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The resort is relaxed but with a host of recreational options: hiking (over 85 miles of trails), mountain-biking (bikes available for rental onsite), snow-shoeing, snow tubing, rock climbing, cross-country skiing, ice skating, tennis, golf, horseback riding, shuffleboard and basketball.
In summer the lake is a center of activity in summer, with a swimming beach, boating and fishing.
Should rain keeps your kids indoors, there's a selection of puzzles and board games available. There's also a library with a small selection of kids books, as well as is communal large-screen TV off of the main parlor, where it could be fun to watch, say, a Yankees-Red Sox game with other visitors. If you must (like my kid), there is a modest game room tucked away in a small room on the first floor.
Add to this a host of spa services, exercise classes and special programs, and a family will never want for something to do.
Kids Club
The Council House just up the hill from the main building houses Mohonk's active kids program. As you enter, notice the handmade sign for "Record for most newts caught." The figure was in the 60s.
The Kids Club operates in summer and on weekends and on a limited schedule off peak. The program is structured but flexible based on the dynamics and interests and weather. Kids are divided into three age groups: Tykes (ages 2 to 3), Explorers (ages 4 to 6), and Adventurers (ages 7 to 12). Activities can range from arts and crafts and indoor games to rock scrambling, ice skating, lawn games, sports, pony rides, boat rides and scavenger hunts. Many activities skew to Mohonk's natural surroundings, including a "Junior Naturalist" program in which kids do hands-on environmental explorations. Occasionally the program might include movie watching (my personal bugaboo with vacation kids-clubs).
In July and August there are teen programs that feature supervised activities such as daylong hikes, golf or tennis. There are also summer evening programs for kids -- ice cream sundae socials, dance parties, campfires and the like.
There's a wooded playground for toddlers and younger kids, and a jogging strollers are available so that parents can explore the grounds with babies.
Barn Museum
It's worth a visit the barn museum just across the road. Like the hotel itself, the barn is rambling and fun to explore. Its rooms and lofts house a collection of antique carriages, cars and sleds, and is also a trove of artifacts from the history of the Mountain House: early elevators and dumb waiters, old room keys and room-service call systems, bathtubs and toilets, signage, and desks, blackboards and books from the days when the hotel served as a school for boys in winter.
Pool
Mohonk's heated indoor pool in the new Spa Wing is lovely and family friendly. Situated in a wood-beamed and windowed enclosure, encircled by lounge chairs, the pool is just the right size and temperature for a pleasant swim. (The underwater sound system was perhaps the only detail that struck me as needless bells-and-whistles.) Depth ranges from a few inches in the shallowest end to 5 feet. There's a small selection of kickboards and floaters and goggles available. Towels are provided and there are changing rooms with lockers, hair dryers and bathing suit dryers. Usually an hour a day is reserved for adult swim, so watch the schedule to know when that occurs. There's a sign-in and key card entry system but there is no lifeguard so kids need to be minded.
Spa
The 2005 addition of a 30,000-square-foot Spa Wing has added to Mohonk's distinction and appeal. It is light filled, pristine, visually appealing and comforting. You can be rubbed with Shawangunk grit, inhale the particular kind of "mountain red" witch hazel that grows on the property, or sink into one of over a dozen other treatments. The Spa also extends Mohonk's historical environmental sensitivity with its "recycled" stone walls, geo-thermal heating and cooling system and "green roof" that helps reduce rain run-off, filters the air, and serves as a sanctuary for birds and butterflies.
The salon offers manicures pedicures for six to 16 year olds, though they are steep at $45, and there are several massages and facials available for teens ($70 and up), making the spa one of the more family friendly ones available.
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