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Bustling, touristy GLENWOOD SPRINGS sits
at the end of impressive Glenwood Canyon, 160 miles west of Denver
and within easy striking distance of Vail and Aspen. Just north
of the confluence of the Roaring Fork and Colorado rivers, the
town offers endless recreational opportunities. Long used by the
Ute as a place of relaxation, the hot springs
here were the target for unscrupulous speculators who broke treaties
and established resort facilities in the 1880s. North from downtown
and across the Eagle River, is the town's main attraction, the
Glenwood Hot Springs Pool , 410 N River St (summer
daily 7.30am-10pm; rest of year daily 9am-10pm; $8), announced
by its sulphurous smell. Billed as the "world's largest outdoor
mineral hot springs pool," it sports an exhilarating water
slide and special "jacuzzi" seats into which water is
jetted. Next door, you can de-stress in the natural subterranean
steam baths of the Yampah Spa Vapor Caves at
709 E Sixth St (daily 9am-9pm; $8.75), where cool marble benches
are set deep in ancient caves.
Some of the West's most colorful characters came
here in the early days, including Dr John R. "Doc"
Holliday , a dentist better known as a gambler, gunslinger
and shooter in the gunfight at the OK Corral. A chronic tuberculosis
sufferer, Holliday came to the springs for a cure but died just
a few months later in November 1887, at the age of 35. He is buried
on a bluff overlooking the town in the picturesque Linwood Cemetery.
In the paupers' section lies the grave of Harvey Logan, alias
bank robber Kid Curry, a member of Butch Cassidy's notorious Hole-in-the-Wall
gang.
Whitewater Rafting, I-70 exit 114 (tel 970/945-8477),
arranges good float trips and whitewater rides along a fairly
placid twenty-mile stretch of the Colorado River. Hiking
and mountain biking trails alongside
streams and waterfalls crisscross the White River National Forest
surrounding the town, and offer good fishing opportunities. The
nearby, family-oriented Sunlight Mountain Resort offers
some of the least expensive skiing in the region,
accessible by shuttle from Glenwood Springs (tel 970/945-7491;
$1).
