Rustic Lake Shore Lodge built to blend with terrain

ESTES PARK – Stone and wood, the Stanger family said. The materials for their new resort hotel and conference center on Lake Estes had to be stone and wood to blend with the natural terrain. They got their wish over the Memorial Day holiday weekend when the Lake Shore Lodge opened for business, one mile east of Estes Park on Highway 34.

The Stanger family consists of the parents, Ola and Mickey Stanger, their son, Andrew Stanger and daughter Sharon Seeley, the member most active in the family business. They come from a theater background and built Lake Shore Lodge on…