Attractions in Glenwood Springs, Colorado
The Affordable Inns in Glenwood is conveniently located off of I-70, with easy access to the shopping, business & many restaurants close by for you to enjoy.
The Hot Springs Pool is a popular resort Destination, and is opened year round! Established in 1888, the pool is naturally heated with mineral water’s. It is over two blocks long and is surrounded by the beautiful Rocky Mountains along the banks of the Colorado River. The Hot Springs offers two water slides, inner tubes, diving boards, and bubble chairs that brings out the kid in everyone!
For a unique spa experience, visit Yampa Spa & Vapor Caves, offering all the comforts of a World-Class Day Spa along with the authentic mountain retreat of the centuries old vapor caves where the Ute Indians first took advantage of the caves curative powers for hundreds of years before discovered by white men in the mid-1800s. The caves offer a natural underground steam bath using the hot mineral waters naturally high in sulphur and other therapeutic minerals. Don’t miss natures original mountain spa!
The Glenwood Caverns Adventure park is just a 5 min walk from our hotel. You and your family can take the Glenwood trams up the mountain side, with breathtaking view of Glenwood Springs. When you reach the top you can experience the dripping Glenwood Caverns and Historic Fairy Caves and enjoy the panoramic views from the Exclamation Point restaurant. You’ll journey down into the mountain to visit King’s Row, the most highly decorated cave room in Colorado! Don’t forget the fun rides including a alpine slide and rock climbing wall!
Sunlight Mountain Resort has hundreds of acres of terrain for skiers and snowboarders of all abilities. The diversity of terrain features everything from cruising corduroy to heart stopping steeps all at family-friendly prices. With a pitch of 52°, the Heathen is one of the steepest trails in the state. Sunlight is also home to one of the longest trails. Ute, a cruising beginning slope, winds more than two-and-one-half miles from the summit to the base. Sunlight provides a wide variety of activities and services…Something to please just about anyone!
With some 26 Hikes and Trails to choose from, visitors can readily explore the beauty of the hillsides surrounding Glenwood Springs. One of Glenwood’s most popular hike is Hanging Lake. This hiking trail winds 1.2 miles up the side of a mountain, rising 1020 feet in elevation. At the top, enjoy a spectacular natural lake formed many years ago when a geological fault caused the hillside to fall away. As the nearby stream flow deposited carbonates over the fault, a rim was formed. Today the lake is 25 feet deep and as fragile and pristine as years ago. Not to be missed is Spouting Rock, which is just above Hanging Lake.
Glenwood Offers World Class Fishing. Located at the heart of the Roaring Fork and Colorado Rivers, and near the Crystal and Frying Pan Rivers. For more information, contact the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) office in Glenwood Springs at 970.947.2800 or the White River National Forest office in Glenwood Springs at 970.945.2521.