Best Western Antlers at Glenwood Springs

The Hotel

Best Western Antlers occupies a corner site at the eastern end of West 6th Street, the block immediately before the pedestrian bridge to the Hot Springs pool. The property is a two-building L-shaped configuration of mid-century mountain-motel architecture, refurbished through the most recent Best Western cycle to a clean contemporary palette of grey wool carpet, dark wood, and forest-green accents. The lobby is generous by the standard of the local Best Western product, with a stone fireplace and a small lounge that opens to a south-facing patio in summer. Of all the mid-tier properties in Glenwood Springs, this one carries the most local character: it has been operating in some form since the early 1960s, and the staff have the institutional knowledge that comes with that.

The 92 rooms cover six categories from a standard king through a two-bedroom family suite that sleeps six. Standard rooms run 28 to 36 square metres; the deluxe king sits around 38; the two-bedroom suites stretch to 56 with a connecting interior door and two bath rooms. Beds use a mid-firm pocket-coil; bedding is white duvet and standard pillow count. Every category includes microwave, refrigerator, in-room coffee, and a 42-inch flat panel. The deluxe rooms upgrade to a private balcony in the north building, several of which open onto the Roaring Fork river edge. Bathrooms are tile-and-glass walk-in showers in newer categories and tub-shower combinations in the standard product.

The heated outdoor pool runs year-round (a small but real differentiator in a town where the indoor and outdoor pool question matters in February), and there is a separate hot tub in the same enclosure. The fitness room is small but properly equipped: two treadmills, a rower, and a free-weight rack. The complimentary hot breakfast is the operationally best in the local mid-tier set, with scrambled eggs, sausage, biscuits and gravy on weekends, oatmeal, and a small fruit and yogurt bar set up from 6:00 AM. Parking is on a generous surface lot at the rear, free for guests. WiFi is included and runs at usable broadband.

Service is the Best Western Antlers signature note. The team is unusually long-tenured for a 92-room hotel, the front desk has worked the local guide-and-shuttle inventory cold for years, and the property runs a small daily shuttle to the train depot, the hot springs pool, and the Glenwood Caverns tram lower station in season. Pet rooms are available with a small per-night fee. The Antlers is the editorial mid-tier pick in Glenwood Springs for one specific reason: the location at the foot of the pedestrian bridge means the family with kids in swim gear can walk to the pool in under five minutes, which closes a real operational gap that no other mid-tier in town quite matches.

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