Mount Elbert Lodge

Another Special

2009-07-11T11:35:00.007-06:00

Last Minute Special.

July 27th -31st

Enjoy a 5 night stay in Trails End Cabin at the 7 night rate of just $109/night(for 2 people, each additional person up to a total of 6, add $10.) Due to a last minute cancellation we have this 5 night opening now and this spot will not last long. You must book all 5 nighs for this special rate. Call us now and come up for a wonderful mountain vacation.

2009-07-04T09:18:00.002-06:00

Last Minute Special.

Tall Pine cabin for just $100/night (for 2 people, each additional person up to a total of 5, add $10.) Due to a last minute cancellation we have these 2 nights open so call now as this spot will not last long.

Summer is in full swing, come on up and enjoy the mountains.

A bit from Cinnamon Bear's cabin diary.

2009-06-13T11:33:00.002-06:00

A guest comment from 6/5/09:

Beautiful, Bucolic, Sublime, a Handel's pause in the music of our lives!

Late June Special

2009-06-13T11:24:00.002-06:00

Book a late June B&B stay of at least 2 nights and we'll give you 25% off that stay.
This offer is good for new reservations falling between June 18th and June 30th.

June 17 Last Minute Special!

2009-06-11T07:55:00.002-06:00

Again we have a great offer going on: Last Minute Special.
Book now and fill the 3 night gap in Rinker Cabin starting Tuesday, June 16 for a special rate of just $75/night. Please mention the Internet special when you call to book. Sorry, this special rate is not available other times or for other cabins.

In other news around the lodge, Spring is certainly here and we expect summer momentarily. Mother Nature has been generous with the moisture this spring and we are looking like the emerald isle here at 9700'.

Last Minute Special June 7th or June 13th

2009-06-07T13:53:00.003-06:00

Hello again, this week we still have the Rinker special available starting tonight and we have added a Cinnamon Bear special starting on the 13th of June.

Rinker's last minute special is a 4 night get-away for 2 people in Rinker cabin starting June 7th for just $60/night.

Or fill the 5 night opening in Cinnamon Bear cabin June 13-17 for a very special rate of just $60/night. Want to invite friends or family to join you in Cinnamon Bear? Each additional person adds $10 to the nightly rate (maximum of 2 extra people.)

Please mention the Internet special when you call to book.

Just for entertainment: It's June 7th and we had snowflakes in the air this morning!! The sun is shining now and it has turned into another beautiful day in the mountains albeit a bit on the cool side.

Imagine 5 days in Trails End cabin

2009-06-02T17:28:00.003-06:00

This week's special deal: 4 or 5 nights in Trails End or Rinker cabins starting June 7th.
$60/night for 2 people for a 4 night stay or just $50/night if you fill the 5 night opening in Trails End.

Additional people in Trails End adds $10/person/night.
Call now and mention the internet special and come enjoy Springtime in the Rockies!

30% off - Weekend Special:May 29th & 30th

2009-05-27T07:49:00.003-06:00

Book a weekend get away this weekend, May 29th & 30th and get 30% off your entire stay. Due to a last minute group cancellation we have one and two bedroom cabins available now. As an example, Rinker cabin would be just $88.90/night for a two people. Taxes are extra and this special is available for new bookings that include May 30th only. Give us a call now.

New snow on Mount Elbert this morning and beautiful sunshine here at 9700' I just love our mountains in the spring. Hope you'll visit soon.

Spring?

2009-04-29T14:18:00.004-06:00

Yesterday was a bit cloudy in the morning with the clouds hanging low on the mountains. It may look wintry but this pussy willow is confident the warm weather is just around the next week. The ice out on Twin Lakes is nearly complete usually signaling great fishing for those big Lake Trout.
Here at the lodge we are busy working on the cabins, fixing those inevitable things that break, painting and sprucing up for the summer so all will be beautiful when you visit next.
Two of our guests were up on South Elbert skiing some bowls yesterday, they said they had a fabulous ski day. We won't have many of those(fabulous ski days) left and soon it will be fabulous hiking days.

