Gorgeous Mountain Views Only 36 Miles From Denver
Holds ceremonies and receptions
Meg Bell
EVENTS MANAGER
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Echo Mountain Resort is an exceptional wedding venue located in Idaho Springs, CO. Have you ever imagined being able to say "I do" on what feels like being on top of the world? Great, because that is the feeling you will get when you get married at Echo Mountain! Being 10,500 feet high, with the Continental Divide and Rocky Mountains as your backdrop, the feeling can't get any better. This gorgeous view will wow you and your guests, including those coming from thousands of miles away or even locals to the Denver area. We are only 36 miles from Denver, which makes the traveling experience even more accessible for everyone.
With our space, you have the ability to have a cozy, intimate small wedding or have a large, spectacular celebration of up to 500 people. We have indoor and outdoor options available for your ceremony, dinner, and reception. Weddings are unique to each and every individual couple, and we want to make sure we allow the flexibility to truly make your big day one you have always dreamt of.
Whether it's the breathtaking backdrop or being able to dance under the stars that you are excited about, please reach out to set up a time to check out Echo Mountain in person or for any questions that you may have. Looking forward to hearing from you!
What you'll love about Echo Mountain Resort
The stunning surroundings of this mountain property make it a truly unique setting for your wedding. You canwatch Videos on the storefront to see how this backdrop can enhance special celebrations.
Amenities + details
Amenities
Ceremony Area
Dressing Room
Handicap Accessible
Indoor Event Space
Outdoor Event Space
Reception Area
Wireless Internet
Ceremony Types
Civil Union
Commitment Ceremony
Elopement
Interfaith Ceremony
Non-Religious Ceremony
Religious Ceremony
Second Wedding
Vow Renewal Ceremony
Settings
Backyard
Ballroom
Mountain
Tented
Trees
Venue Service Offerings
Bar & Drinks
Bar Rental
Destination Weddings
Destination Wedding Planning
Food & Catering
Planning
Destination Wedding Planning
Wedding Design
Service Staff
Transportation
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Meet the team
Meg Bell
Events Manager
I feel incredibly privileged to play a part in one of life’s most meaningful milestones. Wedding days are filled with joy, love, and the celebration of two people beginning their lifelong journey together. With experience supporting over 70 weddings at Echo Mountain, I truly love what I do and am passionate about helping each couple create an unforgettable and seamless experience that allows them to fully enjoy every moment.
Reviews
4.5
out of 5.015 reviews
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Echo Mountain is highly praised by multiple reviewers for its stunning Rocky Mountain views, beautiful grounds, and exceptional service provided by staff members like Meg and Jodi, who were described as attentive, organized, and accommodating. Many guests highlighted the ease of planning a wedding at this out-of-state venue, the delicious in-house catering led by Chef Haydn, and the seamless execution of events. The venue's picturesque settings, including the ski lodge reception and mountain backdrop, contributed to making weddings unforgettable. Overall, Echo Mountain comes highly recommended for couples seeking a breathtaking and stress-free wedding experience.Review photos
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Bear W
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5.0
11/18/2025
We had our wedding at Echo Mountain, and it was absolutely perfect. The Rocky Mountain views were breathtaking and created the most stunning backdrop for our entire day—our guests ...
couldn’t stop talking about how beautiful everything was.
We also want to give a huge shout-out to Meg, our day-of coordinator. We're from Minnesota, but wanted to get married on the mountaintop in Colorado. Planning a wedding from out of state isn’t easy, but Meg made the entire process feel seamless. She even invited us up to Echo for a ski day while we were visiting Colorado this past winter!
Meg was incredibly responsive, organized, and genuinely helpful in every step throughout our wedding planning process. And on the wedding day itself, Meg and her team were truly amazing—calm, supportive, and always one step ahead. We felt completely taken care of.
Echo Mountain and Meg helped make our wedding everything we hoped for and more. We can’t recommend this venue enough!
Willow G
5.0
9/19/2025
We got married here 9/6/2025 and can't say enough wonderful things about our experience at Echo Mountain. We had about 70 people at our wedding and our dog! Highly recommend consid...
ering this as your venue!
The venue coordinator, Jodi, goes above and beyond what I expected from a venue coordinator. Every time I communicated with her she eased my anxieties and never said no to any of our requests. We had been planning for over a year and a half and throughout the entire planning process she was right there to help with anything we needed. Jodi executed my vision perfectly day of without asking me a single question. I did not have to worry about a thing day of as she, Meg and her staff took care of all set up, communication with vendors, timeline management and communication with guest throughout the day. On a day I'd normally feel anxious I felt so calm with Jodi leading everything. Staff at Echo Mountain also helped us clean up after the reception.
