Come throw the party of your dreams at The Black Diamond Lodge. Host your ceremony at one of our two outdoor ceremony sites and host your reception for up to 94 in our mountain view dining room. The Black Diamond Lodge offers on-site lodging to turn your wedding from a 3-hour experience into a 3-day experience! Located just 30 minutes from Downtown Durango in the beautiful Hermosa Valley near Purgatory Ski Resort, The Lodge provides a central place to celebrate your weddings and create memories with your guests. The Black Diamond Lodge can accommodate up to 42 guests, in 12 bedrooms with private baths. Lodging is billed separately and pricing varies based on season. Your lodging package gives you full private 24-hour access to our spa with three hot tubs, a steam shower, and two saunas, as well as our game room, movie room, and community kitchen and dining room that can sit up to 80 people. The Black Diamond Lodge can accommodate weddings of up to 100 guests.

Dreams Event Studio offers just over 2,300 square feet of event space and is located in Albuquerque’s northeast heights. The studio features wood floors, two flat screens for presentations, a superior audio system throughout and a kitchenette for the food and caterer of your choice. Dreams Event Studio is a great space to host your next birthday party, baby/bridal shower, quinceanera, dinner party, holiday party, business/networking event or pop-up shop!

In 1995 the historic apple orchards that put became the host to a new summer camp, brought about by the owner of Darnell Apple Orchard. The owner is an architect and builder, who designed and constructed the main dining hall, and five group cabins as summer-only buildings. A year later Scott and Spencer Garrett, the developers of New Mexico Sports and Wellness recreational clubs, purchased the Apple Wood Camp and renamed it Apple Mountain Camp. Their goal was not only to create a summer camp facility but to develop a high-altitude sports training facility. Their dream reached reality when in 1997 and 1998 swimming gold medallists Tom Jager and Janet Evans used Apple Mountain to host their Gold Medal Swim Camp. In 1999 the Garrett’s sold their recreational clubs to a national chain but retained ownership in Apple Mountain Camp. In 2000, Scott purchased all remaining shares of AMC and commenced a significant remodeling and expansion effort, renaming the facility Manzano Mountain Retreat.