Unattractive and unassuming, these pine-frame cabins are mostly in clusters of four, six, and eight units. Their popularity is a testament to their location. They have been upgraded recently, so all now have private bathrooms (some with baths, others with showers only), and higher-end cabins also have knotty-pine bedframes, hand sinks, and coffeemakers. Even the lowest-priced cabins are worth the price for the location—you're less than 30 minutes away from Lamar Valley, Hayden Valley, and Lake Yellowstone; Old Faithful is less than 45 minutes away—but the cabins are on so many several loops and cul-de-sacs that it's possible to forget you're in a national park. Pros: Affordability, location. Cons: Too much asphalt, too many neighbors.
Reviewed by monpetit from Vannes, France on 8/21/09
Don't expect the comfort of a chain...
But Frontier cabins are large, clean and quite.
Bathrooms are showers but of good size.
No phone, no A/C, no TV.
We were in M2-2 and M2-4, far from traffic.
Price is correct for a park : 96 $/night.
Decent restaurant for dinner, no good breakfast in the restaurant, the deli or the small diner in the shop...
Reviewed by ellenbk from seattle on 9/5/08
It would have been nice to have some outdoor furniture or tables to eat outside. We had a large family gathering with four cabins next to each other, but there was nowhere to comfortably gather.
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