Glenwood Springs/United States
Glenwood Hot Springs Resort
One of the world's largest hot-spring pools, fed by the 50°C Yampah spring in Colorado.
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- Source temperature
- 50°C
- Bathing temperature
- 32°C
- Bathing
- Outdoor
- Established
- 1888
- Accommodation
- Hotel on site
The Yampah spring delivers water at about 50°C to a pool complex on the bank of the Colorado River. The main pool, roughly 123 m long, is tempered to around 32°C, with a smaller therapy pool held closer to 40°C.
Balnevia view
Why visit
Swimming lengths in mineral water, outdoors and year-round, in a resort that has been in continuous use since the nineteenth century.
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The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Yampah Spring
- Character
- High-volume mineral water; the main pool is tempered, the therapy pool held near 40°C
History
The Ute people used the spring long before it was enclosed; the pool and the adjoining Hotel Colorado opened in 1888, drawing figures from Theodore Roosevelt to Doc Holliday.
Practical information
Day tickets are sold for the pool; the adjacent lodge and spa are booked separately. Peak summer afternoons and school holidays are the busiest periods.
Getting there
Directly off Interstate 70 in Glenwood Springs; Amtrak's California Zephyr stops a short walk away, and Denver is about a 2h45 drive.
Location
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