gathering and relaxing
Two cozy gas fireplaces
Spacious seating areas with flatscreen TVs
A fully equipped kitchen with stainless steel appliances
Dining space perfect for family meals and game nights
The home comfortably accommodates families and groups with:

2 King Bedrooms
1 Queen Bedroom
1 Bunk Room with a twin-over-queen bunk and a single setup
For even more fun, the garage has been transformed into a game space featuring both a foosball table and Ping-Pong table, making it the perfect spot for friendly competition after a day on the slopes or hiking the mountains.

Step outside to enjoy:

Private firepit for evenings under the stars
Creekside outdoor spaces
Private gas grill
Deck and patio areas surrounded by woods
Perfect Location for Year-Round Adventure
Mossy Creek Haus offers an easy flat drive-in from the Sugar Mountain entrance, making winter access far easier than many mountain properties. The Sugar Mountain Lodge is right around the corner, allowing guests quick and convenient access to:

Skiing & snowboarding
Snow tubing
Outdoor ice skating
Mountain bike tours
Golf
The area also offers incredible sightseeing and adventure opportunities nearby, including:

Grandfather Mountain
Mile High Swinging Bridge
Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster — located less than two miles away and perfect for thrill-seekers
Foggy Mountain Gem Mine
Amenities Include
Creekfront setting
High-speed internet & cable
Private washer/dryer
Central heat & AC
Dog-friendly (up to 2 dogs)
Parking for 3 vehicles
Game space with foosball & Ping-Pong
Firepit
Gas grill
Family-friendly layout
Whether you’re planning a ski vacation, summer mountain retreat, family reunion, or relaxing weekend getaway, Mossy Creek Haus offers the perfect blend of comfort, entertainment, and mountain charm in the heart of North Carolina’s High Country.

THINGS TO KNOW
This property is managed by Vacasa North Carolina LLC.

If you are bringing a dog on your trip, the pet fee is already included in your quote when selecting ‘Yes’ to pets. If you would like to add more dogs, please contact us.

Parking notes: There is free parking available for 3 vehicles.
This rental is located on floor 1.

Ski shuttle details:




Due to local laws or HOA requirements, guests must be at least 25 years of age to book. Guests under 25 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian for the duration of the reservation.
Make yourself comfortable in this air-conditioned vacation home, which features a fireplace. There's a private patio. A kitchen is outfitted with a refrigerator, an oven, and a stovetop. Conveniences include a microwave and a coffee/tea maker.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as an arcade/game room and barbecue grills.
Guests will find features like internet access and onsite parking.

Property amenities

Ski

  • Close to skiing
  • Snowboarding nearby

Internet

  • Available in the house: Internet access

Parking and transportation

  • Car required
  • Parking on site

Kitchen

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Dishwasher
  • Ice maker
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Refrigerator
  • Stovetop
  • Toaster

Bedrooms

  • 4 bedrooms
  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • 3 bathrooms
  • Towels provided

Living spaces

  • Fireplace
  • Living room
  • Separate dining area

Entertainment

  • Books
  • TV with cable/satellite channels

Outdoor areas

  • Barbecue grill
  • Firepit
  • Garden
  • Patio

Laundry

  • Laundry facilities
  • Washing machine

Comfort

  • Air conditioning
  • Heating

Pets

  • Pet friendly

Suitability/Accessibility

  • Smoking not allowed
  • Note from host: Smoking is not permitted anywhere on the premises.

Services and conveniences

  • Iron/ironing board

Location highlights

  • In a village
  • In the mountains
  • Near a hospital
  • Near a zoo
  • On the waterfront

Things to do

  • Arcade/game room
  • Foosball table
  • Table tennis
  • Birdwatching nearby
  • Fishing nearby
  • Hiking/biking trails nearby
  • Ice skating nearby
  • Kayaking nearby
  • Mountain biking nearby
  • Rafting nearby
  • Rock climbing nearby
  • Sledding nearby
  • Swimming nearby
  • Theme park nearby
  • Water tubing nearby
  • Wildlife walks nearby

Safety features

  • Carbon monoxide detector (host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property)
  • Smoke detector (host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property)
  • First aid kit
  • Fire extinguisher
  • Deadbolt lock

General

  • Garden
  • Unit size: 1,900 square feet

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 4:00 PM
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 25

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

You will receive an email from the host with check-in and check-out instructions
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Rules

For information about quiet hours, please refer to the listing description.

