The Viking Lodge - Downtown Winter Park Colorado

It is walkable to many restaurants and shops but that was the only good thing. We checked in around 6pm. There was no staff, only an envelope on the counter with the door code. Room 12 was next to the busy highway with lots of noise from passing vehicles. The windows did not provide much in lowering the noise. That evening, there was a warning from the fire alarm that it detected smoke. We opened the door and window while we looked for any smoke. We did not find any smoke. We tried calling the provided number and were directed to call an emergency number. The emergency number went to a voicemail and also said to send a text message. We did both, left a voicemail and text message. We never got a response. We slept with the window open so the alarm did not go off. The road noise was loud and it was a chilly by morning. We were trying to save some money but in hindsight, we should have spent more to get a better night of sleep.

We loved this place in a lot of ways. It was very friendly. The location is smack in the center of the very walkable little town of Winter Park. Winter Park, I would put in here is a town largely unmolested by big corporations. All the corporate touristy crap is up at the ski area, so the town itself is great. The lodge building is kind of cool. It’s got big wooden beams holding up the ceilings, and terrible ‘70s paneling, plus, in our room anyhow, really great over the top ‘70s furniture. Did I mention friendly. Oh yeah, and cheap. That’s what got me there in the first place. Now, I will say that we could not get the sauna to heat up to anything past, sort of, warm room temp, and that was up toward the ceiling. (It was butt cold when we were there) And the hot tub steps were caked in ice, so that’s not so appealing. Didn’t really care. The shower was great. My son and I felt good about supporting a quirky, family business competing against the fat cats up at the ski area.

I picked this place because it looked like a quant mountain lodge in a great location. Unfortunately it seems to be owned and operated by delusional owners. This place is the epitimy of unconcerned, lazy, and out of touch owners. The place has unimaginable potential. It could be the most sought after retreat in the entire area. But with the lack of concern, vision, and obvious ignorance in terms of hotel management, it's amazing this place can stay above water. I travel six months out of the year nationally and internationally. I have never found hair in my bed and on my pillows in 20+ years of traveling. They obviously never changed our sheets prior to our arrival. The carpet was dirty, half the light fixtures in a he room didn't work, the TV remote didn't work properly, the bathroom was gross, and the noise from all the surrounding rooms was unbelievable! They changed our sheets and said," sorry about that"no comp or discount on our room rate. Then my 13 year old son watched" the owner" change the pillow case and saw a huge disgusting stain on the pillow and he flipped it over and put a new case on it. I then spoke to the owner about the stained pillow and he said he never saw the stain. My son saw him look at the stain and flip the pillow over. Not a responsible thing to do!!!! The property in general is in great disrepair and needs a few million in remodeling to get this place up to par. I would never recommend anyone pay to stay there. I've stayed in places for half as much that have been 1,000 times nicer. Never stay at the " Viking Lodge" in Winter Park! It's a joke of a hotel and business.

This is a very quiet local family owned lodge. Located downtown on the main street and has numerous restaurants within walking distance. Not fancy but very comfortable and very Colorado. They use Val Locks on the doors which were easy to use. The bathroom is small with the sink located in the main room. I will definitely book again if in the area.