The vibes of this venue were exactly what we were looking for and proximity to Denver was great for out of town guests. The venue grounds are beautiful. Everything including ceremony, bar and lodge for reception are all right in the same area. You get that ski resort feel that we probably could not afford anywhere else. Chef Haydn's food was incredible, we received so many compliments and positive feedback about all of the food.
Meg also drove us up to the top of the mountain for a lift photo which was the perfect little getaway for my new husband and I right after we got married and before we joined cocktail hour with all of our guests.
This will always be one of our favorite days of all time and everyone had so much fun!
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Morgan W
5.0
9/16/2025
The team at Echo Mountain was amazing to work with, and we can’t recommend them enough. Jodi was amazing during the entire process; from booking the venue to answering all our ques...
tions and being the day of coordinator. When we had some crazy weather move in early in the day, Jodi helped keep everyone calm, kept an eye on the weather, and prepared a back up plan just in case. Thankfully the wedding went off without a hitch and we were able to do our ceremony outside among their gorgeous views. The entire Echo Mountain team was quick between transitions and so helpful and kind to all our guests. Every single guest raved about the venue and staff and said it was the best wedding they had been too. If you are thinking about booking Echo Mountain for your big day, do it!
Emily W
5.0
9/10/2025
Echo Mountain and their staff (biggest shoutout to our fav Meg) is a dream come true. There are genuinely no words I have to describe how awesome this place is. The venue is beyond...
, it’s such a relaxed and helpful team, Meg is out of this world. I could go on and on but I just want to restate what all the others who did weddings here said—book this venue.
Claire G
5.0
6/28/2025
You can stop your wedding venue search. This is the choice. Echo mountain was an amazing venue for a myriad of reasons, but the top is definitely their coordinator Meg. She is a ro...
ck star and was so helpful, attentive, organized, and communicative throughout the whole process. The rest of the stuff was just as great. Friendly, helpful, amazing. And they were all so kind and felt like friends and we actually want to be friends with them irl.
On our tour, we immediately fell in love with the spectacular views. From there the entire planning process was so easy with Meg. The actual wedding day was so unbelievably perfect and smooth! Meg and her team made everything so stress free with things like coordinating all our vendors, and bringing us appetizers immediately after the ceremony and dinner immediately after our reception entrance. We were lucky enough to have great weather, but we felt safe knowing their team was ready to pivot and rearrange the set up if needed. We could keep raving forever but we’ll just lastly mention that their in-house catering was incredible!!!
Kelsi N
5.0
6/13/2025
Words can't describe how thankful I am that we chose Echo Mountain as our wedding venue for our ceremony and reception. First and foremost, I can't imagine trying to plan and execu...
te our wedding without Jodi's exceptional experienced assistance. We had two wedding venues in mind and upon touring the two, we loved them somewhat equally. Ultimately, the primary deciding factor behind our choice of Echo Mountain was how much we loved Jodi and knew she would be a great person to get to work with for the most important day of our lives (of course, the breathtaking mountain views and convenient location near Denver didn't hurt either). We certainly made the right choice! Jodi and Meg put 110% into helping us, communicating with us, and providing everything else we needed to plan and organize every detail of our special Echo Mountain wedding.
On top of Jodi and Meg's help, Chef Haydn and all of the other staff we met provided incredible service as well and were all an absolute pleasure to work with. All of our guests (and myself) had great experiences with the bar staff and the chef/kitchen staff. They were friendly, talented, and accommodating to different dietary needs.
We also loved that it was dog-friendly, they took care of the setup like tables, chairs, etc. for us, the chairlift photos, and how customizable everything was (they were very flexible about how we wanted to set the reception room up, the ceremony layout, decorations, menu options, etc).
I could go on forever about how much we LOVED having our wedding at Echo and how thankful we are to the staff for making it such a great day. Highly recommend.
Can follow up with more photos when I get them from photographer :)
Chelsea C
1.0
1/04/2025
This venue gave us the runaround for weeks. After weeks of attempting to reach them through The Knot and email, Jodi finally scheduled a virtual tour. We were given the tour by Meg...
, provided info for them to give us a quote, and we emailed and called attempting to finalize our contract. We were told (via text) they were busy covering for ill team members and would respond the next day. 3-4 days later they told us they were no longer taking weekday weddings and would only honor those that had signed contracts. All this after Meg assured us during the tour that she would be much better at communicating than Jodi has been. Terrible communication and management. I would never trust them with something as important as a wedding.
Richard W
1.0
1/04/2025
We were looking at this location advertised as a wedding venue. Very poor communication from staff regarding booking our date from both Jody and Meg. Finally got a tour online and ...
then no response to finalize paperwork. Next communication was to say that they are no longer offering mid week reservations and at the same time raised all of their prices. They would not honor any of the pricing or our date that was discussed. Unprofessional and not focused on customer service. Would not recommend to anyone considering this venue.
