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The Forest Queen Hotel

2.0 star property
A peaceful retreat in the business district where travelers can unwind in the garden, enjoy drinks at the bar, and access nearby skiing adventures

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The Forest Queen Hotel blends tranquility and adventure in the business district. Guests relax in the garden, enjoy drinks at the bar, and fuel up with breakfast before skiing. A free shuttle connects to nearby slopes, while WiFi keeps everyone connected.

Reviews

6.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Pet-friendly
  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Restaurant
  • Breakfast available
  • Bar

Room options

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Premium bedding, down duvets, free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed, Private Bathroom

Highlights

Hypo-allergenic bedding
Down duvet
Premium bedding
Shower/bath combination
Private bathroom
Daily housekeeping
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Premium bedding, down duvets, free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed, Shared Bathroom

Highlights

Hypo-allergenic bedding
Rollaway/extra beds
Down duvet
Premium bedding
Shower/bath combination
Daily housekeeping
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Premium bedding, down duvets, free WiFi, bed sheets

Double Room, Shared Bathroom

Highlights

Hypo-allergenic bedding
Down duvet
Premium bedding
Shower/bath combination
Daily housekeeping
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Premium bedding, down duvets, free WiFi, bed sheets

Twins with common bath

Highlights

Hypo-allergenic bedding
Down duvet
Premium bedding
Shower/bath combination
Daily housekeeping
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds
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About the area

Located in Downtown Crested Butte, a neighbourhood in Crested Butte, The Forest Queen Hotel is in the entertainment district and in the mountains. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Coal Creek and Trail 403, while Crested Butte Mountain Theatre and Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum are cultural highlights. Ice Rink and Center for the Arts are also worth visiting. Take in the nearby slopes with cross-country skiing and downhill skiing, or try out other outdoor activities such as snowmobiling and snowshoeing. Visit our Crested Butte travel guide
Map
129 Elk Ave, Crested Butte, CO, 81224

What's nearby

  • Aspen Nordic Center
    Crested Butte Nordic Center
    3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Town of Mount Crested Butte Panorama
    Crested Butte Town Park
    10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Crested Butte Mountain Theatre
    2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Crested Butte Chamber of Commerce
    8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Center for the Arts
    12 min walk - 1.0 km

Getting around

  • Gunnison, CO (GUC-Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional)
    40 min drive

Restaurants

  • The Secret Stash
    3 min walk
  • Front Porch
    7 min drive
  • José
    9 min drive
  • Paradise Cafe
    8 min walk
  • Kochevars
    1 min walk

About this property

The Forest Queen Hotel

Hotel near Crested Butte Mountain Resort
Take advantage of a garden, a bar and a restaurant at The Forest Queen Hotel. Skiers and snowboarders can spend time on the slopes at this hotel featuring a free ski shuttle. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi.
Additional perks include:
  • Free self-parking
  • Full breakfast (surcharge), a free local area shuttle and a TV in reception
  • Wedding services
Room features
All guest rooms at The Forest Queen Hotel feature comforts, such as premium bedding, in addition to
Extra conveniences in all rooms include:
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding and down duvets
  • Shower/bath combinations and free toiletries

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet

Parking and transport

  • Free offsite parking
  • Free area shuttle up to 3 km
  • Free shopping centre shuttle
  • Free ski shuttle
  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking

Food and drink

  • Full breakfast available for a fee
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Cold Creek Grill

Things to do

  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Free area shuttle

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Wedding services

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • In the mountains

More

  • 1 building
  • 2 floors
  • Built in 1881
  • Victorian architecture

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Down comforter
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4 PM; check-in end time: 11 PM

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools
Guests are kindly asked to contact the property for late or early arrivals.

Pets

Pets are allowed for an extra charge of USD 15.00 per pet, per stay
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

  • Pet fee: USD 15.00 per pet, per stay
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

Property is also known as

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The Forest Queen Hotel Hotel Crested Butte

Frequently asked questions

Is The Forest Queen Hotel pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property. There's a fee of USD 15.00 per pet, per stay. Service animals are exempt from fees.

How much is parking at The Forest Queen Hotel?

Self-parking is free at this property; nearby parking is also free.

