Water for the main pools come from the Yampah spring (Yampah means “big medicine” in the Ute Indian language). Separate water slides and a kiddy wading pool, located at the west end of the property, operate in summer. What looks like one enormous pool is actually two. Be sure to reserve change for the coin-operated lockers. A number of factors, including season, time of day and age determines charges. Pay at the entrance for access to the pools and to the men’s, women’s and family changing rooms and showers. Park the car (plenty of free spaces) and enter through doors located in front of the peach-colored sandstone bathhouse. One can even bring a cooler (but no glass or alcohol). An indoor/outdoor grill offers breakfast, lunch and snacks along with beverages that include beer and wine. And an on premise shop sells swimware along with upscale clothing, souvenirs and water-fun sundries. The facility rents swimsuits and towels for those without their own. There is no excuse to pass on the pleasure. But one can’t tell how relaxing and rejuvenating the spring water feels until actually plunging in, which folks have been doing since the facility was founded in 1888.ĭriving by and want to partake? Go for it. Drive a bit closer and one sees swimmers frolicking under bright blue skies and hears splashing squeals drifting over the water waves like an invitation to join the fun. Located on the route from Denver to Aspen, Colorado, where drivers switch from I-70 to Hwy CO-82, Glenwood Hot Springs lures like a siren song.įrom above, the “largest mineral hot springs pool in the world” looks like a greatly elongated bright-blue football field, although it’s narrow at one end, broad at the other. I’ve driven past it many times without going in.
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