Pets

Pets allowed
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Note from host: Dogs only. Max of 2.

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Events

No events allowed

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
Smoking is not permitted anywhere on the premises.

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
Onsite parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit, and a deadbolt lock
This property is managed through our partner, Vrbo. You will receive an email from Vrbo with a link to a Vrbo account, where you can change or cancel your reservation

We should mention

A car is required for transportation to and from this property

Property is also known as

45303
Lovely Home in the Woods w/ a Game Room Free Wifi gas Fireplaces

Single-story home in the woods with game room and gas fireplace Reviews

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 26 out of 40 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 11 out of 40 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 40 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 40 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 40 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Ryan P.

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

Great location

We had a wonderful time.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

chris w.

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

Great Winter Holiday

Great house a short walk from Sugar Mountain. We really enjoyed our stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Matthew G.

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

Great stay ... very close to sugar mountain Ski

Terrific house with waterfall on Sugar Mountain!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2020
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

Bonnie A.

Beautiful home inside and out.

About a 3 minute drive to sugar lower slopes Waterfall behind the home is just beautiful.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Heather R.

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

Oktoberfest 2023

This is our second year at this property and we love it. Perfect spot right by the festival with plenty of room for 3 generations to gather, play, and enjoy the sounds of the brook. Just a wonderful space.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Thomas A.

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

Everything is excellent

Great location. 3 minute drive to Sugar Mountain ski resort. Clean and spacious. Very well maintained. Great communication with management company.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Sheri C.

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

Mossy Lane

Enjoyed our stay at this VRBO, it was convenient to everything we had planned. The house was spacious and had it been a little less rainy we would have had a campfire in the nice area they have outside. Would highly recommend this house.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
From a partner site

6/10 Okay

Maggie C.

Great space but…

The layout and space of the house was great. Nice fire pit and outside woods for my kids to play in.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
From a partner site

8/10 Good

Dave D.

Nice getaway

We stayed over Thanksgiving. The home is laid out nicely for a large family gathering. Great location to restaurants, skiing, the alpine coaster, hiking, etc.. The home does need some updates to appliances (refrigerator door didn't close fully and oven temperature is off). Overall a good place for a mountain getaway.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023
From a partner site

8/10 Good

Zachary D.

Vacasa home

Home was plenty big enough for nine people to stay in comfortably. Everything was clean if you’re wondering about that. Only complaint is they didn’t give enough towels and bathroom light kept flickering. Other than that I’d go back to stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

James R.

Perfect getaway

The Mossy Haus was perfect for us to escape for a few days with our adult children. Each were able to have their own bedroom and bath and the house was set up well, from the games in the solarium, to the multiple big screen tv’s and sofa’s. The kitchen was well stocked and the outdoor grill worked well. We also enjoyed the fire pit! The house was clean and conveniently located to Sugar mountain, Banner Elk and Boone. We had a great stay and will definitely be coming back. JR
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Verified

8/10 Good

Stacie E.

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

Great location to the ski slopes

We rented this house for the family after Christmas. When we arrived the driveway was fully iced over. We were unable to get up the driveway at all for 3 days. It would have been nice for the management company to contact us to let know before we arrived. We were not prepared for this. The fireplaces were also not working. We called customer service who said they would send someone out but no one ever showed. Other than that the house was great and awesome location.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2022
From a partner site

8/10 Good

Philip f.

Awesome Trip

The layout of the house was perfect for our group of 6. We came to Ski for a few days and you couldn’t ask for a better location. The house was stocked with all our needs and the beds were comfortable. Great house we will return
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2022
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

Viviane C.

