Vaquera House
Six rooms in a pared-back 1880s house on Crested Butte's historic Elk Avenue — the design-minded alternative to a condo.
An architectural-minimalist interior, in a historic inn. Google guests rate it 5.0★ across 120 reviews.
December through March for the mountain; late September and October for the foliage.
Very good. A genuinely good independent hotel — the sub-scores tell you if it's your kind.
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Vaquera House is a architectural minimalist hotel in Crested Butte, CO, part of the Crested Butte. Six rooms in a pared-back 1880s house on Crested Butte's historic Elk Avenue — the design-minded alternative to a condo.
It sits in our Architectural Minimalist category, occupying a historic inn, with a monastic · nature mood. 6 rooms. Independently owned and operated.
On the property
- Activities: HIKING, SKIING, BIKING.
A full review is still ahead
We haven’t published our first-person write-up of Vaquera Houseyet. 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.
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An architectural-minimalist interior, in a historic inn.
A destination-nature setting rather than an in-town base.
Google guests rate it 5.0★ across 120 reviews.
A luxury rate (from about $400/night) for the room, setting and design you get.
Under 10 rooms, and built for stillness.
Based on the data we have so far; expect small revisions as guest reviews and our editorial deepen.
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