I couldn't have been more disgusted with how she treated me and my husband (specifically my husband). She was so rude that we left a day early (even though we had paid for the weekend) to get away from her. I would NEVER ever recommend this place.

We stayed at Coyote Ridge B&B over the July 4th holiday (3 nights, Fri-Sun). Coyote Ridge met our expectations. Room was clean, common areas including the outside, large deck were nice, and breakfasts were filling. We really enjoyed the other couples who were visiting during this time.

As noted in other reviews, be aware that you must ascend a set of stairs to enter the B&B. The Lincoln Room or Wildflower Room requires another set of stairs, if this is of concern to you. The two other rooms (Geranium and Alpine) are on the main floor. The walls are a little thin and you could hear outside of the room, but it was not terribly distracting nor did it prevent us from sleeping.

We did not feel that the B&B was too far away. It's true that there is nothing within walking distance, but Grand Lake was only about a 10 minute drive and there were a couple of restaurants along the road before getting to Grand Lake. The fact that this B&B was not right in town was one of the things that attracted us.

Our stay was fine up until the last evening. If you read the review about the couple who held reservations on July 4th only to learn that day the B&B was overbooked, we can confirm that this did happen.

This is how it played out from our side and the impressions it left us with. We arrived back at the B&B on the 4th late in the afternoon. When we arrived there were two envelopes outside the front door. Kathy (the Innkeeper) had mentioned at breakfast that she would be out for the day. Our first thought was the envelopes contained instructions for new people arriving that day. We did not think anything further of it until the folks from the aforementioned review arrived. My partner happened to go into the house from the deck and met this arriving couple. They related the story as indicated in their review and were very upset (understandably so).

Shortly after that, another couple arrived looking for the Innkeeper and said that they had reservations for that evening. We told them that we had noticed envelopes by the front door. They said that there was one there, but it wasn't for them. Not knowing what to do, they decided to go grab a cocktail down the road and were going to come back.

At this point several things occurred to us. There was a yet unclaimed envelope. Did this mean that another couple had been booked and there was "no room at the Inn"? Then we recalled that everyone who had been at the B&B on Saturday had been booked through the weekend. It was Sunday morning that one couple, from Denver, had to head back early due to a family issue; so that meant that only one room was available but had only become available that day.

We grew very uncomfortable with this situation and felt put in the middle of it. Kathy was not there and we were. We were thrown into a situations that she should have been there to deal with (displaced guests & arriving guests).

At the time it was our assumption that when Kathy made reservations for this displaced couple that as a goodwill gesture she would have paid for their reservation and breakfast as this is what they would have gotten had they stayed with her. We also thought that maybe an offer of a complimentary stay at another time would be a nice gesture as well. After reading this couples review, we were absolutely shocked to learn that none of this occurred. We felt strongly that Kathy should have been there for this couple, potentially another couple and the third couple that had arrived with no idea what to do; or at the very least have provided some phone number that she could have been reached at as opposed to the phone number for the B&B where she was not at.

After all this happened and speculating that there might be another couple arriving with no room available, we "retired" (hid) in our room so as not to be put in the middle. This really turned an otherwise acceptable stay into a disappointing and uncomfortable last evening.

In summary we feel Coyote Ridge is an acceptable choice; but based on our experience would highly recommend confirming your reservation prior to arriving.

We were "lucky" enough to get a reservation on July 4th of this year at this B&B. I was told that there had been a cancelation and that we could have the Geranium room for the night of July 4th. We were ecstatic and planned an entire vacation around this reservation which included my first ever backpacking trip through RMNP. She charged my credit card as expected, but once we emerged from backpacking at 5:30pm on July 4th, I had a message from "Kath" from 10:30am that day stating that she overbooked our room and we were out of luck. We left a message for her as well as went to the property to discuss this with her to no avail. She never apologised, and never returned our call.

She did coordinate a reservation for us in a completely different city (Winter Park) where there were no holiday celebrations or fireworks. She did not pay for this reservation and it was a very different level of lodging than we had expected (2 level Motel).

Be very careful when booking your reservations here. This is the kicker, she has 3 rooms, total. How could she have been so unorganized/forgetful when you only have to manage 3 rooms? I can only imagine that if this is how efficient she is, can she remember to wash the sheets, or wash her hands before she cooks for you? She did credit our credit card on the day she said she would, for the correct amount.

I cannot comment on how the rooms/food were since we never officially stayed there. We did visit the property which was quite far from Grand Lake with nothing in walking distance except open space.

We stayed here one night while visiting RMNP. Grand Lake is a lot quieter than Estes Park which was nice. The B&B was a little hard to find but once we were arrived, we were very welcomed. The room was nice--the walls a little thin as I could hear conversation and later snoring from the room next to us.

Breakfast was good, hearty, but served family style around a dining table with 6 other guests and Kathy sitting at the head of the table. A little awkward as we felt obligated to share and be sociable for a while when we really just wanted to eat and get on with our hiking. Kathy is very knowledgeable about the area and does have some really great resources and information.

As an aside, the Sagebrush BBQ in Grand Lake has really awesome burritos!