Welcome to the Mountain Motel in Salida Colorado!

Pets Allowed!

Bring your furry friends, they are always welcome here.

WELCOME to the Mountain Motel in Salida, Colorado! Experience our warm and friendly Mountain Western Retro atmosphere. Our unique “Boutique” motel provides guests with a sense of tranquility while allowing them to enjoy the many exceptional amenities available in each of our motel rooms.

Featured Rooms at the Mountain Motel

Room Ten

Cottage Four

Studio Eleven

The Mountain Motel welcomed its first guests in 1947. In 1996, six more rooms were built to accommodate the tremendous influx of visitors to the motel. The Mountain Motel has been a family endeavor, being locally owned and operated since 1947 – over 55 years!

In December 2011, the new owner of The Mountain Motel felt that it was time to showcase the charm and history of the motel by performing a slight upgrade to the rooms as well as the Mountain Motel’s brand. After transforming the office area into a lounge and reading room, the energetic owner set to work to begin outfitting the remaining nine rooms with an exhaustive inventory of Mountain Western Retro furniture, fixtures and room décor. The vision to make the Mountain Motel, Salida’s FIRST “boutique motel” and reinventing an American icon – the roadside motel!

Foremost in the minds of the staff at the Mountain Motel is to provide guests with a comfortable, cozy, distinctive and memorable stay. One-size DOES NOT fit all! Each room has been re-imagined in a unique fashion, which brings the owner’s distinct style to a historic Salida motel.

Room décor is an eclectic collection of “Mountain Western Retro” – reminiscent of properties dating back to the 1950’s, and early 1960’s.

We consider the Mountain Motel a forever evolving work of “motel art,” where updates and décor are an on-going effort. We especially pride ourselves on being the only Salida, CO motel to bring the “boutique motel” experience to guests visiting the Arkansas River Valley.

A locally owned motel, the Mountain Motel is noticeably different in look and feel from other Salida hotel and motel experiences. We love it when our guests are pleasantly “surprised” to find that the motel offers much more than a room to sleep. Guests of the Salida, CO area have many options for lodging, but very few will venture out to the other options once they experience the uniqueness of the Mountain Motel.

The staff at the Mountain Motel invite you to share our “Mountain Western Retro” experience! Whether it be sharing stories in the lounge on a cold day with other guests, or sipping the special “Mountain Motel” iced-tea on a hot day. Without question, your stay at the Mountain Motel in Salida, Colorado will be a memory to share forever and keep you coming back, year after year.

See you again soon!

After visiting Salida for years and staying at several other locations in the area I have found the only place I want to recommend to visitors to our mountains. As a Colorado native serving visitors in many capacities this is the first location that has the given ability to care for guests. If you’re interested in cruising the highways and byways of our state this is a centrally located town (Salida) with a number of enjoyable pleasures from sitting on the bank of the river watching kayaks to hiking, biking and grabbing a camera for photos of the wildlife. This charming motel is located on Highway 50 East heading toward Royal Gorge. Though located on the highway I found the night traffic sounds were not intrusive of my sleep – as I keep my window open all night. Irene is a gracious hostess as the Owner/Operator of this unique motel. If you pass it by with a “vacancy” sign light on then you are missing the only chance to know mountain hospitality at its best. See you again soon!

R.S.    May 12, 2013