Proprietor
Elena Alvarado
Ruth's granddaughter. Runs the house, walks the traverse most Sundays.
[01] Who you'll meet
The house runs on people who stayed
Everyone here is on payroll rather than agency, and most have been on this ridge longer than they planned to be.
Head Chef
Marcus Ndiaye
Writes the menu at eleven, changes it at four if the market says so.
Front of House
Grace Whitfield
Answers the phone, knows every room, remembers every returning guest.
Bath House
Ravi Menon
Tests the spring, sets the circuit, invented the ridge ritual.
Cellar Master
Ingrid Solberg
Four hundred labels, an argument for every one of them.
Head Guide
Tomas Reyes
Cut eleven of the fourteen routes himself. Leaves the gate at 06:15.
Head Therapist
Amara Chen
Trains every therapist here. Eight treatment slots a day, never nine.
Estate Manager
Daniel Okonkwo
Keeps the road open, the fires laid and the spring pipe running.
[02] Working here
We hire about four people a year
Almost always because someone moved away, rarely because someone left the industry. If you cook, guide, or look after people well, write to us — we keep letters on file for a long time.
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