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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 ail 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), 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.
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Whitewater Rafting, I-70 exit 114 (phone 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 (phone
970/945-7491; $1).
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