North Idaho Wedding Venue · Naples, Idaho

Fifty-plus private acres,
and a roof for the rain.

Round Mountain Retreat is a forest wedding venue thirty minutes from Sandpoint — with a covered event building, an open-air ceremony deck, and cabins and yurts that sleep 40+ so your people never have to drive home.

  • Ceremony outdoors on the deck, or under cover in the pavilion
  • The whole property is yours, with lodging for forty of your guests included
  • Tables, chairs, linens, sound system and a cocktail bar come with it
  • From $2,000 off-peak and $4,000 peak, for up to 120 guests
50+ private acres 20 min from Bonners Ferry 30 min from Sandpoint
from $2,000
Whole property
Off-peak dates · $4,000 peak
50+
Private acres
One wedding at a time
120
Guests
Elopements to full receptions
40
Sleep on site
Cabins & yurts, included
The Spaces

One property, three rooms
— none of them indoors in the usual sense

You are not renting a ballroom with a forest photo on the website. You are renting the forest, and a building that opens straight into it.

The open-air ceremony deck at Round Mountain Retreat set for a wedding — white chairs in rows either side of the aisle, a flower-dressed timber arbor at the treeline and evergreen forest all around.
Outdoors

The Ceremony Deck

A broad timber deck at the edge of the trees, strung with lights and set with a draped arch. West-facing, which is why the late light does what it does here.

  • Open air
  • Golden-hour light
  • Steps down to the lawn
The covered pavilion at Round Mountain Retreat at golden hour — string lights strung across from the ceremony deck to the eaves, warm light spilling from the rolled-up end door, and the sun setting through the evergreens behind.
Under cover

The Pavilion

Roofed, lit with strings of bulbs, and open at both ends so the forest is still your backdrop. This is the reason a rainy forecast does not ruin anything here.

  • Weather-proof
  • String lighting
  • Doors open to the trees
The pavilion set for a wedding dinner — two long timber banquet tables with linen runners, eucalyptus, taper candles and lanterns, the big end door rolled up on to green forest and warm string lights overhead.
Same room, after dark

The Pavilion, Set for Dinner

Long timber banquet tables, candlelight and greenery, with the big end door rolled up on to the trees. The turnaround happens while you are off taking photographs.

  • Long-table seating
  • Sweetheart table
  • Dancing after
What comes with the venue

Most of your rental list is already here

Plenty of venues hand you a field and a list of things to rent. Everything below is on the property and included in your price.

Tables and chairs

For your guests, set up indoors or out.

Table linens

One less thing to rent, press and return.

Sound system

For the ceremony, the toasts and the dancing.

Cocktail bar

Set up and ready for a licensed bartender.

Basic décor

From our own collection, when available.

Event tent

Goes up if the weather calls for it.

Two ceremony sites

The open-air deck and the covered pavilion.

Lodging for forty

Four cabins, four luxury yurts and The Tamarack, with bed linens, towels and toiletries.

The whole property

Fifty-plus private acres, and never another wedding the same weekend.

Fire pits and firewood

Stocked and ready for the evening.

Parking on site

Guests park on the property, a short walk from the ceremony.

A place to get ready

A preparation suite for the wedding party.

Also included: on-site coordination on the day, and introductions to photographers, florists and musicians we have actually worked with.

Pricing

What a wedding here costs

Every wedding gets the whole property: all fifty-plus acres, both ceremony sites, everything on the list above, and the cabins and yurts for up to forty of your guests. A dozen guests or 120, it is the same place and it is all yours.

Off-peak dates
from $2,000

The same property and the same inclusions. Tell us your date and we will tell you which rate applies.

Peak dates
from $4,000

The most requested dates of the year. They go first, so it is worth asking early.

What moves the number
  • Your date — season and day of the week
  • Your guest count — up to 120
  • How many nights you stay

Catering is by our family’s catering company and is quoted with your date. Send us the date you have in mind and you will have exact numbers in writing.

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The open-air marquee at Round Mountain Retreat glowing at dusk, round tables dressed in ivory linen with candles and white flowers, greenery along the ridge of the tent.
A day here

How a wedding at Round Mountain actually runs

  1. Morning

    Everyone is already here

    The wedding party wakes in the cabins. Coffee on the porch. Hair and make-up in the preparation suite while the pavilion is being set.

  2. Early afternoon

    Vendors arrive, guests roll in

    Florists and caterers load in past the gate. Guests park on site and walk in — no shuttle from town, no one getting lost on a back road.

  3. Late afternoon

    The ceremony — and the weather call

    Deck if it is clear, pavilion if it is not. That decision can be made on the morning without a single phone call to a rental company.

  4. Golden hour

    Photographs, while the room turns over

    You disappear into the trees with your photographer. Behind you the pavilion goes from rows of chairs to long tables and candlelight.

  5. Evening

    Dinner, toasts, dancing

    Long tables under the string lights, the big doors open to the dark forest, and the music as loud as fifty-plus private acres allows.

  6. Late

    The fire, and then bed — not a highway

    The last of it happens around the fire pit. Then your people walk to their cabins. Nobody drives.

Stay on the property

Your people sleep where the wedding is

Nine units on site — four cabins, four luxury yurts and The Tamarack, sleeping 40+ between them, plus a shared bathhouse. Book the village for the weekend and the after-party never has to end in a car park.

The Elk at Round Mountain Retreat — a hand-built log cabin with a green metal roof, a covered porch on peeled-log posts and a fire pit with benches on the lawn.
Sleeps 6 · 2 bedrooms

The Elk

The flagship. Full kitchen, indoor bath and shower, air conditioning and a fireplace — the natural choice for the couple or the parents.