More April Specials # 2.

2009-03-28T11:43:00.000-06:00

Easter Brunch Special - Another joint special with Inn of the Black Wolf.

Saturday night, April 11th lodging here in any cabin or room

and fantastic Easter Brunch at the Black Wolf, served between 11a.m. and 4 p.m.April 12th.

(brunch details are available at our online brochure.)

$125 for 2 - each additional person sharing your cabin adds $35.

$160 - 2 nights for 2 people, extra person adds $45.

More April Specials.

2009-03-28T11:07:00.003-06:00

April is just full of surprises, here is another upcoming special. Please visit our online brochure for more details on these and other specials we are offering.

Winemaker's Dinner weekend package

April 17th & 18^th

$240 for two people, each additional person in your party, add $75.

-2 nights lodging in one of our rooms or cabins

plus a six course gourmet Winemaker's Dinner for 2 at the Black Wolf Saturday night.

(dinner details are available at our online brochure.)

In addition to dinner, you may enjoy cooking and wine demonstrations by the featured chefs Saturday afternoon.

Free Demos at the Inn 11:30a.m. to 5:00p.m.

Dinner at 6:30 P.M. (by package reservation only)

Not included in the package rate. but also available:a Friday afternoon/evening event,

The Chefs Challenge

- 2 Chefs Making 3 Courses Each ~ $20 pp

Friday 4:30 – 8 Limited to 15 people viewing challenge.

This event is also being held at the Black Wolf and we'd be happy to make your reservations for you.

April Over Taxed Special

2009-03-19T10:58:00.002-06:00

We are offering some really great relief for this tax month! A chance to enjoy the quiet serenity of our mountains at a super saving rate. Please check our Specials page at our online brochure for more information and enjoy a stay with a nightly rate as low as $50/night. Only available by calling us and mentioning you saw the special online so check it out now and give us a call.

Back again.

2009-03-19T09:33:00.003-06:00

April is nearly here already and it has been months since I have written; gallivanting around does tend to inhibit getting things done on the home front.

We have enjoyed a nice winter this year with an average amount of snow and cold. Of course after last year this feel like a balmy winter. March is typically our snowiest month but this year we haven't had any to speak of. I noticed that our running average for water year to date has dropped below average while our snow pack is still above. An interesting anomaly. I assume that's telling us that the snow we received this winter was drier than normal, the light fluffy powder that skiers are so fond of. If you would like to see how our snow levels are progressing the address below will take you to the Brumley sontel site data. Click on daily graph under current water year and you can see how our snow has come in this year. The Brumley monitoring site is just up the pass from us.

http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snotel/snotel.pl?sitenum=369&state=co

Ringing out the old.

2008-12-31T13:43:00.000-07:00

Wishing everyone a prosperous and peaceful new year on this sunny beautiful last day of 2008.

Is it really this cold?

2008-12-27T10:57:00.002-07:00

Good Morning,
21 below zero here this morning and now that it is 11:00 a.m. we have warmed up to 2 above. Don't get the idea that this is the way it always is here, I am only writing about it because it is an unusual occurrence. Tomorrow we should be up in the 30s, great temperature for being out in the winter woods.

Lost and Found

2008-10-03T18:25:00.001-06:00

We found a ring in one of our cabins and recall that earlier this summer a guest may have lost one. If it was you, please call us and identify the cabin and the ring so we may reunite it with you.
Thanks,

Picture from Black Cloud Trail

2008-07-25T16:05:00.002-06:00

Kendrick went up Black Cloud Trail to the first stream crossing. Here is a view of the Twin Peaks and Galena Gulch from that hike.
Summer is in full swing with great hiking and fishing being reported by our guests.

South Platte fishing bags Scott his biggest Colorado trout.

