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The best hotels near Mountain Ski Resort

Marc Delacroix

Marc Delacroix France

Updated 1 September 2026 · 13 Cascade hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Cascade, out of the 13 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.9 down to 3.5.

All five are within 9.4 km of Mountain Ski Resort.

Creek Valley Campground

Highest rated of the five

Creek Valley Campground

★★★★★4.9 from 67 reviews

Creek Valley Campground comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.9 from 67 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.

It is found under poi.

13 hotels in Cascade qualified for this list and five made it. Best Western Plus Dubuque Hotel & Conference Center is the one I would book if the first is full.

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All five, ranked

  1. Creek Valley Campground1

    Creek Valley Campground

    ★★★★★4.9 from 67 reviews

    3.3 km from Mountain Ski Resort

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    • Best Western Plus Dubuque Hotel & Conference Center2

      Best Western Plus Dubuque Hotel & Conference Center

      ★★★★★4.3 from 1,812 reviews

      9.4 km from Mountain Ski Resort

      • Pool
      • Spa
      • Gym
      • Restaurant
      • Bar
      • Parking

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    • Hampton Inn Dubuque3

      Hampton Inn Dubuque

      ★★★★★4.2 from 822 reviews

      8.6 km from Mountain Ski Resort

      • Pool
      • Spa
      • Gym
      • Parking
      • Pet friendly
      • Kid friendly

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    • Holiday Inn Express & Suites Dubuque-West by IHG4

      Holiday Inn Express & Suites Dubuque-West by IHG

      ★★★★★3.9 from 698 reviews

      6.3 km from Mountain Ski Resort

      • Pool
      • Spa
      • Gym
      • Parking
      • Pet friendly
      • Kid friendly

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    • Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Dubuque, IA5

      Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Dubuque, IA

      ★★★★★3.5 from 569 reviews

      6.9 km from Mountain Ski Resort

      • Pool
      • Spa
      • Gym
      • Restaurant
      • Parking
      • Pet friendly

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    How this list was put together

    13 Cascade hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Mountain Ski Resort second, then took the top five.

    Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.

    The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.

    What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.

    Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.

    Marc Delacroix

    Marc Delacroix France

    Closes the shop two weeks each winter and goes wherever people make something fermented. Dairies in the Basque country, the Caucasus and rural Sardinia.

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