Eastern Sierra Mountains, CA
Highway 395, alpine passes, hot springs, trout water.
What We Love
Eastern Sierra Mountains
We love this stretch of the Eastern Sierra because it still feels like a road trip with room in it. Coleville sits on Highway 395 where the West Walker River runs beside cottonwood and aspen, with Topaz Lake ten miles north and Sonora Pass rising fast to the south. The days can be as quiet as trout water or as ambitious as a drive to Bodie, Twin Lakes, Tahoe, or June Lake. Guests come for the high country, hot springs, fishing, and long views across Antelope Valley. They stay with us because The Historic West Walker Motel gives the trip a center, a small, comfortable place to return to after the mountain roads have done their work.
Eastern Sierra Homes
Stays in Eastern Sierra Mountains
The Historic West Walker Motel is the motel we look after on Highway 395, with thirteen distinct stays under one roof. We are grateful to the owners who chose us to steward it.
Why Book Direct
Why book direct with Everyday Luxury
The Destination
Where Highway 395 Turns Into a Mountain Itinerary
The Eastern Sierra is not one place. It is a line of river valleys, old mining roads, hot springs, alpine lakes, and passes that climb quickly from sagebrush to granite. Coleville sits in the northern part of that line, close enough to Tahoe for a day on blue water and close enough to Bridgeport for hot springs, Bodie, Twin Lakes, and the road up Sonora Pass.
The rhythm here is simple. Start early, because mountain light rewards the first hour. Follow the West Walker River south, turn toward a high pass, or drive north for Topaz Lake and Tahoe. By evening, the air cools, the valley quiets, and the motel begins to feel like the right decision. Not because it is far from the adventure, but because it gives the adventure a place to land.
The shape of the northern Sierra
Regions From The Basecamp
Coleville & The Walker River
Topaz Lake & Antelope Valley
Bridgeport & Twin Lakes
Bodie & Mono Basin
Sonora Pass & The High Country
Year-Round
Season at a glance
Local Treasures
Things our guests love to do
Right Outside
Trout mornings on the West Walker
Ten Minutes North
Topaz Lake at first light
Worth the Half Day
Travertine Hot Springs at sunset
Walking Through History
A morning in Bodie
Summer Only
Sonora Pass when it opens
A Long Day Worth It
The June Lake autumn loop
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