Devils Tower Lodge — Hotel in Hulett

• • |Current Review - 2025|- - -||One of our favorite places to visit - great people, great views, and great climbing !!!||- - - - - - - -||May, 2025 Visit||If you visit Devils Tower, you should plan to stay at Devils Tower Lodge (DTL) !!||Stay at DTL for:||The DTL team members||The views of Devils Tower… the only places to sleep with a view of the Tower are the KOA campsite and Devils Tower Lodge||The climbing||Meeting fellow guests, and the communal meals||The quiet of the nature||The clear skies and stars at night||If we could award six stars we would||WOW!!|||- - - ||We recommend you also plan to climb… you CAN do it… all four of us - Mom, Dad, two kids, climbed and you can climb, too! You’ll be safely roped in with a great climbing team.||- - - |||We discovered Devils Tower Lodge (DTL) in 2017; we planned a visit to Devils Tower as part of an “out west” vacation and we were intrigued by the chance to see Devils Tower / Bear Lodge, from the room; then-owner Frank invited us to also climb with them, and we did not expect we would climb, but we said “Yes” and then when we got there we did climb - all four of us, and we had a phenomenal time… the whole trip was great and Devils Tower Lodge was the favorite highlight of that great trip.||This year, in 2025, we had a chance for an extended weekend trip and we quickly confirmed that we’d go… Wyoming, especially Devils Tower Lodge, is a favorite place that excites us and also provides quiet and tranquility.||In 2017 we climbed 120 feet up, while safely roped in; this trip I just hoped to get at least a little higher this time, and with Curtis we did make it higher, about 150 feet up… We climbed at the same spot on the Tower - they can point it to you so you can see it from the Lodge, and you can see the Lodge from where we climb.||We enjoyed the “beginner” climb; if you’re more experienced you can likely pick other locations on the Tower to climb. We climbed the Everlasting and Broken Tree routes 4-5 times. Curtis was a great guide!! ||Our daughter also climbed separately with DTL members (incl. Carlos), and they made it all the way the top… we were so proud that she set a goal and achieved it!||A tornado hit the tower in 2024; the tornado damage was evident; it looked like the tornado hit the tower straight on, as trees were felled on both sides; we later saw much more damage as we drove toward Gillette.||Breakfast and Dinner… great food, lovingly prepared by Hannah and Glen… plenty to fill you up…||The rooms - each is uniquely decorated and nice and quiet, with great views.||Stargazing… skies so dark; airplane flights do happen, but they are infrequent; you will likely see several satellites - smaller lights moving much more quickly than planes… for the first 90 min or so after sunset.||Sunsets are later, and longer/slower than back home in STL.||Peaceful… so quiet and peaceful there… you don’t miss any noise; you are relaxed.||The views of Devils Tower / Bear Lodge are wonderful, and the owners - Rachel and Gabe - a wonderful couple, now parents, are welcoming and giving. ||Thank you, Curtis, Carlos, Hannah & Glen, and Rachel and Gabe!||||- - - |Original Review - 2017, abbreviated|- - -|||AWESOME! Go. Stay. Experience. You'll be soooooo glad you did!

We had a 15 day vacation to 8 places in Wyoming, South Dakota, Montana, Utah and Colorado, and it was all amazing... this was out best-ever family trip for many reasons... and climbing Devils Tower with Gabe and Julius was THE BEST part of our amazing trip.

If we could award six stars we would!

…||We reserved the cabin with two bedrooms... a full bed in each room and two futons in the large open room... amazing view of Devils Tower from the front door, from the nice and large patio deck, and from the panoramic window in the bathroom.||…||The climbing was one of the highlights of our trip.||They have a training room next to the main house where they fit you for shoes and the climbing harnesses, and where you learn that climbing is "not a series of pull-ups, which is often what they show in the movies," but is mostly legs pushing you upward, and where you put that into practice on a short rock wall. ||…||We climbed three routes from where we were, all starting right there at the same place, just a few feet left or right of the other.||I truly thought we'd be happy if we climbed about 20 feet high, and lasted a full hour. As it was, all four of us climbed up the 100-foot route and the 115-foot route, and we were there for the entire six-hours that Gabe and Julius planned.||…||Since coming home, we have been to our local pool, which has a 12-foot rock wall. This wall frustrates us because it requires so much upper body strength, and it is significantly more difficult that's climbing Devils Tower. Seriously... the rock wall at our pool takes more effort to climb than it did to climb Devils Tower.



