Arrowhead Mountain Lodge

This quaint lodge may be more suited for wintertime … We didn’t mind the 5.5 mile dirt road trip up the mountain to find it … gps from the Montrose side took us right there. For me … that’s where the rustic charm began to fade a bit. They were understaffed. I waited to check in while a phone call from the clerk took precedence. There was NO A/C … just a fan in the window screen. This would not have been an issue since we came from our home @ 9300’ in Westcliffe, CO. However, there seemed to be a lot of road traffic until about 9 in the evening … and our ‘deluxe’ king was on the dirt road side. It was dusty. It was a bit noisy. I wanted to close the window, but would have had to move the fan and chance being too warm. We decided to eat dinner at the Lodge … they were severely understaffed. There was one young lady serving as both bartender and waitress. We wanted to eat outside so we asked to be served there. The dining room was filling up, so she told us she might not be able to deliver our food outdoors since she was the only one working. So, we carted our meals and drinks outside ourselves. The outdoor area was nice and family friendly. There were places to play yard games. We enjoyed that vibe. After our meal, we bussed our own ‘table’ and returned our plates and glasses inside. Two hamburgers and two beers were $40. We went to bed early. The bed was so hard my hips hurt lying on my side. So … I didn’t sleep. We left @ 5:30 the next morning …

On site restaurant was great. Themed rooms were nice as well.

Second time here and it keeps getting better!

An amazing tucked away camping style stay.

Beautiful and quiet place! Clean room and good breakfast! And people here are very nice!!!

Nice clean property. New patio deck and good food.

Our first night there, no one was there to check us in. Then the room was right above a stage where a singer and a full audience was having a good time sitting around fires and drinking and from the window we could see and hear all the kids running around on the play area. And the room was above the bar. So the room was noisy until very late and then there were ATV tours that started first thing in the morning. This was in addition to the fact that to get to the “lodge” you had to drive on a dirt road for 5.5 miles. The property (and Expedia) advertised the property was only 28 miles from Ouray, Colorado. The property was actually 70 miles from Ouray. Due to the dirt road and extended driving, it took us over one and half hours of driving to get to Ouray. We checked out 2 days early because of the location and the noise. The property would not refund the 2 nights and Expedia is giving us the run around about a refund. I could not recommend this location at all.