The
Uncompahgre Lodge
1-800-318-8127
1-970-240-4000
helm@rmi.net
Hosts:
Barbara & Richard Helm
21049 Uncompahgre Road
Montrose, Colorado 81401

Accommodations
The Uncompahgre Lodge Bed & Breakfast has eight guest rooms with private baths; four rooms have two queen beds, one has a king bed, one has a queen, two rooms have a queen bed and a hideabed. One room is for handicapped guests and an outside ramp allows easy access. Guests are invited to enjoy the large dining and gathering room. A full breakfast is served. We provide a non-smoking atmosphere. TV, VCR and FAX are available. The Uncompahgre Lodge is AAA rated.


Things to do while staying at our lodge ...

  • Take a scenic drive South to Ridgway, Ouray, Silverton, Durango.
  • Take the Silverton to Durango narrow gauge train trip. Rent a 4 x 4 and explore nearby backroads.
  • See the Black Canyon of the Gunnison (approximately 3 miles East of Montrose).
  • Attend a hot air balloon festival at Montrose on July 4 and ride in a balloon.
  • Visit Dinosaur digs at Escalante Canyon near Delta.
  • Ski at Telluride or Powderhorn.
  • See a festival at Telluride.
  • Take a white water rafting trip.
  • Join us in fall and winter for hunting.
  • Fish in our many lakes and rivers.
  • Relax in nearby hot springs.
  • Visit many more parks and monuments.
  • Bar-Z Chuckwagon dinner & show.

As hosts of the
Undompahgre Lodge
Bed & Breakfast,
we hope you will
enjoy a stay with us.

Barb and Rich Helm

History
The Uncompahgre School was built in 1914, burned down two months after opening and was rebuilt in 1915. Bricks of a different color on the top exterior attest to that terrible time. It remained open until 1989 when the district REIJ consolidated. Sixty to 90 students attended at various times and they sometimes doubled up the grades in the three large classrooms. In the early years, the kids rode their horses to school, put them in a small barn here and watered them at the irrigation ditch. Fruit orchards surrounded the school and children could climb a fence and grab an apple or two. Mothers volunteered in making hot lunches which were served from the school's kitchen.

Barb and Rich Helm bought the building in 1992 and remodeled in inside and out. It had fallen into disrepair, the roof was leaking, windows needed replacing, paint was peeling. New plumbing was installed for 11 bathrooms and the kitchen. The old knob and tubing was retired for new electrical wiring.

Barb and Rich had gone through all this on a smaller scale for the Bundling Board Inn B&B in Woodstock, Illinois which they ran for six years. As with any home, the improvements are never done.