What time is check-in at The Forest Queen Hotel?

Check-in start time: 4 PM; check-in end time: 11 PM.

What time is check-out at The Forest Queen Hotel?

Checkout is at noon.

Where is The Forest Queen Hotel located?

Located near the slopes, this Downtown Crested Butte hotel is situated in the mountains, and is within a 5-minute walk of Crested Butte Mountain Theatre, Crested Butte Nordic Center and Coal Creek. Sea Level Spa and Trail 403 are also within 5 minutes.

Can I cancel my reservation for free and receive a full refund?

Yes, this property offers free cancellation on selected room rates because flexibility matters! Please refer to the property cancellation policy on our site for more details about any exclusions or requirements.

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Reviews

The Forest Queen Hotel Reviews

6.8

7.2

Cleanliness

9.2

Location

7.2

Staff & service

6.0

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 17 out of 102 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 31 out of 102 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 27 out of 102 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 21 out of 102 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 102 reviews

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Robert

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Dump in a Gem of a town

Priced accordingly, this is a tough place to stay. Poor quality mattresses and linens. Poorly insulated rooms allow for you to hear everything in the bathroom across the hallway along with all of your neighbors. Baseboard heat makes the room go from 50° tov100° and is supplemented by a portable electric space heater. Creaky floors, covered in delaminating, separating Pergo. Evidence of past leaks and rotting window sills--really the list of deficiencies is the only thing impressive here. The positives? The bar next door closes at 2:00 AM so the room gets quieter shortly after and you wake up in Crested Butte which is fantastic as soon as you leave this dump.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

6/10 Okay

Lou

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room was clean but entry hallway unpleasant. No air circulation in room. Would not choose again. Location convenient.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Glenn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super cool place with a ton of character. Smallest room I’ve ever stayed in but the bed was comfy and the shower worked.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Jeff

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice older place if you like this environment. They really need to be sure people understand what they are getting into before they book a room here. The cleanliness was horrible, bathroom(community) was not clean. We ended up cleaning the bathroom so we could use it!! Bedroom was small, nice but showed dust & dirt build up, front door light outside the hotel was out and the carpet going upstairs looked like it was never taken care of. We felt like we were back in a college dorm! I would not recommend this place to anyone. In addition, if a family or older couple were to book this hotel they would be disappointed. Room is about all you get. I would have left the day we arrived, gone to another hotel if we could have! But, unfortunately we were locked into this nightmare and could not get our money back due to their cancellation policy. In additional I even purchased insurance and it appears to be a joke too. Unable to get our money back!! Owner apparently does not care about the hotel. Only his Resturant below the hotel. I am never going to book s room this way again. Seems to me at the end nobody really cares about the customer only the MONEY!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I got altitude sickness The night before I was to stay at the florist queen. I ended up in the hospital emergency room and could not continue my check up any higher in altitude. I called to talk to the manager to try to change or cancel my room.I tried to cancel my reservation to no avail I ended up not going to Crestview, and then also having to pay for another room at a lower altitude.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Luke

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness

Shared bathroom

The location is amazing and it’s such a perk being right in town. However, be aware some of these rooms are a shared bathroom situation and I did not realize this when booking the room. We wouldn’t mind this, but the bathroom was very dirty with hair and scum everywhere. And the shower had such little water pressure you had to stand against the wall to get any water. This is also a small detail, but there was nowhere to get a drink of water except for from the dirty bathroom faucet. But the restaurant staff below were very nice and accommodating!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was super small and it was very hot in it. The bathtub was not draining while we were taking a shower and there was no water pressure in the shower. However the hotel was at a perfect location, walking distance to lots of restaurants and stores. We also enjoyed sleeping with the sound of the river.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Phenomenal location, friendly staff. Just be sure to understand you're getting a bed in a room with a very ordinary bathroom down the hall. I slept really well, no major complaints.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

cheryl

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Antique hotel, room, really needed some fixes.

Disappointed in condition of room. Lampshades were noticeably finger soiled, window to outdoors need to be completed replaced (original wood window from the 1880's?) and the single pane glass had a crack and hole in the glass. Entrance way stairs need new carpet.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly and comfortable! Will stay again. They accommodated my dogs nicely
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Perfect for what I needed, a quick trip in and out.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Excellent location!

