BBQ/picnic Area

Reviews of Lawson Adventure Yurts

2 out of 5
Lawson Adventure Yurts
3440 Alvarado Rd, Idaho Springs, CO

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 26 out of 52 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 16 out of 52 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 52 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 52 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 52 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

christine

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great unique getaway
Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 3 May 2022
Thanks for leaving us a review, we're glad you enjoyed your stay!

10/10 Excellent

Taylor

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 1 Apr 2022
Thank you for leaving us a review! We hop you enjoyed your stay!

8/10 Good

Chris

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 30 Mar 2022
Thank you for leaving us a review! We hope you enjoyed your stay!

4/10 Poor

Michael

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Laura Amanda

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 21 Feb 2022
Thanks for leaving us a review! We're glad you enjoyed your yurt stay.

8/10 Good

Anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
A good affordable option. Bathrooms were clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 10 Feb 2022
Hi Anthony, thanks for leaving us a review! We're glad you had a good stay in one of our yurts!

10/10 Excellent

tiffany

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
Bar needs to stay open later and need food onsite
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022
Response from Lawson on 7 Feb 2022
Hi Tiffany, our food service has been under renovation but will be back open the third week of February! And for the bar we stay as late as we have guests, thank you for the feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Laura Amanda

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Great location! Perfect tiny home and great little bar!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 4 Feb 2022
Thanks for the review! Glad you enjoyed you stay!

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Uncomfortable…
The bed is so uncomfortable and in broken condition. The noise is too loud over the entire night
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 7 Oct 2021
Hi we're sorry you did not enjoy your stay. We did have maintenance check and none of our yurt beds are currently broken. If there was an issue of that kind we do ask guests to notify our front desk so we can address that sort of issue. We also try our best to make it clear we are located right off of I-70 and we do provide ear plugs to those who request any.

10/10 Excellent

Marcia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easy access and price
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021
Response from Lawson Adventure Park Concierge on 1 Oct 2021
Thank you for your review! Please come back and see us again!

10/10 Excellent

Stacey

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 16 Sept 2021
Thank you for leaving us a review, we're glad you enjoyed your yurt stay! We hope to see you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really nice experience and friendly staff! Will definitely be staying here again. The bath house was very clean also!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 4 Aug 2021
Glad you had a great stay and enjoyed glamping in one of our yurts! Hope you come back again!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It was not actually inside nature. It is located by the highway (and it is blocked by the mountain on the other side) and all night cars are passing by. So it feels that you are sleeping by the highway inside a tent. So much noise. Also, the wooden beds sound horrible. Any movement and then the sound is worst than the highway noise!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 28 Jul 2021
We're sorry you did not enjoy your camping experience in one of our yurts. We do try to state to the best of our ability we are located right off of I-70 in a mountain corridor and you may hear noise at night. We do offer guests ear plugs as requested at our front desk. For our beds, they are wooden-framed bunk beds and can creak, but so can any frame of bedding. Again we try to make it clear this is a camping/glamping experience in the mountains with recent upgrades made like electrical outlets and lighting in the yurt which we didn't have in former years. We strive to make the yurt-experience a fun stay for guests.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in May 2021
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 9 Jun 2021
Thanks for leaving us a review, we hope you enjoyed your stay!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We really enjoyed the atmosphere very peaceful and relaxing. Everyone was very kind, Highly recommend the UTV tour is was awesome! Most definitely coming back one day!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 18 May 2021
Thanks for leaving a review, we're glad you had a fun adventure on the UTV tour and hope you come back again in the future!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Not as we expected. The cabine was dirty and the beds too
Stayed 1 night in May 2021
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 11 May 2021
Hi I'm not sure you posted this review in the right place. This is our Expedia yurt platform and you mentioned staying in a cabin? We also like to address these sorts of issues with our housekeeping staff after stays and not knowing which cabin/day you stayed makes that challenging. We will bring this to the attention of our housekeeping to ensure quality standards are maintained.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing and comfortable. We would stay here again in a heartbeat!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 6 Apr 2021
Thanks for leaving us a review! We're glad you liked your stay!

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Cool location and cool atmosphere.
The yurts were comfortable and the staff was super friendly. It’d be a great place to go with friends, family or solo.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2021
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 18 Mar 2021
Hi Mary, thanks for leaving us a review! We're glad you enjoyed your yurt stay!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021
Response from Lawson Adventure Park & Resort on 22 Feb 2021
Thank you for the wonderful review! We love that you enjoyed your stay and please visit us again!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2021
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 4 Feb 2021
Thanks for leaving a review, we hope you enjoyed your yurt stay!

8/10 Good

Katie L

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Very cozy and cute! The only thing is i wish there was more lights provided. We brought a few of our own but a small lamp or some other type of lighting would be nice!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 31 Dec 2020
Hi Katie, thanks for the review -glad you had a good stay. We've recently had some yurt guests take the lanterns we provide with them when they leave so we just purchased 3 new, larger flashlights and put them in the yurts last night. We hope you come back again for another stay in the future and hope you have a happy New Years!

