Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Trophy Mountain Lodge, Huntingdon

A wedding at Trophy Mountain Lodge means having a mountain valley mostly to yourselves. The family-run lodge, which goes by Trophy Mountain Lodge & Weddings, stands on 441 acres of private land in Hartslog Valley outside Huntingdon, and its website keeps a wedding venue gallery. For your photographer and videographer, the setting is the draw: a timber frame lodge, a big wraparound porch looking over a pond, and hiking trails into the woods.

The lodge sleeps up to 35 people in ten bedrooms, so the two of you, your families and the wedding party can stay on the property and get ready under one roof. Morning wedding photos can happen by a fireplace or out on the porch with the pond behind you. The website doesn't spell out where ceremonies and receptions take place, so ask the family which parts of the land they use for a wedding ceremony, where a reception is set up, and what happens if it rains.

Inside there are two full kitchens, three living areas and a long recreation room with dining tables, which helps with a rehearsal dinner or a slow breakfast the day after. Outside you'll find picnic tables, a campfire ring and lawn games, so guests who stay the weekend have plenty to do. A wedding videographer will enjoy the quiet out here, since there is little traffic noise to compete with your vows.

• Call the lodge to check your date and ask how a wedding day is laid out on the property.
• Walk the porch, the pond and the trails with your photographer before the day.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines, guest count and parking.

A little about Trophy Mountain Lodge

Trophy Mountain Lodge is family owned and operated, and the family rents the lodge for vacations, church retreats, business meetings and reunions as well as weddings. The property sits in the mountains of central Pennsylvania near Raystown Lake.