1. Alpine Trail Ridge Inn
City: Estes Park, CO
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (970) 586-4585
Address: 927 Moraine Avenue
Description: This tidy blue-trimmed white motel is right on the highway, but its clean and pleasant rooms are a good value. There’s a heated swimming pool, and family and kitchen units are available. Enjoy good meals at the Sundeck Restaurant right on the property. Smoking is not allowed at the inn.
2. Aspen Lodge At Estes Park
City: Estes Park, CO
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (970) 586-8133, (800) 332-6867
Address: 6120 Highway 7
Description: Located 7.5 miles south of Estes Park, this beautiful 3,000-acre ranch is a full resort offering hayrides, swimming, fishing, tennis, racquetball, horseback riding, wildlife van tours, mountain biking, hikes, and a great children’s program for kids ages 5 through 12 that includes Indian lore and nature rambles. It’s the largest log lodge in the state, according to the owners. There are cozy cabins, a hot tub, saunas, and winter sleigh rides. Three-, four-, and seven-day packages make this all-inclusive resort quite affordable, with all meals and activities included. Smoking is prohibited at this property.
City: Estes Park, CO
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 4900 Highway 7 South
4. Black Canyon Inn
City: Estes Park, CO
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (800) 897-3730
Address: 800 MacGregor Avenue (Devil’s Gulch Road
Description: This historic mountain lodge offers one, two and three-bedroom condos and a seasonal log cabin on fourteen secluded acres. It’s a great place for weddings.
5. Elkhorn Lodge And Guest Ranch
City: Estes Park, CO
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (970) 586-4416
Address: 600 West Elkhorn Avenue
Description: Be a part of history when you stay at the Elkhorn Lodge. The Elkhorn has been a guest ranch and lodge for the past 132 years, and it remains charming. It is located at the base of Old Man Mountain, a sacred Native American vision-quest site. There is something for everyone at Elkhorn, including rooms in the main lodge; the Coach House, which is perfect for large families; 10 cottages; 13 cabins; 5 Alpine houses; and 5 lower-cost units. There are stables on-site and hiking, biking, camping, and fishing right outside your door. Visit their Web site for all the possible options.
6. Estes Park Center/Ymca Of The Rockies
City: Estes Park, CO
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (800) 777-9622
Address: 2515 Tunnel Road
Description: There’s something for almost everyone (except maybe honeymooners) at the Y. This enormous facility, just outside Estes Park, can accommodate 3,469 guests and runs numerous camps and programs. The Y is the place for families or other groups and it offers everything from rustic cabins that sleep four to 10 lodge rooms that sleep four to six. There’s a miniature golf course, tennis courts, a livery, a craft shop, a library, a museum, a post office, and a theater. Concerts are given regularly. It’s open year-round. Pets are allowed in the cabins but not in the rooms. Smoking is not allowed in any buildings. No credit cards.
7. Fawn Valley Inn
City: Estes Park, CO
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (970) 586-2388, (800) 525-2961
Address: 2760 Fall River Road
Description: Only a half-mile from Rocky Mountain National Park, these year-round condominiums are set on more than eight acres along the Fall River. They feature complete kitchens and fireplaces, and there’s a heated outdoor pool. Some suites have Jacuzzis. Smoking is not allowed.
8. Holiday Inn—Rocky Mountain National Park Inn
City: Estes Park, CO
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (970) 586-2332, (800) 803-7837
Address: 101 South Saint Vrain
Description: Estes Park’s only fully enclosed, full-service hotel with a large indoor heated pool, whirlpool, fitness room, and arcade. Full-service meals are provided by LongZ Mountain Grill. The Holiday Inn is located just 3 blocks from downtown Estes Park and the riverwalk, and adjacent to the Estes Park Conference Center. Like other Holiday Inns, kids age 12 and younger eat free here and there’s no extra charge for kids age 19 and younger.
9. Misty Mountain Lodge
City: Estes Park, CO
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (970) 586-4100
Address: 232 East Riverside Drive
Description: This attractive and very reasonably priced lodge is a great value right in town. It’s set against a hillside, away from the crowd across the river. There are multiroom suites, kitchens and fireplaces, a hot tub, and great off-season rates. Smoking is not allowed.
City: Estes Park, CO
Category: Tours & Attractions
City: Estes Park, CO
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 333 Wonderview Avenue
12. Streamside On Fall River
City: Estes Park, CO
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (970) 586-6464, (800) 321-3303
Address: 1260 Fall River Road
Description: Describing itself as a “Village of Cabin Suites,” these cabins are for those who want to “rough it” in luxury. They have skylights, fireplaces, wall-to-wall carpeting, private decks, gas grills, steam rooms, and jetted tubs. The cabins are on a wooded hillside on Fall River about a mile from Estes Park. The 16-acre site offers fishing and solitude. The cabins are listed among the 19 “Best of Estes,” by an Estes Park Trail Gazette survey. Special packages are available. Smoking is not allowed.
13. Sunnyside Knoll Resort
City: Estes Park, CO
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (970) 586-5759
Address: 1675 Fall River Road
Description: This is a resort for couples committed to romance. Each unit has a fireplace, cable television, and a VCR, and many have Jacuzzis for two situated with a fireplace view. There is also a heated outdoor pool and two outdoor hot tubs.
14. Chamber Music Society Of Estes Park
City: Estes Park, CO
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (970) 586-9203
Description: This society of some 100 chamber-music-loving members sponsors concerts all year in the Estes Park area, inviting different musicians from around the state and nation. The society also sponsors an annual Chamber Music Festival, held over a weekend in fall. Past festivals have featured the American Chamber Players and The Mendelssohn Trio. Information is available on concert locations, dates, and prices from the Cultural Arts Council at the number listed above.
15. The Estes Park Music Festival
City: Estes Park, CO
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (970) 586-9519
Description: Musicians from all over the state come together to play in concerts given by this group. Winter concerts are played at the Stanley Hotel, while summer events are held at different venues throughout town. Boulder’s Colorado Music Festival chamber orchestra takes part in the concert series as well.