10/10 Excellent

Yvonne V

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 19 Dec 2020
Thanks for leaving us a review, we hope you come back again for another stay!

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 28 Oct 2020
Thank you for your review, we hope you had a great stay in one of our yurts and come back again soon!

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property is not as described. Next to freeway. Very small. Does not actually offer "adventures" but contracts with local companies. Actual property is very small. Property is an eye sore, which was surprising considering the beauty of the environment around it.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 14 Oct 2020
We are sorry you did not enjoy your stay. We do make it clear on all our platforms and our website that we are right off I-70 and you may hear traffic noise at night. We also offer activities on property internally through our company (not contracted out) such as Via Ferrata guided mountain climbing, ziplining, UTV tours, and rafting.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
The yurt was so cute and I loved it. The only thing was the heater in the Yurt would not turn on. Not sure if we were doing it wrong but we tried for ever because it was a colder night. I was prepared and brought up extra blankets. I will come back again for sure!!!!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 28 Oct 2020
Thank you for leaving a review! We do have instructions on how to operate the heating in the yurts in our Welcome Booklets, but if you ever need assistance with that let someone at our front desk know during business hours and they can help to turn the heater on.

8/10 Good

chris

Travelled with family
Yurt living
Pretty loud with the highway right near by. Yurt living is interesting and the property is pretty.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020

6/10 Okay

Jacqueline

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
The property was a little unkept. A little messy. I wish there was a couple power stations to power the cell phone.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
It’s the best place for kids, exploring, touching nature and sleep!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 29 Jul 2020
Thanks for leaving a review, glad you had a fun trip out!

10/10 Excellent

Miranda

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020
Response from Lawson Concierge on 16 Apr 2020
Thank you for leaving a review! We're glad you had a great time.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Room comfort
Pros + Beautiful property + Easy check-in + Easy to find + Affordable yurt lodgining Cons + The yurt "patio" is small so you cannot gather around or relax near your lodging and there are no tables/chairs outdoors to soak in the ambiance. + Right off the highway so it's loud at night
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2020
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 20 Mar 2020
Thanks for posting a review! We’re glad you had a good stay and appreciate the feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed during the coronavirus outbreak so the Loveland Ski Area closed down. The hosts of our yurt were very accommodating.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2020
Response from Lawson Adventure Concierge on 19 Mar 2020
Thanks for leaving a review! We're glad you had a good stay in one of our yurts.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Lawson Adventure Park & Resort on 10 Feb 2020
We are sorry that your experience wasn't what you were expecting. We always do our best to accommodate guest's needs and ensure they have a great stay in our lodgings.

10/10 Excellent

Carrie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice people at check in was the easiest check in ever friendly n clean
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Melanie on 3 Nov 2019
We are so glad that you enjoyed your stay! We hope that you come back soon.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
These yurts and cabins are situated in a beautiful setting, right in the canyon. It's very scenic, and you get to hike on trails to your yurt or cabin as there isn't driving or parking access. There is a neat little bar and deck where you can have a local beer after your adventures. Everyone was very friendly. We arrived a few minutes before the 4pm check in and were told that our yurt wasn't ready yet. We had to wait for about 40 minutes before we could get checked in. If you stay here in the fall be sure to bring extra bedding since the night will be COLD and they may not have put the heaters in the yurt yet. Also bring earplugs because I-70 is just a few yards away and traffic runs day and night. It's kind of a trade-off: affordable and in a beautiful setting, but not well temperature controlled and very noisy.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Melanie on 17 Sept 2019
Thank you for your review. I apologize that you had to wait for your yurt for so long. Also, the night that you stayed with us was the first time that the temperature had dropped that low at night, and we have now added our heaters back into the yurts. We hope that you do choose to stay with us again!

10/10 Excellent

Carrie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice place clean neat loved it will be back
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Melanie on 13 Sept 2019
We are so glad that you enjoyed your stay with us! We can't wait to have you back.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Melanie on 29 Aug 2019
Thank you for your review! We always want to improve so please let us know what we can do better next time to improve your stay.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good personal communication, but a site map for after-hours check in on the website would have been very helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Melanie on 23 Aug 2019
Thank you for the suggestion. We are always looking to improve guests experiences. We hope that you come visit us again!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
The idea is very neat, however the property needs a little TLC. The mattress pads and pillows themselves were stained and dirty. (I was a bit concerned about bed bugs.) The rug had pet hair all over it and behind/under the bed had not been swept recently. The area is very scenic with a beautiful river running right by it. Idaho Springs has great dining and cute shops to stroll through. At Lawson Adventures, the workers were very kind and friendly. If the housekeeping/cleaning end of the business were improved, this would be a great place to stay!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Melanie on 9 Aug 2019
Thank you for your feedback. I have let our housekeepers know about your comments and we will take the steps to improve. We hope you come back!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved everything about this place! It was the perfect glamping experience!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Greg on 31 Jul 2019
Thanks for your response - please come again!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We often camp with our family but this year we wanted to try something a bit easier and less risky weather wise. We loved Lawson Adventure Yurts! Super warm, comfortable, and a really great place for our family of 7. They have all the amenities you'd bring with you to camp and its literally zero work. The grounds are really cool and our kids had a great time running around having fun. Staff are excellent, facilities all in top condition. I wish we would have booked a longer stay!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Melanie on 18 Jul 2019
Thank you for your feedback! We are so glad that you enjoyed your stay and would love to have you back!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Great adventure but still modern amenities. Hiway noise was a bit high.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Melanie on 14 Jul 2019
Thank you for your review! We are glad that you enjoyed your stay.

