Experience a step back in time in this truly authentic ,old west hotel constructed as a miner's palace in 1891, The original light fixtures are some of the world's first to house alternating current.Beer drinking artist  Herndon began his Colorado walk with his mule stopping at the Saloon  and painted his beloved Juanita's "face on the Barroom Floor" for a fee of beers.

Rent the entire hotel for parties, weddings, reunions and meetings.Event planning and catering.

Complete restaurant and ballroom on premise

2 suites with private baths and 12 small rooms with shared baths

Breakfast Not Included

San Juan Scenic Jeep Tours  The 1880s stagecoach company carrying passengers from the Hotel Western to the San Juan high country boasted the ride as the "grandest in the land" Now you can experience the 1880's and the world of prospectors, adventurers and mountaineers with your own ride on those high cliff-hanging stage and wagon roads. You can see firsthand the old mining ghost towns above Ouray, Silverton, Telluride and Lake City with the guides of Colorado's first and original Jeep Tour Company established in 1946  offered in the lobby of the Historic Western Hotel Schedule a jeep tour, zip lines ,snow cat tour and snow mobiles.