Perfect location if you’re okay with something simple! It’s exactly as advertised and was great for what we were looking for.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

MJ

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
Couldn't beat the price but it is basically a bed to sleep in. Bathroom is shared. Parking is available if you are lucky to find it on the street. Could hear the partying from nearby bar.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Forest Queen

Had a great stay at the Forest queen! Would def stay again. Loved the Hotel Restaurant amenities and being on main st. Nice having the restaurant downstairs at your footsteps. So convenient of walking out with your dog and taking in the old town and neighborhood.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Brenden

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great no frills hotel!

Location, location, location! Stay on the downtown main street (Elk Ave) and walk to shops and restaurants within only minutes. This former saloon and brothel will keep you cozy and warm and near the action. You can also eat in the highly rated restaurant downstairs if you don't want to bundle up and eat somewhere else. The room was small at 8 ft by 11 ft, but had it's own private bathroom. There is also a communal bathroom, but I don't know if some of the rooms don't have their own. The room stayed as warm as you like with the supplied space heater and the queen size bed was very comfortable. You can hop on the shuttle bus or drive and park at the Crested Butte ski resort, about 5 minutes away. If you are someone who doesn't need 5 star hotel accommodations and just need a warm cozy bed and a shower/bath, then this place is perfect for you. I would suggest calling the hotel directly to check pricing, they listed Vacancy and nightly price of $89.00. Hotels.com charged us around $150 per night.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Asif, Kansas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great stay

It was great. Dough was friendly so is his dog. Would love to visit again
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

jim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Crsted Butte

Great location right downtown

6/10 Okay

Steven

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Small and old with a great location.

Crested Butte is a fun and quirky little ski town. Like all ski towns, the prices are way too high for what you get, but the Forest Queen is way out of line. It was the smallest room I've ever been in and there is one shared bathroom for 7 rooms. It was better than camping, but not by much. Anything more than $40 nightly is way too much. Other than that, the people were very nice and the location is excellent. The only other issue was the neighboring club has pretty loud music until 2am.

4/10 Poor

E, Denver, CO

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Almost a great location

The location would be hard to beat if they put in even the smallest effort to insulate any of the noises. There was unfortunately live music next door, and it was almost like we were sitting right in the bar as we tried to fall asleep (despite ear plugs). You can also hear people coming in and out of the shared bathroom at all times (also too many people to bathroom ratio). The heater makes weird clanking noises all night. If I had paid what the hotel themselves would have charged I would have been a little less upset, but finding out that Expedia would go to handle both this review and my request on one of their guarantees so poorly has convinced me to never stay here again and to stop using Expedia.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Great location, cute room, overpriced

Great location, lots of character, cute but small room with a shared bathroom. Price was about twice as much as it should have been.

10/10 Excellent

Tyler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Old School boarding house feel.

Stayed the night. The place reminded me of the turn of the century boarding house. Very simple and very neat.

2/10 Terrible

Edward C

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Forest Queen Hotel misadvertising leads to anger.

Forest Queen Hotel should be torn down. Probably not structurally sound. Misleading advertising. Shared cold bathroom, very expensive for what you get. NO PARKING! Took over an hour driving around the block waiting for a parking spot, then it was NOT an overnight spot and had to wait until past my bedtime to move to find a legal spot. Short bed. Left a day early just because I was NOT going to spend another day in an uncomfortable room, no TV, everything in town was way, way, overpriced. Didn't want to move my car to sight see because I was afraid it would take another hour to find another spot. Very disappointing and very expensive.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Can't beat the location. Duvet on bed was stained (yuk) and way loud noise from bar below or next door kept us awake til 2:00 am.

8/10 Good

Dave, Denver

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Nice small property.

We will stay there again. Great staff and good food in the restaurant.

4/10 Poor

Mark, Denver

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Very basic in heart of town

The guest part of the hotel is just a single hallway above the restaurant with 5-6 rooms. The worst part is you can hear the people in all the rooms around you. Other than that, it's pretty quaint. No tv or ammenities though. Just plan to sleep there. Right on main shopping street of town so very convenient but no parking so you have to find a spot in the neighborhood.