Dinner inside Colorado deep time…read more The Creede Hotel & Restaurant serves elevated mountain cuisine inside a former silver-boom town born beneath volcanic cliffs and caldera walls. The foodie. One minute you're sipping cucumber cocktails and eating a Ruben and house salad, sipping fresh-brewed iced tea with lemon -- the next you're imagining miners, gamblers, and Soapy Smith walking these same streets in 1892. Friendly staff and quaint atmosphere. Creede is frontier history still breathing. A nice food spot in an arty peaceful town. Visit. You'll be glad you did.

The perfect end to a perfect day visiting Creede. We walked in and were seated immediatly. I…read morebelieve our waiters name was Casey, the service was impecable and our steaks were tastey while cooked to perfection. Very unique setting and exceptional service for a mountain town!

San Juan Ranch is one of my favorite places on Earth! Located 20 miles outside of Creede, the next…read morebig town is Lake City and there is fishing all around. This ranch has approximately 30 cabins, including pioneer and moderns options. Some are more traditional, some are fancy and some are roughing it. There's a variety of sizes and setups. Regulars that come every year are seasonal from May through September, leaving a handful of cabins to be rented out a week at a time, from Saturday to Saturday. The view is breathtakingly gorgeous. My favorite thing to do is to settle on the porch and watch the mountains with my morning coffee... it's like a painting. The atmosphere is very relaxed and everyone is very kind, always waving and stopping to chat. We generally get modern cabins, which are 2-3 bedrooms, include a bathroom, electricity and running water. We've stayed in a nicer pioneer before... but I'm a city girl. There is no television or telephone, you can go into Creede for wifi. I go out there to get away from those things and I enjoy the hell out of it when I do. My husband likes to fish and I like to see how many books I can read and then of course we'll do some shopping and dining out in town. Furniture and linens are provided, but you need to bring your own towels, dish rags, soap, sponges, cleaning supplies (broom and dust pan provided) and don't forget the toilet paper! Dishes and cookware are provided, but bring foil and spices with your supplies. The Kentucky Bell in town is expensive so bring as much of your food from home as you can and pick up left behind items in Alamosa or South Fork. Every cabin has a percolator, but coffee pots aren't guaranteed. The great thing about these cabins is that so many people choose to make them homey, so it's common for someone to bring up a coffee maker and leave it in the cabin. I always bring a cheap one unless I am getting a cabin I have stayed in before. Most cabins have a rotating library which is nice for mixing up the selection and also that I don't have to lug the books back when I'm done reading them. Thursday nights there are cook outs where you can bring a dish and socialize and I love the comradery and food! Check in is Saturday afternoon, check out is the following Saturday by 10am. Though they clean the cabins and linens after checkout, you should really clean up after yourself by leaving the dishes clean, trash taken out and floors swept/mopped. One of the rules is that you have to use their black trash bags, so that's one thing you don't need to bring. There are a lot of Texans here every summer, but I see people from all over. Everyone here is very respectful and by that I mean the guests of the ranch, so act in kind. This isn't the type of place for people wanting a full service experience, this is the place you go to commune with nature and get away. They have no website, you need to write to the owners to reserve a cabin. You could call, but they are very busy running a ranch, writing is better. It's getting more difficult to get a cabin during the busy months like July. This last year we had to stay elsewhere because they were booked up, but it's such a wonderful place you have to try at least once. I think chances might be better May, June and September. I have gone 6 years in a row and it's one of my favorite places in the world. I hope to be able to return year after year. Highly recommend (just in case you couldn't tell)!

Been staying at the "Ranch" for a couple of weeks every summer for the past 18 years-awesome get…read moreaway from the hectic pace of the city (Las Vegas). Fishing, hiking, photography, off-roading, just outside your cabin. Great place to take the family.

Almost don't want to tell folks how awesome this place is, so I can keep it for myself! This is a…read morebeautiful place set back in away from 'civilization'. The owners are practicing great Covid measures, everything was clean! The cabins are simple but stocked with everything you need except food and clothing :) Don't expect luxury... expect rustic, quiet and peaceful!!! I just enjoyed sitting on the porch of my cabin soaking in the scenery and laughing at the myriad of hummingbirds fighting at the feeders! I'll be back!!

I started staying at Soward's Ranch before I turned one years old. I stayed here up until 2009 when…read moremy parents bought a home near Creede. I do miss this Ranch and the great fishing. If you have the opportunity to stay here I highly recommend it.

We stayed here one night. This was the filthiest cabin/hotel/motel my wife and I have ever stayed…read morein. Dirt and God knows what was everywhere. Hairs, pubes, dog hairs..I took a few pictures. Here's a few tips for the housekeeper: Sweep or vacuum first before mopping. Clean the toilet. Clean around the toilet. Clean behind the toilet. Use hot soapy water when you mop. Not cold water sitting outside our cabin in a dirty mop bucket waiting for us to leave. Clean the brown dirty dish strainer. Perhaps run it through the dishwasher in the attached restaurant.

Very Clean, nice, new cabin. Helpful, friendly manager from the hotel across the street cares for…read morethese cabins. Comfortable queen size bed in bedroom and twin bunks built into the hallway next to the bathroom. The shower is a corner shower with a curtain and a rain can shower head, so you have to shower against the wall to avoid the curtain touching you. There were shampoo and body wash in dispensers on the shower wall. There was a hairdryer under the bathroom sink. They provided dawn dish soap, a coffee maker, and a full sized refrigerator. We stayed in #5, and apart from the shower, felt it was comfortable for overnight. The tile floor gets pretty cold still in June, so bring flip flops or slippers if you're cold natured. The cabin is right along route 149 as it comes into Creede, so it's a convenient walk into town, with an in town view. The rental doesn't include breakfast, but MJ's is a very short walk, and they had a great home style breakfast special for under $10. Thanks for a great stay.

A historic ranch in a beautiful location. Well worth a trip from anywhere! An incredible venue for…read morefly fishing.

Broadacres is so beautiful. This time of year, as the Fall turns into the long Winter. The air is…read morespecial. The crisp warm sunlight lights the trees. The stars are bright in the evening. Wood fires crackle and burn with that sweet smoke smell of the coals wafting into the air.

It's so beautiful. It's for sale…read more I spent every Summer at the neighboring ranch so I know the rainbow trout fishing well along the Rio Grande River. I played with my grandfather on the sandy beach beside the river. He made crosses once and told us Spanish conquistadors were buried there. I spent hours fishing in the river off the rocks and sitting on the porch during the afternoon rain showers. When I was about 5, I fell in the pond at Broadacres head first while my mother spoke with Mrs Collarette but one of the cowboys pulled me out before I drowned. Boy it was cold. We would reserve horses for a family trail ride up a ranch trail with Ellis and those horses would be quite slow going up and much faster going back to the barn. I don't know why no one is buying Broadacres. It's so wonderful,

We stayed at the Arbor House for skiing over spring break, and were thrilled with the amenities and…read morelocation. Driving from South Fork to Wolf Creek is much better than driving from Pagosa. The hosts at the Arbor House went above and beyond to make us feel welcome and at home with them. We highly recommend the Arbor House to anyone visiting the South Fork / Wolf Creek area.

We just spent a beautiful, relaxing and yummy stay at the Arbor House. The hosts were fun and went…read moreout of their way to make us comfortable - even my dairy and wheat free breakfast and that is a challenge! The attention to detail in everything is apparent everywhere you look. We will be bacK!!!