![]() ![]() This artesian hot spring offers 98-108-degree water in a choice of tiled pools: the neck-deep tower pool or waist-deep soaking pool. JOYFUL JOURNEY HOT SPRINGS, in southern Colorado’s San Luis Valley, commands a view of the entire Sangre de Cristo mountain range. ![]() Taking a dip in the pools costs $10 for adults, $5 for teens and $3 for children 12 and under. Sleeping in the caboose costs $110, double occupancy cabins start at $60 for two people. Also, there are one-and two-story cabins, and, in summer, guests can stay in a covered wagon. A special feature is a private pool in which a couple can float side by side as they receive a Watsu water massage.Įver spend the night in a train caboose? The one at Strawberry Park sleeps the two of you, has a kitchenette, a gas fireplace and bath with shower. The property, so named because strawberries used to be harvested there, is in a class of its own, with five waterfalls on rocky pools in a lush setting. STRAWBERRY PARK NATURAL HOT SPRINGS, outside Steamboat Springs, is as much a stunning botanical garden as a mineral spring. ![]() The lodging rate is $98 double occupancy. Pool admission is $14.50 for adults, $11.50 for children under 16. Lodging is in no-frills motel rooms: no television, no telephone. The temperature in each of the pools is controlled – from 95 to 112 degrees.Ī salon offers massages and body treatments, manicures, pedicures and facials. A solarium pool, therapy area and summer swimming pool give guests a wide range of relaxation. Tucked into the walls of Byers Canyon, Hot Sulphur Springs boasts 22 pools and private baths, both indoors and out. After its extensive renovation in 1997, the Ute Indian tribal spiritual leader blessed the waters of the resort’s seven natural springs. The resort west of Granby has the distinction of having operated continuously for 140 years. HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS RESORT & SPA, in the quaint town of Hot Sulphur Springs, is a newly remodeled vision of its former self. Holiday season rates at the hotel range from $119 to $189 a night/double occupancy.Īdmission to the pools for non-hotel guests costs $13 weekdays, $15 weekends $5 for children 4 to 7. A massage therapy studio offers a comprehensive menu of services, and a salon is available for hair, skin and nail treatments. Standard, deluxe and grand suite accommodations are offered. Guests at The Springs Resort hotel have use of the pools 24 hours a day. (Each pool is drained and scrubbed three times a week.) Stone walkways between pools are heated by hot spring water, so guests can cross the resort’s sunken bridge across Golden Pond, where Koi fish thrive, to reach The Cliffs pool, perched on the bank above the pond. Though the soaking pools’ names give a clue to the temperature of the water, ranging from 83 to 114 degrees, thermometer readings help guests make their choice before stepping into the immaculate tile-lined pools. Terracing waterfalls supply 16 temperature-controlled pools (a 17th will open in spring) from one of the world’s largest and deepest hot mineral springs, the Great Pagosa Aquifer. ![]() THE SPRINGS RESORT in Pagosa Springs, at the foot of Wolf Creek Pass in southwestern Colorado, has to be one of the most eye-catching in the state. Here are some that offer lodging as well as soaking. In the many hot springs in Colorado, minerals such as sodium, sulfate, chloride, silica, potassium, calcium, fluoride, magnesium, arsenic and lithium, have been noted, all of which are therapeutic for the body, inside and out.Ĭolorado is fortunate to have close to two dozen hot springs in the state. The mineral waters flow constantly through fissures in the earth’s surface, heated by volcanic rock 35,000 feet below. Today’s hot springs have no trace of past herds – human, canine or equine. They bathed themselves, their horses and dogs, children and women in the “magic waters” – in that order. The Ute and Arapaho Indians were firm believers in the healing qualities of hot springs, referring to the waters as “big medicine” for mind, body and spirit. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu ![]()
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