Alder Gulch, Colorado · 9,200 feet

Eight rooms. One porch.
The whole valley.

A restored 1893 Victorian two blocks from Main Street, with homemade breakfasts, aspens out every window and absolutely no hurry.

Welcome

Built for an assayer. Kept for you.

The house was built in 1893 for the town’s silver assayer and his six children. We found it in 2014 with a sagging porch and a lot of character, and spent two years bringing it back.

Today it’s eight guest rooms, a parlor with a wood stove, a library of trail maps and paperbacks, and a porch that faces the best sunset in the valley. We live on site and we’ll happily point you to our favorite trailhead, or leave you entirely alone.

8guest rooms
1893built
2 blocksto Main Street
The innkeepers, smiling on the front steps of the inn.
Your hosts, Claire and Tom Whitaker, on the front steps.
Rooms & suites

Quilts, claw-foot tubs and mountain views.

The Aspen Room: an iron bed with a quilt beside a window full of golden aspens.

The Aspen Room

from $189 / night

Queen iron bed, a reading chair in the window, and the aspens close enough to touch in October.

The Columbine Suite bathroom: a claw-foot tub beside a tall window onto the pines.

The Columbine Suite

from $259 / night

Our largest room: king bed, sitting room, and a claw-foot tub facing the pines.

RoomBedGood forFrom
The Aspen RoomQueenWindow seat, valley view$189
The Columbine SuiteKing+ sitting roomClaw-foot tub, anniversaries$259
The Assayer’s StudyQueenBuilt-in bookshelves, quiet side$179
The Porch RoomKingPrivate door to the porch$219
The Garden RoomQueenGround floor, step-free, dog-friendly$189
The AtticTwo twinsFriends, sloped ceilings, skylights$159
The Larkspur RoomQueenMorning sun, rain shower$179
The TurretKingRound room, 270° views$239
Baked eggs in a cast iron skillet, berries, bread and coffee on the porch table.
Breakfast, 8 – 10 am

Worth getting up for.

Two courses, cooked to order by Claire, served in the dining room or out on the porch. Bread is baked here every morning; eggs come from a farm down the valley.

This week’s breakfast

  1. Mon–TueSkillet eggs with greens & fetasourdough toast, berries
  2. Wed–ThuBlue corn pancakespiñon butter, local honey
  3. Fri–SatGreen chile breakfast strataroasted potatoes, salsa
  4. SundayDutch baby with lemon & sugarbacon from the valley

Vegetarian, gluten-free and dairy-free versions every day. Just tell us when you book.

Alder Gulch

Leave the car parked.

Everything worth doing in town is a short walk from the porch, and the trails start where the street ends.

  • Main Street & the bakery2 min walk
  • Hot springs10 min walk
  • Gulch Creek trailhead12 min walk
  • Ski area shuttlefrom the corner
  • Mining museum5 min walk
Rocking chairs on the porch looking out at golden aspens on a quiet street.
Main Street in Alder Gulch at dusk, storefront windows glowing under the aspens and peaks.

“The kind of place you plan to leave for the day and end up reading on the porch until dinner.”

Your stay

Good to know.

Arriving

Check-in 3 – 8 pm, check-out 11 am. Arriving late? We’ll leave a key and a light on.

Children & pets

Guests 12 and over, please. Well-behaved dogs are welcome in the Garden Room ($30 / stay).

Minimum stays

Two nights on weekends from June to October, one night otherwise.

Cancellations

Full refund up to 14 days before arrival, or a credit toward a future stay after that.

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