Hotel Stay at Gateway Inn in Grand Lake, CO
Gateway Inn
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Family-friendly hotel surrounded by Rocky Mountain National Park; located near hiking and skiing trails and Colorado's largest lake
What You Get
- Stay for two in a king room, or four in a double-queen room
Hotel at a Glance: Gateway Inn
Located 1 mile from the western entrance of Rocky Mountain National Park, the Gateway Inn occupies a tranquil spot in Colorado's high-country wilderness. The inn is a true family-run business—owners Tom and Debi designed and built the wooden lodge in 1999. With Rocky Mountain National Park surrounding the inn on three sides, it's easy to connect with the great outdoors during your visit.
- Handmade log furniture can be found in each individually decorated guest room.
- When it's warm outside, you can go hiking, biking, fishing, or golfing.
- Watch the sunset over nearby Shadow Mountain Lake from the inn's back porch.
- Relax: with a dip in the onsite hot tub or by lounging on the newly remodeled deck with fire-pits and mood lighting. Dinner is also available to be served on the deck.
- Grab a bite at the full-service Wild Bear Tavern offering dinners full of locally sourced and seasonal ingredients.
Grand Lake, Colorado: Western Gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park
Nestled beneath snowcapped peaks, the town of Grand Lake is known as the Western Gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park. The charming village, dotted with quaint cabins and summer homes, sits adjacent to Trail Ridge Road, a 43-mile route that winds through the park, providing glimpses of mountain wildlife and dazzling views that stretch to Wyoming.
Grand Lake was named after the largest natural body of water in Colorado, which hugs miles of shoreline just north of the hotel. Here you can angle for brown trout and mackinaw, or take to the waters on a pontoon boat. Grand Lake's historical boardwalk evokes the Old West with rustic saloons, art galleries, and horse-drawn taxicabs.
Room Details
King Room
- One king bed
- Standard occupancy: 2
- Maximum occupancy: 2
Double-Queen Room
- Two queen beds
- Standard occupancy: 4
- Maximum occupancy: 4
Hotel Policies
- Check-in: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.; please call the property ahead of time for check-in instructions if arriving after 8 p.m.
- Check out: 11 a.m.
- Complimentary Parking
- Smoking policy: No smoking inside the property.
- Pet policy: pets are not allowed inside the property.
- Accessibility: Please contact the property for handicap accessibility requests or options.
- Room upgrades: not available.
Amenities
- Lounge
- Lounge with specialty drinks
- Restaurant and Tavern
- Hot tub
- Sauna
- Complimentary Wi-Fi access
- Boat and snowmobile parking area
Getting There
- Nearest airport: Denver International Airport (DEN; 125 miles)
- Distance from Denver: about 101 miles
Fine Print
- 72-hour cancellation notice required before check-in or reservation is non-refundable; reservations made within the cancellation window are non-refundable
- No-shows will be charged a total Groupon rate
- The traveller's name must match the ID at the time of check-in
- No refunds will be processed by Groupon after check-in
- Must be 18 or older to check in
- A credit card is required at check-in
- Rates may vary by date and are subject to availability
- Dates cannot be changed once booked; valid only for the night(s) purchased
- The final price at checkout may include an additional Groupon service fee, which Groupon retains as compensation for facilitating your reservation; this fee will not exceed 6% of the nightly cost of the reservation.
- Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services.
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About Gateway Inn
Customer Reviews
- staff
- hotel
- bar
- bed
- lake
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Joyce
1 rating|1 review
334 days ago
Our stay was great. The staff was more than accommodating. Aside from food odors coming from the restaurant into our room and couldn't get free wifi, it was a very pleasant stay. Room was clean and a great view from our room.
Melissa
10 ratings|4 reviews
1 year ago
The room was very nice and clean. The bed was very comfortable. We ate at the restaurant on-site and it was delicious. Lots of locals eat there also and it was very nice chatting with them.
Dorothy
1 rating|1 review
2 years ago
I just loved how clean and gorgeous the bedroom furniture was and the electric fireplace was an awesome addition to the room. The staff was incredibly friendly and accommodating.
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AdrienneP171
|1 review
145 days ago
Lovely Hotel A beautiful hotel with loads of gorgeous wood appointments, like the wooden floor! Two fabulously comfortable beds and lots of lovely towels and cloths. Very quiet and we also had a little balcony. Very friendly staff. The usual amenities in the room included a microwave, ginormous television, fridge, hairdryer, hangers, chest of drawers and a table with two chairs. Even though there was a bar/restaurant right below us, we didn't hear a thing. The view from our little balcony was beautiful but you couldn't see the lake. The mountains were spectacular though. I would love to stay here again.
capitall21
|1 review
149 days ago
Good place to stop on way to Rocky Mt Ntl Park! We stayed one night, on our way to Rocky Mountain National Park. The room was clean and decorated like a rustic mountain cabin, which was cute. There was an electric fireplace on one wall and a balcony with a distant view of the lake. The bathroom was rather small, but adequate and the bed was comfortable. We did not eat at the hotel restaraunt, due to mixed reviews. This was a nice place to stop, as we wanted to be close to the National Park entrance, due to an early reservation entrance time at RMNP. This worked out great for us and Grand Lake was a cute little town.
goresja
|1 review
214 days ago
Balcony View = cigarette smell and noise. Save your $$ We paid extra for a room with a balcony. While the room itself was fine (clean), the balcony was a TOTAL waste of money. First of all, the workers sit and smoke/chat right below the balcony, in the parking lot area. Thus, one could not even enjoy the balcony view or leave the sliding door open due to cigarette smoke/chatter noise. Second, the bar had a live singer for several hours the evening we stayed. Our room was about 3 down from the restaurant area. The singing was SO LOUD INSIDE our room, even with all the doors/windows closed and blinds drawn. The woman was some kind of guitar/folk singer, which is not our cup of tea. She played for at least two hours (from when we got to our room at 7:00 until 9:00 pm). We had a white noise machine cranked up as loud as it would go and could STILL hear the woman singing clear as day inside our room. Watching TV or relaxing was impossible. The balcony was a no-go. We resorted to putting in headphones and watching things on our tablets at a loud setting to drown out the singing. The fact that they sold this room at a premium, rather than a steep discount, is bananas. Fortunately, we were only staying one night and hit the road early the next morning. The options for hotels in this town seemed pretty slim. I don't think we'd stay in this town again after this experience.