The definition of a rustic mountain lodge: nothing is square, the bathrooms are shared and the view is amazing. The lodge shows its age (it’s a victim of some…deferred maintenance…I hope the new owners will attend to), but it’s conveniently close to a number of good trails in Rocky Mountain National Park, making it a perfect hotel to hike from and to, and its promise of food and drink service means its remoteness shouldn’t be an inconvenience. Unfortunately, one night of our two-night stay the owners closed food service for the night so the family could attend a sendoff without giving us a heads up (they’d posted it on social media a couple days before and a hand-written sign appeared sometime between our afternoon arrival and when we planned to eat). It was disappointing to learn last minute we would have to get into town for food after a long day of hiking. The food we did have was fine, thought the menu the night we were able to eat at the lodge was limited to smaller items, and the drink inventory seemed limited, too. The included breakfasts were tasty and were a hardy start for a day on the trails. This was our second stay (previously we’d visited it as The Baldpate Inn about five years ago), and I’m happy the humming bird feeders remain. It feels as though the new owners are still figuring out the finer points of running a hotel, restaurant and bar, though the entire family was enthusiastic to a fault.
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