Built Around The Dark Sky

We're creating a quiet stay in Teasdale where red rock, pinyon pine and the dark sky shape every visit.

Wooden farmhouse with wraparound porch and desert landscaping at dusk, rocky hillside backdrop

Torrey, Utah · Capitol Reef Country

About Luxe Den Capitol Reef

We're four founders rebuilding a small lodging property in Teasdale, Utah, minutes from Torrey and Capitol Reef National Park, around the one thing you cannot manufacture: a genuinely dark sky.

Our Story

The People Behind The Place

We are two young couples, Morgan and Haley Kotter and Aaron and Stephanie Andrew. We split our time between building software, raising families, and chasing the kind of desert trips that leave you feeling different when you go home. We did not break ground on empty land. This place already existed: a pinyon pine grove at 7,000 feet, minutes from Capitol Reef National Park, a certified International Dark Sky Park. Most of what it needed was subtraction: fewer things standing between a guest and what is overhead.

Who We Are

The Story Behind Luxe Den

Morgan And Haley

Who Runs It

Morgan and Haley Kotter. They also run Luxe Den Lehi, where they are Airbnb Superhosts and have averaged 4.98 across 63 guest reviews. Superhost is a status Airbnb gives the hosts, not the building, so it travels with them. The reviews do not: those are for the Lehi house, not for this one. Capitol Reef is a new property and has no guest reviews yet. It seemed more useful to tell you who is behind it than to say nothing. They bring that hosting experience to Capitol Reef while keeping each property and its guest history clearly separate.

Under Dark Skies

Why Capitol Reef

We chose this site for what is above it. Capitol Reef is a certified International Dark Sky Park and neighboring Torrey is a certified Dark Sky Community, so even the closest town keeps its lights down. At 7,000 feet in a pinyon pine grove, the air is thin and dry, the property is minutes from the park and from Torrey but far enough out that nothing competes with the quiet, and what is out the door is trail and red rock: slot canyons, OHV and hiking access, and a whole lot of open country between here and the next set of headlights.

See What Is Ahead

Where Things Stand

The yurts, tipis and dome will welcome guests beginning October 15, 2026. The Lodge is closed for renovation and is expected to reopen in January 2027. The glass-wall domes will replace the current glamping structures for the 2027 season. The glamping units sit across ten acres of pinyon and juniper, with king beds, heating and cooling, kitchenettes and private assigned bathrooms a short walk away. The Lodge offers guest rooms with en-suite bathrooms, a shared kitchen, common areas and a wraparound deck.

What We Offer

Find Your Stay Under The Stars

Decorated teepee on sandy hillside with desert landscape and mountains in background

Yurts And Tipis

Choose a handmade Mongolian yurt or a custom tipi, each with a king bed, heating and cooling, a kitchenette and a private bathroom, all set among juniper and pinyon pine.

King beds in every unit
Heating and cooling included
Kitchenettes in every unit
Private bathrooms with showers

Cream-colored geodesic dome with blue door nestled against rocky cliff, surrounded by desert vegetation and stone steps.

Dome With A View

Stay in a private geodesic dome with a king bed, heating and cooling, a kitchenette and a private bathroom, set among juniper and pinyon pine in Teasdale's desert landscape.

One king bed for two guests
Heating and cooling included
A private kitchenette
Private bathroom with shower

Yurt with red door and tipi with yellow canvas on sandy ground beneath rocky hillside and cloudy sky

Stay In The Lodge

Book a private lodge room or gather in the full Lodge, with en-suite bathrooms, an industrial kitchen, a shared common area and a wraparound covered deck in Teasdale.

Private en-suite guest rooms
Industrial hosting kitchen
Shared indoor common area
Wraparound covered deck