Stone Mountain Lodge

We had our son's wedding and had many friends and family stay. Nobody's TV worked. Some rooms had no electrical in the bathroom. One room had extension cords running in a daisy chain through the room. That can't be fire safe, right? The room layouts are very inconsistent. The service from the staff for the wedding was poor too. I literally asked the event lead, if the food was being unloaded and she said "why are you asking me?". I know we were responsible for the food but she had no overall interest in the success of the wedding. We overcame despite all this and had a wonderful event because we jumped in and did what we needed to do. If you do a wedding here, make sure you have your own event project manager who is on top of all of the details.

Now that Stone Mountain Lodge has taken our money we can’t get a response from anyone there. I chose Stone Mountain Lodge because I had a wedding to attend in Lyons that afternoon and wanted easy access to the venue. I’d been staying in Estes Park earlier in the trip. Had I known what SML would be like in advance, I would have just stayed in Estes Park. First, the room we were in looked nothing like the photos online. Next, I paid for early check in for the sole purpose of getting ready in time for the wedding. Yet, when I was in the shower (which was the size of a dishwasher), the water unexpectedly shut off for more than 30 minutes. I was left with dirty wet hair and no explanation. After I finally showered, I was behind schedule and needed to do my hair, but there was no mirror near any outlet. So, I had to do my hair for a wedding with my phone camera as a guide. Finally, I saw several bugs in the room. It was unsanitary and not worth even close to what I paid for the room. The water issue during the early check in period for which I paid extra money forced me to rush and I wasn’t fully ready by the time I had to leave for the wedding.

We arrived well after normal check-in hours, and our keys had been left for us in the office mailbox. Rooms were quite large. The WiFi is virtually non-existent, as are Uber and Lyft despite the apps indicating that service is available. Since nothing is nearby, plan accordingly. The location is quiet as there is little traffic on the road after dark.

There are real pros and 1 main con at Stone Mountain Lodge: Pros-It is a funky, rustic, old school motel, pet friendly ($25 fee added), nice grounds to walk on, has kitchenette in some rooms, relatively quiet inside room (Room 12-which is updated), clean, beautiful setting, close to town (2 miles) and affordably priced (we used points). Cons-I'm not the first to say this, but the noise from the road is at times unbearable and makes being outside very unpleasant due to noise pollution. That's the main con to this place-it feels like you are in the mountains-but the noise makes you not be able to enjoy it. That's my only complaint and traffic starts early on the weekdays.

We pull in at 4:09pm, check in is at 4pm, a guy was leaving and yelled out his window, you checking in the keys are in the box....okay. he drives off. We get to our room, it's dark, cold and unsettling. As we bring in our stuff we start noticing the dead bugs on the floor, flies and spiders and moths. Ewww. So I grab some tissue and get it cleaned up. We notice a stain on the bedspread, gross. We ended up staying but do not recommend this place unless you like little spiders creeping around up the walls and moths coming in from who knows where. OH and you only have wifi if you have a hotspot! So hope you like to be unconnected during your visit!