Chalet independent inns

A small chalet tucked along Roundabout Road in Killington, Vermont, Viewmont trades the scale of mountain-town resorts for something far quieter. With just a handful of reviews to its name — and a 4.7 rating among them — it reads as the kind of place found by word of mouth rather than billboard. Details are few, which is often the mark of a house that lets the Green Mountains do the talking.

A chalet tucked along Lombard Hill Road in Killington, within reach of Vermont's largest ski mountain. With just nine reviews to its name — all of them five stars — it reads as a small, word-of-mouth sort of stay rather than a marquee address.