Three Rivers Motel & RV Park — Hotel in Alpine

Wow! What a little gem amongst the big guys! Super clean, close to everything you will need (groceries, shopping, gas, bars, restaurants and Bridger-Teton Park) and a super owner! Beau truly is an innkeeper's innkeeper! Helpful, friendly and full of great information! We arrived at 2:30 am after driving almost 9 hours and our room was open and ready for us! Some posts complain about no air conditioning. Who needs it?? There was a large table fan available and the evenings are cool enough to leave your windows open and get the fresh mountain air!! (Besides - window air conditioners are noisy, dirty and full of germy spores!) A motel room is to lay your head to rest after sight-seeing all day, not hanging out because it's colder inside! 3 Rivers Motel is about 40 minutes from Jackson Hole, then on to the Tetons and Yellowstone -- all within a day's adventure! You go through all three places and back again! The motel is a perfect location without all the parking issues and tourists in JH! Stay here! You will save money for shopping at the other places!! The photo below is our front view and the second photo is the entrance to Bridger-Teton Park, right out of our parking lot and about...

We made reservations based on the reviews, but we had no idea just how great this little place is. We drove 10 hours from Mount Rushmore, but thinking we might be late, called to let the front office staff know. The gentleman who answered the phone told us he would wait up for us, but if we were going to be later than 11pm, we could call him back and he would tell us where he hides the key so we could let ourselves in!! What?? We are total strangers, but he was willing to take the chance on us. Sure enough, the owner was still waiting up for us, and when we announced who we were, he joked around with us and treated us like old friends. Our room was laughable in its 1970's shabby chic and home made repairs to the furniture, but it was so clean, and even smelled like pinesol. We noticed that even the silicone around the tub and sinks was bright white. The bed was soft and the town was quiet so we got a great night's sleep. If we ever find ourselves in Alpine again, it will be a no-brainer; we'll be staying...

For anyone thinking of staying here you need to know, this place has NO AIR CONDITIONING. Had I known this before we booked our stay we would have stayed somewhere else. There are only 3 power outlets in the entire room, one in the bathroom and 2 on each side of the dresser. If you need to have your phone plugged in and near you while you sleep you are out of luck. Also there is no complimentary shampoo so you better bring some with you. These are smoking rooms so if you are allergic you should definitely avoid. That being said, the rooms were clean and in good shape. The was wifi, a fridge, microwave, and flat screen TV. The bed was also quite comfy. As a person who spends more time in hotel rooms than I do in my own home I was disappointed that this place didn't have the bear hotel essentials. I feel like with a few minor renovations this place could be good but at the time of writing this I would...