Adventure Log

“Gee mom, what’s that smell?”
Our private hot tub is great, but no Ute Indians ever bathed in it! But North-West on Hwy 40, there is a natural spring where for a couple hundred years the Ute Indians did bathe, along with their dogs and horses. So, we took the 30-minute drive to check it out. The Hot Sulphur Springs Resort and Spa is located at 7,600 feet elevation in a town called… you guessed it, Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado. Before we saw a single hot spring, we smelled them. Just opening the car door in the parking gave us a sample of what was to come. “Mom, why does it smell like eggs?”, my daughter asked. “It must be the sulphur,” I speculated. Turns out the water contains over a dozen different minerals, bubbling up to the surface from a depth of 35,000 feet! After paying our entrance fee, and changing into our swim suits, we were anxious to get into one of the spring feed pools, but which one? There are more than 20 pools scattered across the side of a rocky hill. Some are tiny, only big enough for a couple people. Some are large, like the Ute Cave pool, which has a little waterfall splashing into the pool, and small “caves” dotting the perimeter. I was feeling rather chilled, so I stepped into a cozy-looking little pool. “Yikes, it’s HOT!” “What’s the temperature? …Wow, 112 degrees F!” Took me a few minutes to get all the way in, and I didn’t stay long, cause I was already looking like a lobster. I thought I’d hop into a little cooler pool. The one with 98 degree water felt down right cold by contrast! Aw, this pool hopping is fun and the view is lovely. No wonder the Indians loved it. We left feeling relaxed and happy; a feeling that I wish lingered as long as the smell! It took me about 4 washings to get the smell of sulphur (or whatever mineral it was) out of our swim suits! Enjoy!

“Gee mom, what’s that smell?”

Our private hot tub is great, but no Ute Indians ever bathed in it! But North-West on Hwy 40, there is a natural spring where for a couple hundred years the Ute Indians did bathe, along with their dogs and horses. So, we took the 30-minute drive to check it out.

The Hot Sulphur Springs Resort and Spa is located at 7,600 feet elevation in a town called… you guessed it, Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado. Before we saw a single hot spring, we smelled them. Just opening the car door in the parking gave us a sample of what was to come.

“Mom, why does it smell like eggs?”, my daughter asked. “It must be the sulphur,” I speculated. Turns out the water contains over a dozen different minerals, bubbling up to the surface from a depth of 35,000 feet!

After paying our entrance fee, and changing into our swim suits, we were anxious to get into one of the spring feed pools, but which one? There are more than 20 pools scattered across the side of a rocky hill. Some are tiny, only big enough for a couple people. Some are large, like the Ute Cave pool, which has a little waterfall splashing into the pool, and small “caves” dotting the perimeter.

I was feeling rather chilled, so I stepped into a cozy-looking little pool. “Yikes, it’s HOT!” “What’s the temperature? …Wow, 112 degrees F!” Took me a few minutes to get all the way in, and I didn’t stay long, cause I was already looking like a lobster. I thought I’d hop into a little cooler pool. The one with 98 degree water felt down right cold by contrast! Aw, this pool hopping is fun and the view is lovely. No wonder the Indians loved it.

We left feeling relaxed and happy; a feeling that I wish lingered as long as the smell! It took me about 4 washings to get the smell of sulphur (or whatever mineral it was) out of our swim suits!

Enjoy!