Wonderful stay at Thanksgiving

This house was nearly perfect for three couples and three young children. There are some quirks, like the bunk bedroom right off the kitchen, which means it's hard to do anything in the kitchen without waking up sleeping children. Having two bedrooms with king beds was wonderful, as was the two private bathrooms, one a recently added bathroom converted from a closet. And the second living room in the back meant the adults could hang out there in the evening and not disturb the children. The table tennis and foosball table would have been more fun if it hadn't been in the 30's and 40's, so a good-sized space heater would have made it possible to stay out there a little more comfortably. The mountain creek in the back was absolutely beautiful and the children spent a lot of time climbing around and exploring the steep terrain behind the house. The main downside was the kitchen was very poorly stocked, but Vacasa (namely, Sarah) went out on Thanksgiving morning and bought silverware and a generous supply of pots and pans and saved the day. There were 2 little spoons, 5 big spoons, 5 knives, and maybe 6 forks and a small frying pan that had lost its nonstickness and a pot too small to make our chili. Kudos to Sarah! And when they tell you snow tires/chains, they mean it! The driveway is very steep and we were lucky the temps weren't a little colder or the rain would have been snow and we'd have had to park in the gravel lot at Sugar and carry all our things up. We would stay again but unfortunately, two of the parties we were having Thanksgiving with brought dogs that had to stay in their cars. No blame for the owners to decide to remove the pet-friendly addition and if it were just us and coming in the summer, we would probably consider it. It's a good location and a pretty easy in/out of Sugar to go to other places.
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

Araceli A.

Great family getaway

The location is perfect. Amazing house, great for family. It has everything you need.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022
Verified

8/10 Good

Christian K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location, listing accuracy
Disliked: Communication

Conveniently located

Overall we enjoyed our stay because we weren’t at the house much, the house is in a great location to get to trails, activities, and food easily. Had a few hiccups, no bed linens were on site upon checking in and when we finally received they were dropped off in trash bags for us to do and some towels were still damp in the bags. Next don’t plan to cook many meals, the grill wouldn’t heat up and the kitchen items are minimum. We attempted the gas logs in the living room however the blower sounded like a wind tunnel (probably needs replacing). Luckily we didn’t need to or want to be in the house much with our activities we had planned. And be prepared to have to pay extra for a late checkout ,which we did despite the hiccups in the property management.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Heather R.

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

Beautiful Fall Weekend

Three generations gathered for Oktoberfest and a wonderful extended time in the mountains. The house was lovely and spacious and had all the amenities we needed. Location was great to enjoy the festival on Sugar (walking distance to the resort!) and as a main base for day trips throughout the area. Only a couple of hiccups with there not being a bunk bed as we saw in the pictures (we shifted kids on couches) and the water being turned off a day early as they thought we'd left (I contacted the utilities company and they sent someone to investigate and got it back on). But no worries--was still a special time (thank you!!)
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Alicja S.

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

Beautiful mountain retreat

We came with family group aged 2-76 years and all found it comfortable and cozy. Loved that there are two living room areas and the beds were comfortable which was awesome. Kids loved the bunk beds and they were large enough for us too which was helpful. Linens provided were good quality. Kitchen well stocked. Loved that they also provided complimentary dishwasher tabs and dish soap with new sponge so you don't have to pack those necessities. My kids are already asking when we can go back!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Blas S.

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

Beautiful house

Great house, amazing location
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2022
From a partner site

8/10 Good

Scott M.

Presidents weekend

The set up was fine. House was clean. Great location.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

donna p.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Disliked: Cleanliness

Wonderful

We had the most enjoyable stay at this home. It was so close to sugar mountain and made it perfect for us to sneak away for some night skiing. The beautiful back yard is where we spent most of our time when we were here. The beautiful scenery and sound of the water and nature was unbelievable. The only thing negative I would say is that we couldn't check in earlier due to them stating they needed adequate time to properly clean the house. However we arrived at 4pm as stated and there were empty water bottles under the bed and in the livingroom along with a lot of dust on the dressers and bathroom. The towels smelled smokey and some bedding was stained. But it was nothing a quick little cleaning on our part, to make it feel like home. I would definitely stay here again. And recommend this place to family and friends. We will be back next year to have another amazing family vacation.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2022
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

Chris H.

Wonderful

The house was perfect.
From a partner site

6/10 Okay

Elizabeth C.

Sugar Mountain

The location was perfect for access to SUGAR Mountain.
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer T.

Great Getaway!!

This house is Immaculate! The sounds of the waterfall calming. Room enough for everyone to stretch out and enjoy time with family. Convenient to the slopes and shops.
From a partner site

8/10 Good

Stephanie V.

Spacious Home

This home had many beds to accommodate a large group of people. Could have been cleaned better as some areas seemed dirtier than others. We also ran out of paper towels, it would have been nice to have cleaning supplies available.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021