Lydia R
5.0
10/14/2024
Echo mountain was such a beautiful location for our wedding. Jodi was communicative through the whole process and was open to help with anything we needed. She made our night go so...
smoothly and we didn’t have to worry about any of the details. She even brought us drinks and food while we were taking pictures!
As for the venue itself, it is gorgeous. The views of the mountains are incredible. Everything is in one area so it makes it very easy for guests to get around. It has the ceremony area overlooking the mountain range, a building with the bar and a garage door that can open, an outside area that we used for cocktail hour and games, and then there is the main building that we used for dinner and dancing. They also have a bridal suite and grooms suite.
They offer an on site catering service which we used. The appetizers were absolutely delicious and the dinner was also good. Our only complaint is that the salad was the spiciest salad we have ever tasted (and my husband is from Mexico)! They also provide the alcohol and don’t allow any outside alcohol or they charge a pretty hefty fee. And they will follow through with charging you the fee.
They offer the tables, benches, white folding chairs, and an arch available to use. Other than that you do have to provide everything else. Which we were totally okay with because we could make it our very own. And Jodi is very helpful and accommodating with making your ideas happen. She can also recommend vendors if you need help finding them. We used a couple of the vendors she recommended and they were great.
We loved Echo mountain as our venue and it was the best day of our lives. They even let you get on the ski lift for a few pictures :)
Corinne Q
5.0
8/01/2024
Sure, here is a five-star review for Echo Mountain:
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We recently had our wedding at Echo Mountain, and it was an absolutely magical experience from start to finish! The venue ...
itself is stunning, with breathtaking views and beautifully maintained grounds that made for the perfect backdrop to our special day.
One of the standout features was the in-house catering. The food was incredible—every item was delicious and beautifully presented. Our guests couldn't stop raving about how fantastic the meal was. The variety and quality exceeded our expectations and added an extra layer of enjoyment to our celebration.
Also - a special shout-out goes to the event coordinator, Jodi. She was absolutely amazing! From the very beginning, Jodi was attentive, organized, and incredibly helpful. She ensured that every detail was taken care of and made the entire planning process smooth and stress-free. On the day of the wedding, she was a calming presence, ensuring everything ran seamlessly. We couldn't have asked for a better coordinator.
Echo Mountain made our wedding day unforgettable. We highly recommend this venue to anyone looking for a perfect place to celebrate their special day!
Miriam K
5.0
4/30/2024
We had my daughter's wedding ceremony at Echo this past weekend and it could not have been more perfect! Jodi was absolutely the best to work with and made the experience even more...
special! From arranging the chair rentals, to coordinating our vendors when they arrived she handled everything! We had a cocktail hour after the ceremony and she was very helpful in choosing the menu for appetizers and drinks. I'm so happy my daughter and her husband choose Echo!! Absolutely perfect!!
Madeline S
5.0
11/13/2023
Echo Mountain is a truly stunning venue. The mountain views you get at 10,000 ft are breathtaking (sometimes literally lol). The ski lodge for the reception was able to be transfor...
med into a whimsical space filled with lights that was exactly what I was looking for. However Jodi, the venue coordinator, is what really seals the deal for this venue. She is so kind and responsive. She made my vision come to life for this wedding. Having her guidance and day of coordinating services made the wedding go perfectly. We had so much fun and the day went so smoothly thanks to her and the rest of the staff at Echo. I really can't recommend this place enough. Thank you Jodi for helping us make our dream wedding come true!
Katelyn R
5.0
10/25/2023
Getting married at Echo Mountain was a dream come true. The views are incredible and the event manager Jodi is a dream to work with. Very affordable for such a picturesque mountain...
venue. Every need, question, desire I had was taken care of quickly and completely, and the staff communicated fabulously and were so friendly.
Brittany O
5.0
10/07/2010
This was an awesome Venue!!! I would recommend it in a heart beat!! Awesome service and a very beautiful location!!!!
Jamie M
5.0
9/14/2010
My husband Travis & I picked Echo because of the beautiful location. The view up there is breath taking. Their Director, Molly & their customer service director, Kat, were ...
absolutely wonderful. Very helpful throughout the entire process. They are very accommodating with everything, including allowing our photographer to climb up on the roof of their building to capture awesome shots during our service.
The location is not your typical ski resort. Its much smaller than Aspen or Breck, allowing for a more intimate setting for you and your guests. The location boasts 2 separate buildings, which is great for separating your cocktail hour & dancing from dinner. We were able to utilize the space as we wished.
If you are looking for a mountain wedding, but you don't want to be too far from Denver, then this is the place for you. Its about a 40 minute drive from downtown, and the views are spectacular.
What did I like best? The view. The people we had to work with. The flexibility on behalf of the location & the willingness to help me make this the best wedding ever. You could go elsewhere, but you would regret it. My wedding was nothing short of perfect. Echo was to thank for that in part.
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