Rose Mountain Manor

Stevens Trail: The trailhead begins about 1.5 miles from RMM. Its origins date back to the Gold Rush days, but now it yields a fortune in natural beauty. Historically, the trail connected the town of Iowa Hill with the city of Colfax. Developed by Stevens, an Easterner who showed up in 1859 to look for gold but decided rather than brave the hard work of gold-panning and the ruthless claim-jumpers, he’d let others search for gold. Whether they found it or not, Stevens charged them a toll for using the trail he had built. The current trail extends 4.5 miles along the northwestern slope of the North Fork of the American River Canyon.

Shopping
Within 15 miles of Colfax are the historic towns of Auburn, Grass Valley and Nevada City boasting over 400 shops including, boutiques and other quaint retail stores and 30 antique stores. Take home some bargains from my carefully mapped out Thrift Store route and pick up some garage sales along the way.

American River White Water Rafting is rafting on the North Fork of the American River launches just out of Colfax and several companies offer trips on the Middle Fork of the American River out of Auburn.

Auburn: Golf Magazine chose DarkHorse as one of its Top 10 You Can Play in America; Golf Digest honored DarkHorse as one of its Best New Affordable Public Courses. The Sacramento Bee voted the club as its No. 1 course to play in the Sacramento area within 6 month of its opening in 2002. Five other public golf course and two limited public courses in the area...

Bear Hugs
A delightfully cozy room with a treasured collection of handsome bears and a four-poster queen-size bed.

Seashore Serenity
A peaceful room inspired by its ocean theme, a beautiful white iron queen-size bed and the soothing sound of a fountain.

Guardian Angels
An angelically designed room with separate sitting area, high four-poster bed and private whirlpool bath.