2008-07-09T16:58:00.002-06:00

Scott, Kendrick and some of our guests went out early this morning to fish on the South Platte in South Park. This fine Brown trout is 18" long, a record for Scott. Kendrick caught a 16 and a 14" trout so the trip was deemed a great success. The Arkansas river, while still quite high, is clearing and fishing is improving on it as well.

Guest Comments are always welcome.

2008-07-09T16:54:00.000-06:00



We wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed our stay at the B&B on June 20-21.  We failed to tell you in your Visitor Book , but wanted to be sure you knew.  The scenery was outstanding, our room was very nice, and the breakfast and rhubarb scones were the best we had our whole visit in Colorado.  Thank you for your hospitality.  We hope to be able to visit again in the near future.
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>> Rob and Ronda Pearce
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A bit of bragging.

2008-07-03T09:12:00.002-06:00

In addition to getting ready for our summer guests, we took a bit of time in June to go out to Wisconsin for Kendrick's graduation. He has completed his Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts (Computer science) degrees, graduating summa cum laude in both. We are now enjoying his company at the lodge until mid August when he head back to UW at Madison to pursue a doctorate in some part of the computer science field. Congrats and way to go Kendrick.

Summer update.

2008-07-03T08:40:00.004-06:00

Again, it has been a while since our last post. Part of the reason is, as you see above, I've been working on floors. The Prospector cabin floor has been refinished and looks absolutely great, lots better than the old carpet we pulled out. We were also painting and doing lots of spruce-up projects to get ready for a great summer and that it is turning out to be. Great hiking weather with our cool nights and days into the high 70s. Lots of folks are escaping the heat down on the plains to come up and enjoy the mountains.

Ice is off the pond

2008-04-30T12:33:00.002-06:00

End of April is here and the ice is off the pond. It may not stay that way as we are supposed to drop into the teens tonight but a warm weekend is in store. Here at the lodge we have an early May special on for Cinnamon Bear this weekend, 2 nights for the price of one. Check out our web brochure for details and come on up.
The Highway Dept. is working on clearing the pass for the Memorial Weekend opening, another sign that spring is on the way.

Latest news, we are ready for summer.

2008-04-15T15:04:00.003-06:00

The breakfast hiatus that was mentioned in an earlier post is over and Laura is back to making those great breakfasts. Some people know that the hiatus was due to the Lodge being under contract to be sold and Laura felt she needed all her energies to get things ready to make the change. Well, the sale fell through and so it will be business as usual this summer with Scott, Laura, Kendrick (yep, we get him home for the summer) and Lewis at the helm. Hope your summer includes a trip to the mountains of Colorado.

Does this look like spring?

2008-04-09T09:52:00.002-06:00

I seem to be on the post a month routine but here is the latest photo from Mount Elbert Lodge where we are enjoying a white April.
We actually did see some melting of our huge snow banks but now we are getting more of the gorgeous white stuff. Expecting 10" today and tomorrow.
The first robin was sited just in time for a huge snowfall in March. He left but was seen again the last week of March. Bluebirds are back down by the lakes so I guess spring is going to appear but right now it's still great conditions for snowshoeing and back country skiing.
Low last night 10F. grab a cabin to stay cozy and your favorite gear for enjoying the snow and come on up to the mountains.

Snowshoeing is great!

2008-03-08T08:53:00.003-07:00

This photo was sent to us by the guests that stayed in the lodge recently. They had a great time with all the snow we have this year.

Remember, we are offering one more Chef dinner special package March 22nd. That night is also very close to the full moon so you could come up and enjoy the dinner and then go out with Scott on a moonlight snowshoe.

We took guests out moonlight snowshoeing last month and it is just incredible, the light, the quiet and for that trip, the serenade of coyotes.

Other lodge news: starting April 1st, we will not be serving breakfast to any guests until further notice. If you want Laura's scones you should zip on up for a stay in March.