This Colorado Mountain City Is Increasing Its Scorching Springs — With 10 Adults-only Swimming pools, a Chilly Plunge, and a Waterfall Pool

Sure cities appear to have all of it — good eating places, walkability, gorgeous landscapes, and easy accessibility to main cities. Glenwood Springs, Colorado, is one such place. The town of barely greater than 10,000 folks is an hour from Aspen and Vail, and fewer than three hours from Denver. It’s surrounded by mountains and a nationwide forest, with the enduring blue waters of Hanging Lake and a collection of underground caverns all inside attain. However the metropolis’s largest draw are its three sizzling springs.

The most recent of the three, Iron Mountain Scorching Springs, has 16 riverside swimming pools linked by heated walkways, a big household pool, and an “expertise pool,” the place the mineral makeups of sizzling springs all over the world — from Iceland to Japan — are replicated. 

Iron Mountain is within the midst of increasing, with 10 new adults-only sizzling spring swimming pools, a chilly plunge, and a big freshwater pool with a waterfall set to open this spring.

The enlargement, known as Upriver, will nearly double the scale of the new springs and is about to open in phases all through early 2023. All 10 of the brand new soaking swimming pools may have pebble bottoms, offering a pure foot therapeutic massage, and eight of the ten shall be set alongside the river. Along with a chilly plunge and a waterfall pool, the Upriver enlargement will usher in a brand new café. 

The new spring water at Iron Mountain is geothermally heated and has greater than 14 totally different minerals, together with iron, sulfate, chloride, sodium, and calcium. To remain recent, the water is totally replenished each two hours with temperatures ranging between 98 and 108 levels Fahrenheit.

The brand new Upriver enlargement is reserved for folks over the age of 21, whereas the present 16 sizzling spring swimming pools and the expertise pool are for guests ages 5 and older. Youngsters underneath the age of 5 can play within the freshwater pool. Two of the present soaking swimming pools at Iron Mountain are ADA-compliant, and nearly all supply magnificent views of the Glenwood Springs panorama — together with Iron Mountain, Purple Mountain, and the dual peaks of Mt. Sopris to the south.

Along with the brand new Upriver café, Iron Mountain operates the poolside Sopris Café, the place you’ll find every little thing from pizza and charcuterie to grab-and-go snacks. The cafe additionally has beer, wine, and canned cocktails. In Iron Mountain’s current bathhouse, you’ll discover a water refill station, a present store, and locker rooms.

Iron Mountain is open day by day from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Guests can reserve a three-hour soaking interval on-line, prematurely, with charges from $36 to $48 (relying on the time of day and day of the week). The final three-hour soaking interval begins at 7 p.m. 

These in search of extra should buy an all-day cross, which features a locker, limitless towels, and gorgeous sundown views. An all-day cross is $100 throughout the week and $125 on the weekend. Study extra at ironmountainhotsprings.com.