Estes Park Center is not your typical YMCA boarding house. Instead it’s a favorite vacation spot with families, boasting upmarket motel-style accommodations and cabins set on hundreds of acres of high alpine terrain. Choose from roomy cabins that sleep up to 10 or motel-style rooms for singles or doubles. Both are simple and practical.
This very kid-friendly resort sits in a serene and ultrapristine location in the mountains just outside town. The 860-acre plot is home to cabins and motel rooms along with lots of wide open spaces dotted with forests and fields of wildflowers. Just a few minutes outside Estes Park (but definitely away from the hustle of town), it offers a range of activities for adults, kids or the whole family, throughout the year. It also runs special themed weekends and longer summer camps where environmental education is taught in a fun and engaging manner. This YMCA is apologetically outdoorsy, and most guests come to participate in the activities.
