Alpenhof Lodge — Hotel in Mammoth Lakes

I love this place!!! I stayed there with my parents after shattering my lower femur in a bad motorcycle accident. No, that wasn't all I did!😱🤕 I broke the hardest bone to break in your body clean in the middle twice diagonally too.

I had already been coming to the excellent basement bar, The Clocktower Cellar that the two brothers ran for several years. A favorite spot of Canyon Lodge Sports School instructors for sure. 😁 We would also head there after work from Mammoth Sporting Goods. They make sure they close it by 10pm so as to make sure it does not disturb the guests.

In early September of 2005, the new restaurant had just opened, and man, it was fabulous, especially for two guys who had never run a restaurant before. My parents and I were thoroughly impressed. It was bloody delicious! Small world, my US Ski Team doctor who patched up the same leg when I broke my tibial plateau on the clock in ski school 2.5 years earlier was sitting right next to us. He did a great job, I skied on it 150 days the following season, 2003-2004.😁

The rooms were nice and clean and the price was fair. I will certainly consider staying here again when I come back to Mammoth next season. Gosh I wish I had gotten off my hump and ridden my mountain bike another 995 miles so that I could enjoy the beyond epic season y'all are having now!!!

15 surgeries on one leg can slow a man down, but it sure as hee haw won't stop me. MRSA tried to kill me RIGHT after my 1st left knee replacement and I thought I'd be toes up twice in 2011, but I fought like a mamma jamma and gave MRSA that left hook!

(I'm sorry I've forgotten you two brothers names...it has been 14 years. I never forget a face though! I was the 6'4" tall bloke, friends with the Brits Alistair & Scott, Simon who is actually FROM Newcastle England, y'all probably rememeber all us blokes. 😁 Wait...you don't have a nearly photographic memory like me? Oh well.😃)

Yeah...I know my review was long, oops.

I can honestly not say one bad thing about The Alpenhof. It was a bummer sometimes when the bar closed at 10pm and we were chatting up a storm or still playing foosball like our life depended on it, but like I said, entirely understandable and respectable that the owners wanted to make sure their bar didn't wake any sleeping guests. If I owned it, I would do the same thing!

Thank you all for three years of excellent memories. I mean shoot, along with loving every part of The Alpenhof, I got to ski with my childhood hero Glen Plake on July 4th 2005. Certainly one of the best days of my life! ...

The first person we encountered at the front desk was Martha, and she was wonderful. Very helpful, giving us information for the area, menus, and telling us to let the front desk know if we needed anything. The room was about what we expected having seen photos online. It has a lot of the original 1973 aspects to it. We stayed in a room with a king bed and a fireplace. We were lucky enough to have an end room on the second floor, so we had no problems with noise. Our bed wasn't terrible, though it was quite firm. The carpet on the floor threw us at first, since we don't see that as much nowadays, but then we remembered that the carpet is probably necessary for winter snow. The bathroom was average, again not terrible, but minimal in its amenities. The pool and hot tub were well kept, and the towels at the pool were helpful. We understand the hotel is dated, but even a dated hotel that is charging $169 per night could perhaps up the quality of the amenities. The towels were the thin, basic towels. The two bottles of water when we arrived were nice, but no more are given unless you pay, no matter how many nights you are staying. Glass cups would have been nice. Just two paper cups for coffee and two small plastic cups were given. Two tiny bars of soap were given for showering and hand washing, like basic motels give. We understand keeping the motel in its more original state, but upping the quality of the amenities can go a long way to compensate for the dated rooms. We've been to other hotels that have done this, and it helps visitors feel like they are appreciated for staying...

The first person we encountered at the front desk was Martha, and she was wonderful. Very helpful, giving us information for the area, menus, and telling us to let the front desk know if we needed anything. The room was about what we expected having seen photos online. It has a lot of the original 1973 aspects to it. We stayed in a room with a king bed and a fireplace. We were lucky enough to have an end room on the second floor, so we had no problems with noise. Our bed wasn't terrible, though it was quite firm. The carpet on the floor threw us at first, since we don't see that as much nowadays, but then we remembered that the carpet is probably necessary for winter snow. The bathroom was average, again not terrible, but minimal in its amenities. The pool and hot tub were well kept, and the towels at the pool were helpful. We understand the hotel is dated, but even a dated hotel that is charging $169 per night could perhaps up the quality of the amenities. The towels were the thin, basic towels. The two bottles of water when we arrived were nice, but no more are given unless you pay, no matter how many nights you are staying. Glass cups would have been nice. Just two paper cups for coffee and two small plastic cups were given. Two tiny bars of soap were given for showering and hand washing, like basic motels give. We understand keeping the motel in its more original state, but upping the quality of the amenities can go a long way to compensate for the dated rooms. We've been to other hotels that have done this, and it helps visitors feel like they are appreciated for staying...