Thank you Frank, and the entire team at Devils Tower...

Everything positive in the other reviews is true. The setting is glorious, and room was clean and comfortable, the staff was friendly and helpful. The building is rather rustic; if you are looking for something super modern and high tech, this isn't it. But everything they promise on the lodge web page, they delivered. The price isn't even too bad when you consider how many people the larger rooms can sleep. I'm going to write about its accessibility. THIS IS NOT A CRITICISM OF THE LODGE. They don't claim that their facility is accessible. But a lot of us with mobility issues, who like staying someplace that isn't a chain hotel, need details about how not-accessible a place is, and exactly how it is not accessible, to decide if we can stay there anyway.

Toilet height and steps are a prime concern for me. I emailed the lodge ahead of time and asked for someone to measure the toilet height in both the Grand Suite (16") and the Weissner Cottage (15"). When we stayed in the Grand Suite, I measured the toilet at 15" to top of seat, and that unfortunately made it difficult for me to use. The Grand Suite is also a floor below the main lodge level, which is not shown in its room description, and has a single rather steep step to enter. More critical to me was that the room entrance was on the lower level, and between the room entrance and the lodge entrance (where the deck and dining room were) was at least 100 feet of ground that included a rather steep hill. We were told we could take the car down to load and unload but parking was on the main lodge level. I can walk short distances but that was way beyond me, and meant I didn't get to enjoy meals with the other guests. (The staff cheerfully brought meals to my room, but when the temp was in the 40s, my breakfast eggs and pancakes were both cold by the time they arrived.) There was plenty of space in the room for my wheelchair to get around. The walk-in rainhead shower has a lip at the door to step over, I'm guessing about 6" high. There are no guard rails but there was a small portable shower seat. There was a very small refrigerator and an electric hot water pot. There were ample electrical outlets but they weren't always convenient; for instance, my husband had to pull the bed slightly away from the wall for me to reach an outlet to plug in my CPAP. I loved the lodge but can't see going for another visit because of the lack of accessibility.

I totally "get" that mobility-challenged people aren't the prime audience for a B&B so close to a climbing mecca like Devils Tower. But the climbers may have friends or family who would like to come along and it really wouldn't take much to make one or two rooms at least partially accessible. A ramp, a chair-height toilet, grab rails, and either handicapped parking at the room entrance or an elevator would (I think) qualify the Grand Suite as "modified accessible." I didn't see the inside of Weissner Cottage but I think that would be even easier, as it is on the same level as the main lodge entrance so would just need a ramp entrance, chair-height toilet, and grab rails. It is such a lovely location, I wish more people with mobility issues...

We had the absolute pleasure of staying at the Devils Lodge Tower on 7/6/24-7/7/24! We came as guests & left as friends! Rachel & Gabe (Lodge owners) are so welcoming & made us feel right at home. Our room (the Green Room) was conveniently located by an outside door exit, which made our night time photography plans easy to do without bothering any other guests with our coming & going late at night. The room itself was quite spacious & the bathroom featured a giant sized soaker tub/shower combo with a big picture window overlooking the tower. The king sized bed was super comfortable, & the room itself was nice & dark, making for very a restful night's sleep. The Lodge has a wonderful back patio/deck area which directly faces the Tower, & makes for a great spot to sit & enjoy the scenery, set up the camera tripod & shoot photographs, or just sit & read for a while. The meals we ate (breakfast & dinners -small extra cost per person) were amazing! And, Gabe & Rachel sat & ate with all of us at each meal, which made the stay all that more personable & enjoyable. We met really interesting people & enjoyed conversations about climbing, photography & other interesting topics of travel. We miss our new friends already & are planning a return to the area in the near future! As for the park itself, be prepared to wait 30+ minutes (wait time increases as the day gets later- best to go before 10:00 am!) to get to the parking lot, as the park rangers have a metered system for keeping the parking lot & park not too congested. There's a stop light at the top of the road that cycles every 5 minutes or so & only allows 4-5 cars to pass at a time before turning red again. But, with that said, it is SO worth it to wait! (and if you're going to stay at the Lodge, there is no other way to get there, so you have to sit through the long wait- sorry!) And, there's a bunch of prairie dogs along the sides of the road to entertain you while...