Trillium Mountain Cabin

09/30/2026

Since our guests love seeing bears, and many times they are unaware of the visits while inside, we’re rolling out beta testing on a “Wildlife Alert” system. The guest scans a QR code, a form pops up, and they provide a name, email address, cell phone number and number of days of their reservation, and when an animal is spotted in an identified zone of the property with our cameras, they will receive this text message:
Trillium Mountain Cabin Wildlife Alert: Wildlife, possibly black bear(s) detected on the property. Please remain aware and keep your distance. For safety tips, visit BearWise.org. Reply STOP to opt out. Msg & data rates may apply.
The photos are of successful alerts and the resulting text messages.
We’re hoping this adds to our guests experience.

08/02/2026

A Little Cabin Geekery (That Guests Will Never See, But Makes a Big Difference)

I’m always looking for ways to make Trillium Mountain Cabin run smarter behind the scenes. Our newest upgrade adds live propane tank monitoring directly into the generator dashboard—something our guests will never notice, but that helps us keep the cabin reliable and ready no matter the weather.

This gives us real‑time fuel levels, better awareness during storms or cold snaps, and confidence that the backup systems are always prepared—even when we’re 500 miles away. It also ties into our automated generator exercise routines, so the system can run its scheduled health checks without us having to be on‑site.

What I love most is that it’s powered by a tiny Raspberry Pi running the free, open‑source GenMon project. Generac offers a paid monitoring service, but this open‑source setup is actually more feature‑rich and gives us deeper insight without subscription fees. It’s a great example of how thoughtful tech can quietly improve the guest experience without ever getting in the way.

Here's the dashboard snapshot. It’s pretty cool seeing everything tied together behind the scenes.

07/18/2026

Here's an indication of bear and animal activity Mountain

07/08/2026

Quadruplets! They had just finished up checking out housekeeping's pickup truck bed

07/01/2026

We have fiberglass marking rod reflectors along our driveway for safety. Occasionally they end up being removed by guests, or so we thought. I had no idea bear cubs were so mischievous. Enjoy the twanging!!

06/08/2026

I hope these bear and cub videos aren’t getting old. They stopped by again this weekend, and it was just too sweet not to share.

03/02/2026

Don’t let the word “rustic” fool you—Trillium Mountain is fully equipped for modern comfort and rock‑solid reliability.

Our network runs on enterprise‑grade UniFi equipment, including the latest WiFi 7 access points powered by AT&T 1Gb Fiber with automatic Spectrum failover. All five TVs are hard‑wired with CAT6a to our UniFi Layer 3 Etherlighting 48‑port PoE switch for fast, stable streaming.

And with a Generac whole‑home generator and a UPS, the technology stays online even when the power doesn’t.

12/29/2025

More great guest reviews coming in from our co-host's Google Business Profile:

★★★★★

12/29/2025

Google review of Trillium Mountain on our co-host's Google Business Profile:

★★★★★

12/18/2025

Another stellar review:

★★★★★