Salida, CO · Crested Butte

Amigo Motor Lodge

A 1950s Route 50 motor court redone with Pendleton blankets and a few Airstreams — the base camp for the Arkansas River and the Collegiate Peaks.

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7.9/10Very good.How we score
Why we’d stay

A retro-motor-lodge interior, a reimagined motor lodge. Google guests rate it 4.8★ across 365 reviews.

Best for
familieshikersa design hotel on a real budget
Not for
anyone without a cara lively scene or nightlifebringing the dog
Best time to go

Spring and fall — fewer people, better rates, and everything's open.

Our verdict

Very good. Priced well under what it delivers.

Rate
from about $150/night
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Amigo Motor Lodge is a retro motor lodge hotel in Salida, CO, part of the Crested Butte. A 1950s Route 50 motor court redone with Pendleton blankets and a few Airstreams — the base camp for the Arkansas River and the Collegiate Peaks.

It sits in our Retro Motor Lodge category, occupying a reimagined motor lodge, with a rugged · outdoor mood. 18 rooms. Independently owned and operated.

On the property

  • Activities: HIKING, BIKING, PADDLE, BONFIRE, FISHING, POOL.

A full review is still ahead

We haven’t published our first-person write-up of Amigo Motor Lodgeyet. When we do, it’ll land in the same voice as our Piaule, Troutbeck, and Inness reviews. In the meantime, the facts on the right and the tags above will tell you most of what we know.

See similar hotels: more Retro Motor Lodge hotels · every Crested Butte hotel · more reimagined motor lodge conversions

The Le Hotelist Score
7.9/10
Very good.
Assessed September 2026
Design7.2

A retro-motor-lodge interior, a reimagined motor lodge.

Location7.5

A destination-nature setting rather than an in-town base.

Service9.0

Google guests rate it 4.8★ across 365 reviews.

Value8.7

Fair for the design tier (from about $150/night) for the room, setting and design you get.

Quiet7.5

10–25 rooms.

Based on the data we have so far; expect small revisions as guest reviews and our editorial deepen.

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