4.8Airbnb guest rating
Inside The Moose cabin at Round Mountain Retreat — a bright studio cabin with wood detailing, furnished for six guests.
Sleeps 6 · studio

The Moose

Brand-new, with a large deck out front and a movie projector inside. The one the cousins end up in.

5.0Airbnb guest rating
The Goose cabin porch at dusk, with a picnic table and string lights overhead.
Sleeps 4 · studio

The Goose

Wood-panelled ceiling, electric fireplace, kitchenette, and a private porch with string lights over the picnic table.

4.33Airbnb guest rating

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The property

What your photographer gets to work with

The forest meadow at Round Mountain Retreat at golden hour — a split-rail fence hung with string lights running away into the pines, the low sun burning through the trees behind.
The fire pit in the cabin village at Round Mountain Retreat, a fire burning and seating ringed around it under the trees.
The rock outcrop on the ridge trail at Round Mountain Retreat, a tall green pine framing forested ridges receding to the horizon under a blue sky.
The Meadow Loop at Round Mountain Retreat — a clearing of tall green grass and purple lupines ringed by conifers under a deep blue sky.
The woodchip path into The Village at Round Mountain Retreat, string lights glowing through the pines above a hand-painted sign.

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Catering

Dinner is cooked by our family

Every wedding here is catered by our family’s catering company. We have been catering for more than thirty years, including some of Idaho’s largest weddings and events, so the food is the part of your day we worry about least.

  • One team, one invoice. Venue, beds and dinner are planned together, with one person to call.
  • Family pricing. Because it is the same family business, couples who book the retreat pay substantially less than our usual catering rates.
  • Built around your day. Menus and per-person pricing come with your quote.

Your other vendors

Bring the photographer, florist, band or DJ, officiant and planner you love. We keep a working list of North Idaho people we have actually seen do good work here, and we are glad to hand it over.

Drinks

You are welcome to bring your own alcohol. It has to be served by a licensed bartender, and we can arrange one for you. The cocktail bar comes with the venue.

Questions

The things couples ask us first

Up to 120. The property works just as well at the other end of the scale — elopements and micro-weddings of a dozen people are very much welcome, and they get the whole property too.

Two choices. The open-air ceremony deck is a large timber deck edged with string lights and a draped arch, forest on every side. The covered pavilion seats your ceremony under a roof with the big end doors open to the trees.

Plenty of couples use the deck for the ceremony and the pavilion for dinner, which is the best of both.

Nothing has to move off-site, and you do not have to put a tent on hold “just in case”. The covered pavilion seats the ceremony and hosts the reception, and our event tent goes up if the weather calls for it. A wet forecast changes your photographs, not your day.

Yes — forty of them. Four cabins on site: The Elk (sleeps 6), The Caribou (sleeps 6), The Moose (sleeps 6) and The Goose (sleeps 4), 22 between them. Plus four luxury yurts in the village with two queen beds each, so four to a yurt and 16 across them, and The Tamarack, our original off-grid yurt (sleeps 2) — and a shared bathhouse.

Couples booking a full weekend usually take the whole village for the wedding party. See who sleeps where →

About 20 minutes from Bonners Ferry, about 30 minutes from Sandpoint, and about 2.5 hours from Spokane International (GEG), which is the nearest major airport for guests flying in.

The property is beautiful in all four seasons. Late spring through early autumn is peak wedding season in North Idaho and those dates go first — if you want a summer Saturday, inquire early.

The fifty-plus acres are private. There is no second wedding running on the other side of the trees, and no public foot traffic through your ceremony.

Yes — there is a preparation suite on the property for the wedding party. Couples who book cabins often use those too, for hair, make-up and the getting-ready photographs.

Exclusive use of the whole property, both ceremony sites, tables, chairs, linens, a sound system, a cocktail bar, basic décor when available, an event tent if the weather calls for it, fire pits with firewood, parking, and lodging for up to forty guests with bed linens, towels and toiletries.

Weddings start at $2,000 on off-peak dates and $4,000 on peak dates. That includes exclusive use of the property and lodging for up to forty guests. The final number depends on your date, your guest count and how many nights you stay.

Send your date through the form and you will have exact numbers in writing.

Our family’s catering company caters every wedding here. We have been catering for more than thirty years, and because it is the same family business, couples who book the retreat get substantially discounted pricing. Menus and per-person pricing come with your quote.

Yes, for everything except catering. Bring the photographer, florist, band or DJ, officiant and planner you love. If you are still looking, we keep a list of North Idaho people we know and trust, and we will share it happily.

Yes. You and your guests may bring your own. It has to be served by a licensed bartender, and we can arrange one for you. The cocktail bar is included with the venue.

Send an inquiry with your preferred date. You will get pricing and a link to request a tour straight away, and we confirm whether your date is open. A signed agreement and a deposit hold it.

That is what the property is built for. Rehearsal dinner around the fire on Friday, the wedding on Saturday, and a slow breakfast among the trees on Sunday before anyone drives home.

The cabins are pet friendly — so the dog who has been with you both since the beginning can be there for the vows too.

Yes, parking is on site. Your guests drive in and park where the wedding is, rather than shuttling from town.

We also run Lit Lavender Farm in Sequim, Washington. Bouquet accents, dried bundles, sachets for guest favours and aromatherapy stations can all come from the farm. Mention it in your inquiry and we will put together options.

Let’s find out

Is your date still open?

Peak Saturdays in North Idaho book a long way out. Send us the date you have in mind and we will tell you straight away whether it is available.

  • Pricing and what is included, in your inbox within minutes
  • A link to request a tour at a time that suits you
  • A personal answer from Joe on your date
Call(650) 889-9272
Emailjoe@roundmountainretreat.com
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