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great accommodations but Interstate 70 noise
I 70 is very loud.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Deanna on 1 Apr 2019
Thank you for your feedback!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
This is probably a very fun and unique place to stay in the summer. Lots of summer activities. Winter, not so much. Bathrooms very clean. Heater was very strong. Need to give more warning that you will need more lights to see, read, or play games/do puzzles at night. No electricity at all. Weak wifi. No alcohol allowed. Icy stairs and paths. Noisy from being near I-70. Good deal for a family but bring earplugs.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Deanna on 21 Mar 2019
We appreciate your feedback, definitely come back in the summer when our activities are up and running! We are always happy to provide more lanterns and/or linens if need be, just call us up or come down to the lodge to let us know. Thanks for the review and your insight!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed in one of the Yurt’s and it was an awesome experience as long as you are aware of the type of accommodations you are getting. We loved it.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from Sarah on 24 Feb 2019
Thank you so much for your review! We are so happy you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again soon!

8/10 Good

Rachel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Enjoyed our first yurt stay.
Our family enjoyed our yurt stay. Interstate noise was definitely noticeable, but the yurt was warm and inviting. Aside from dog hair on the sheets, everything was neat and tidy. The bathrooms were very clean also.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from Deanna on 20 Feb 2019
Thank you for staying with us! We strive to make each stay great and we look into our reviews to make it even better! We appreciate your feedback!

8/10 Good

JYDB

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness
I really hope this review helps others who look at this location. We will probably stay again. We rented 2 yurts during the week, for an extended family trip. There were 9 of us. While one person at the resort told me the experience would be like glamping, another employee called it "camping style" accommodations. I want to make sure you understand what you are renting so that there isn't any misunderstanding. First, there is no electricity in the yurt and the small battery powered lantern they provide, gives little light, so bring a high powered flashlight or lantern if you want to be up past sundown. Second, you can hear the highway at all hours of night so if you sleep well to white noise, you will be fine, however, it was noisy when initially falling to sleep. Third, you need to walk down snow-covered paths to get to the bathrooms. They are heated however, and have running water plus electricity. The yurt does not. Fourth, we could not get the wifi to connect in our yurt because it was too far away from the office. It was fine when we were in the bathrooms. Lastly, there is no outside alcohol allowed but you can purchase it from the office. Most importantly, the heater works really well. Our yurt was perfect but our 2nd yurt got way too hot even on the lowest setting. Not the worst problem to have in the winter but make sure you understand how to turn the propane heater on and off before the office closes. In the end, a good experience. Hope this is helpful!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Deanna on 9 Jan 2019
Thank you for this review, we're glad you enjoyed it but I'm sorry for the misunderstanding with our terms "glamping" and "camping style". We do consider our Yurts "glamping" because there is a bed, a foundation and it is insulated with a propane heater. The WiFi connection is due to the nature of the camps structure. The WiFi comes from the main building and reaches out as far as it can which means sometimes the Yurts can be too far away. However, the cabins have built in WiFi. If you have any other questions before booking give us a call and we will happily answer them for you so you are well accommodated for your next stay. Thank you so much for the feedback!

8/10 Good

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Rustic Adventure
If a rustic adventure is what your looking for, The Lawson Adventure yurts are where you need to go. Tucked away on the hillside of a mountain, it provides the basics (including a very effective space heater for the room). Comfy beds, just wish there was more than one lantern! Also, nowhere on the website did I read that alcohol was not allowed (not that I could find anyway). Upon arrival, they tell you absolutely no outside alcohol allowed on their property except for in the bar. 5 minutes later, the bar closed (6pm New Year’s Eve) - a bummer to say the least.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from Melanie on 5 Jan 2019
Thank you for your response, James. We want our guests to be as happy as possible so we appreciate any and all feedback. As our bar is new, we are still trying to figure out the best way to work the hours. Thank you again for your feedback.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from Greg on 4 Jan 2019
Hi, Thanks for your review. Would you mind letting us know what you would like to see improved about your experience? Thank you

8/10 Good

Karine

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Melanie on 23 Jul 2019
Thank you for your review! We are so glad that you enjoyed everything. Please come see us again!