Tag: glenwood springs
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Colorado hot springs celebrates ‘first-of-its-kind’ expansion
A hot springs destination in Colorado has marked a “major” expansion. And it’s not exactly the expansion you’d expect at a soaking retreat. In Glenwood Springs, Iron Mountain Hot Springs is calling its newly opened Sauna Summit “the country’s most diverse sauna collection” that achieves “a first-of-its-kind contrast therapy destination.” The contrast is felt between…
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Surfing in Colorado? Yes, and it’s booming where you might least expect it
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Eric Thomas spent the 1980s and ’90s surfing waves off Florida, California and Hawaii, with other stops around the Bahamas and tropics in what became a professional career on the oceans. Then he looked to…
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Historic bath house now a poolside hotel at Colorado hot springs resort
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One of Colorado’s most historic hot springs destinations has unveiled a boutique hotel where the present meets the past. From Glenwood Hot Springs Resort’s billing, Hotel 1888 is a picture of modern “European-style elegance” and “also rich in tradition.” The billing continues: “When guests stay…
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Colorado’s hot springs explained: Deep time, deep layers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save We soak in Colorado’s hot springs. We feel the sweet relief on body and mind. And we commonly deduce a miracle. Rather, there is a scientific explanation. It’s an explanation dealing with deep time and…
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Colorado’s hot springs explained: Deep time, deep layers
We soak in Colorado’s hot springs. We feel the sweet relief on body and mind. And we commonly deduce a miracle. Rather, there is a scientific explanation. It’s an explanation dealing with deep time and the deep, subterranean layers of the Earth, where water meets minerals we associate with healing qualities. But we begin in…
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The days are shorter, but Colorado’s winter fun is endless
Skiing is the popular image of winter in Colorado. And for good reason: These Rocky Mountains serve as a historic, premier destination for the sport. In terms of skiing acreage and elevation, no other state compares. Skiing’s impact on Colorado in economic terms? A whopping $4.8 billion annually, according to a study from 2015, the…
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A cannibal, killer in the attic and headless chicken: Real-life horror stories of Colorado
Colorado, like the broader West, is rooted in myth. In legends that seem to grow larger as the years go on. But somewhere between the colorful narratives are truths, or half-truths. Stories stranger than fiction — and also more terrifying than any author could spin. Ahead of Halloween, what better time to return to these?…
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Hanging Lake Trail closed ahead of ‘next major phase’ of reconstruction
Later this month, helicopters could be seen hovering over one of Colorado’s most iconic hiking trails. That’s the plan as part of what Eagle-Holy Cross District Ranger Leanne Veldhuis called “the next major phase” of reconstruction along Hanging Lake Trail. Helicopters are set to deliver material for building seven new foot bridges along the steep,…
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Colorado’s hot springs explained: Deep time, deep layers
We soak in Colorado’s hot springs. We feel the sweet relief on body and mind. And we commonly deduce a miracle. Rather, there is a scientific explanation. It’s an explanation dealing with deep time and the deep, subterranean layers of the Earth, where water meets minerals we associate with healing qualities. But we begin in…
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In Colorado’s vapor caves, owning family hopes for cleansing and awakening
GLENWOOD SPRINGS • Late into the night of the summer solstice, deep in a subterranean chamber of ancient rock and hot vapor, there could be heard soft songs and prayers. Songs of gratitude. Prayers of hope. Words from an Indigenous language, spoken by tribal women who were called grandmother by the few invited to this…