Torrey, Utah · Capitol Reef Country
About Luxe Den Capitol Reef
Four founders rebuilding a small property near Capitol Reef National Park around the one thing you cannot manufacture: a genuinely dark sky.
In short
Luxe Den Capitol Reef is a small lodging property in Teasdale, Utah, minutes from Torrey, Utah and the entrance to Capitol Reef National Park, being rebuilt by 4 founders around the dark sky. It is an existing property rather than a new build: 6 rooms each with a private bath today, with geodesic domes with a curved glass wall replacing the current outdoor structures for the 2027 season. There is no front desk and no restaurant. Check-in is self-serve and there is a shared kitchen. A sauna, cold plunge and open-air soaking tubs are planned for 2027 and are not built.
- Teasdale, Utah, in Capitol Reef Country, Wayne County, Utah, at roughly 7,000 feet
- 4 founders: Morgan Kotter, Haley Kotter, Aaron Andrew, Stephanie Andrew
- Capitol Reef is a Gold-tier International Dark Sky Park, certified 2015
- Torrey, Utah was certified a Dark Sky Community in 2018, the first national park gateway community in the United States
- Reservations open October 1, 2026, taken directly on this site
Our Story
We're two young couples,Morgan Kotter, Haley Kotter, Aaron Andrew, and Stephanie Andrewwho 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 didn't break ground on empty land. This place already existed: a pinyon pine grove at 7,000 feet, minutes from Capitol Reef National Park and a certified International Dark Sky Park. Most of what it needed was subtraction: fewer things standing between a guest and what is overhead.
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 pinyon pine, the air is thin and dry and the sky is the whole point.
It is minutes from the park and from Torrey, but far enough out that nothing competes with the quiet. You let yourself in, and the place is yours.
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.
The Journey
Where we are, and what this becomes.
Today
An Operating Property
6 bedrooms, every one en-suite, in a pinyon grove at 7,000 feet under a certified dark sky
2026
Refurbishment
The Lodge is refreshed room by room. Outside, the yurts and tipis are retired to clear the ground for what replaces them
Winter 2026
First Dark Sky Season
Reservations open October 1, 2026. The first domes are ready December 2026 into January 2027, the clearest, longest nights of the year
2027
Full Season
6 domes, each with a curved glass wall facing the valley, and the sauna and cold plunge circuit planned for the season
Get First Word on Winter Dates.
The darkest, clearest nights here fall between November and March. We are opening a limited winter season built around the new moon. Join the list to hear before dates go public.
Join the ListFollow the rebuild
Advance reservations open October 1, 2026. Join the list and you hear before dates go public.