Located 29 miles southwest of Boulder, Colorado, against the Continental Divide's western slope, lies Winter Park, a small, relaxed town with a population of 852 as of 2009. Visitors to the area can enjoy world class skiing, ice skating, snow shoeing and NASTAR Racing during the winter. Summer offers mini-golf, mountain biking, hiking, golfing, boating, fishing, bungee jumping, a human maze and the NASA inspired GyroXtreme on which you can experience floating in space.
Take your family to The Rocky Mountain Inn & Hostel on your next trip to Winter Park and enjoy the comforts of home. Formerly called Byer's Peak Bed & Breakfast, you will appreciate the low prices and spacious private rooms for your family at this inn. Rooms can accommodate up to six people, and each room features its own decor with four poster beds, down comforters, private bathrooms, complimentary continental breakfast, coffee and tea, refrigerator, television, telephone with free local calls and free Wi-Fi.
Inn amenities include fax service, free DVD movies and access to two kitchens. The Rocky Mountain Inn also provides reading areas with a fireplace, in-room massage if requested, on-site laundry facilities, bike and ski storage and one handicap accessible room for your convenience. Enjoy a free shuttle from the inn to shops and skiing in the area.
The dorms offer a more elegant environment than typical youth hostels at low prices, according to The Rocky Mountain Inn & Hostel. The shared rooms sleep up to seven people and feature bedding, sheets and towels, twin beds with a few bunk beds, individual bathrooms and showers with locking doors, food storage, telephone, free movies, kitchen, dining area, coffee and tea, sitting area with television and DVD player and a deck with a gas barbecue grill.
The Rocky Mountain Inn & Hostel
15 CR 72
P.O. Box 600
Fraser, CO 80442
970-726-8256
therockymountaininn.com
Winter Park Lodging Company offers several different cabin styles. For example, Elk Run Cabin, a private home surrounded by forest, sleeps 15 people and features four queen-size beds, a set of bunk beds and two queen-size sofa beds. Amenities include a fireplace, hot tub, Wi-Fi, cable television, washer and dryer, two-car garage, fully equipped kitchen and toys, books and games.
The Pine Cone Cabin sleeps 10 people in five bedrooms, featuring one king-size bed, two queen-size beds and two twin-size beds. A fifth loft bedroom has another queen-size bed. Enjoy a large hot tub, Wi-Fi, two fireplaces, cable television with DVD and VCR, garage, washer and dryer, fully equipped kitchen, DVDs, games and books.
Stay at the Lodgepole Cabin, which has three bedrooms and sleeps up to 10. Both master suites have queen-size beds, the third bedroom has a set of bunk beds and there are two sofa beds in the living area. Also enjoy free Wi-Fi, a gas fireplace, an over-sized Jacuzzi tub, a private outdoor hot tub, portable grill, washer and dryer, satellite TV, fully equipped kitchen, bumper pool table and games.
Winter Park Lodging Company
78260 U.S. 40
Winter Park, CO 80482
970-722-0707
winterparklodgingcompany.com
Devil's Thumb Ranch offers 16 cabins in the woods near a fly fishing pond. Each cabin features a wood-burning fireplace, fully equipped kitchen, hair dryers, geothermally heated floors, free Wi-Fi, DVDs with portable monitors and board games. You will not see televisions in the cabins.
Cabin decor includes influences from the Ute Native Americans and Colorado's history. For example, the Manitou Cabin sleeps four and features two bedrooms with king-size beds, a full bath and a butler's kitchen. The Ouray Cabin, named after Ute Chief Ouray, sleeps two, featuring a queen-size bed, full bath, mini refrigerator and microwave.
Devil's Thumb Ranch Resort
3530 County Road 83
Tabernash, CO 80478
970-726-5632
devilsthumbranch.com
