Foot of the Mountain Motel

We love this motel! It is quaint and snuggled into the base of the Flat Irons. Very quiet on a unique street, architecturally speaking. Easy walk to Boulder downtown. Staff is lovely and certainly made us feel comfortable and at home. We will always choose to use Foot of the Mountain Motel when visiting Boulder.

We stayed at this motel for several nights. Here is what we faced: 1. Noise: The rooms have zero sound insulation. Apart from being able to hear your neighbors’ conversations, they have some novelty, toy-like refrigerators that run extremely loudly because they are not designed for commercial efficiency. Loud enough to wake you each time the engine turns over throughout the night. We had two rooms and the fridge in one of the rooms died on the first night causing all the food we put in there to spoil. 2. Customer Service: when we spoke to the front desk person about our fridge dying and losing our food, she told us that it wasn’t her problem, but to wiggle the flammable tangle of extension cords that they use to power these toy refrigerators. She told us three times that we should just jiggle the plug and then finally said that the “janitor” would come to fix it. When we stopped back at the room, we found the toy fridge laying in the parking lot in front of the room covered in dust. 3. The “Janitor”: the first time I saw the so-called janitor, he was exiting his truck after arriving to work in the morning. As he opened the door, a haze of smoke billowed out drivers door and he proceeded to start his rounds. I have more to say about this person in my later points but that it is his introduction. 4. The Coffin-Shower: the shower in my room was the size of a coffin. This was a real problem because the shower handle and really the whole apparatus was extremely janky. They had to put a sign inside the shower instructing guests to place one hand on the shower wall and then firmly pull the handle. The reason for this instruction as I found out was that the shower handle was not anchored, so if you pulled it without counter weighting with your other hand, there was a risk it would rip through the plastic shower wall. Now, as aside from the handle issue and the shower head spurting water toward the ceiling or out of the shower due to poor seals, the water temperature fluctuated wildly at any given setting. This was the true problem because when it fluctuated to scalding hot, you could not escape the water because the shower itself was the size of a coffin and thus there was no room to escape the scalding water. You just had to endure the pain until the water fluctuated back down to a normal temperature. 5. The Furnace Filter: on the last night we were there we began to hear loud beeping five times in a row every 7 to 8 minutes from 10 PM until 4 AM. Because there is no staff there whatsoever to address any issues during the night we had to use a flashlight to explore the different areas of the room where this beeping potentially was coming from. Finally, we discovered that the alert was due to nobody replacing the furnace filter for the entirety of the summer season. When we informed the front desk in the morning that they should replace the furnace filter and that we were not able to sleep due to the continuous furnace alarm, the janitor then began

This was the cutest little place! Patty made us feel so welcomed and gave us such good advice on local places to check out! Seriously one of the coolest places we have ever stayed!! Awesome views with a cute back patio area to hangout. Would stay here again and again!!

Love the location, simple breakfast, down to earth vibe, but the room, in particular, the bathroom, was sub par. Very tight shower stall, cheaply made, difficult to use, and we are small. Paid way too much for what we got, but you can’t beat the location for access to downtown and creek/canyon path.

I have stayed here a few times over the years, I absolutely love it! So charming, retro, clean, perfect location, staff is always nice n accommodating, n price is perfect! I will definitely be back in the future! Thank you so much for having us!

The good thing was that we only booked one night. The accommodation was awful, in need of urgent renovation. The bathroom door didn’t shut, the bathroom needed proper repair instead of the botched up DIY job. There was black mould around the bath. In the main room the ceiling paper was hanging off in 2 places. There was a jumble of wiring hanging from the tv. Breakfast was a cold selection to be taken back to your room. In a 20 day stay in Colorado this was our most expensive and a great disappointment. It markets on its historical status, the history shows. Never again.

Location near the Canyon Hike/Bike Trail offers great walking opportunities. The rustic charm could use an uplift. Tub was grimy and caulking dry and flaking. The whole room could use fresh paint and sprucing up.

The foot of the mountain motel was so nice! It had been one of our stops on our honeymoon and was one of our favorites. the foot of the mountain motel was so cute and quirky it really set the tone for the beautiful colorado mountains. I cannot recommend them enough, the staff was friendly and parking was right outside of our room. will most definitely be back

Love it! Very peaceful. Very helpful & kind staff. Within walking distance to shopping & restaurants (with dog friendly patios!). Nice park across the street for the dogs. Love the "back yard" for lounging and star gazing!