Canyon Lodge | Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Canyon Village, one of the highest and most remote sites in Yellowstone National Park, now boasts 5 multi-story lodges built using modular technology. The completed project includes, 410 guest rooms that replaced 200 worn-out cabins.

Guerdon, was chosen to build the lodges using our prefabricated, system’s built technology. In the factory, walls, ceilings and floors are built simultaneously, then flown overhead and set into place and completed with all the necessary interior finish work. A finished, three story prototype, was fabricated to allow all trades to view their various scopes before the main production run began.

Each lodge is made up of approximately 50 modules, each being transported 421 miles to Yellowstone National Park. Guerdon can fabricate a module and have it ready to transport in as little as seven days. Upon arrival, crews used a crane to assemble the pieces. Modules began shipping in July of 2014 and the first three lodges were erected before winter. As soon as the site began to thaw in the spring, crews returned to the site and prepped it for the first 3 lodges to be opened. The final 2 lodges were assembled in 2015 and opened the spring of 2016. A unique feature of this project is a unique design that could be completely drained down and sealed up during the heavy snow fall each winter.

In addition to the Lodges, Guerdon was also contracted to build an employee dormitory near Old Faithful, completed in the spring of 2015.

CANYON LODGE PROJECT FACTS:

• The largest sustainable lodging project in the National Park Service
• Named one of the New York Times’ Top Hotels for Eco-Conscious Travelers
• All five buildings are LEED Certified
• Constructed in a modular process off-site in Boise, Idaho due to the extreme winters in the park
• Each module was transported to Yellowstone with paint, carpet, tile, lighting, and fixtures installed
• Once delivered, final assembly and finishing took place on-site at Canyon
• Rooms feature high-performance windows
• Countertops are made of recycled glass and recycled fly ash
• Recycled wood fixtures are from regional pine beetle-kill
• Resource Savings:
  • 5m gallons of water
  • 224,000 kwh energy
  • 220,000 therms of propane
  • 85% construction waste diversion
  • 30% of materials sourced within 500 miles
  • 12% of materials with recycled content

RELATED LINKS:

Yellowstone National Park Lodges Website – CANYON LODGE & CABINS

Canyon Lodge and Cabins were named one of the New York Times’ – 5 Hotels for Eco-Conscious Travelers.

Architect’s Website – Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture