Originally Posted by
DenverBrian
Another vote for YMCA of the Rockies - if you really want the "in the mountains" Colorado rustic cabin experience, it's hard to beat this location.
And if you're willing to pay more, it's hard to beat the novelty of the Stanley Hotel - where "The Shining" was filmed.
While the story of "The Shining" takes place at a hotel that could be the Stanley, it appeers that the movie itself was largely filmed elsewhere, such as at the TImberline Lodge on Mt. Hood, in Oregon, and much of the scenery is from the Going-to-the-Sun Highway in Glacier National Park, Montana.