Every hot spring we have written up in Colorado — where to park, whether the road is open, what the water is actually like, and which ones are clothing-optional.
3 spots have been written up by hand. A further 31 are on the map from public data but nobody has confirmed them yet.
Someone has actually been to each of these. Where we are unsure, the spot page says so.
Getting there. Parking is available at the Conundrum Creek Trailhead off Conundrum Road near Aspen, followed by an 8.5-mile one-way hike gaining approximately 2,500 feet to reach the springs. Overnight camping in the area requires an advance permit.
Glenwood Springs · Colorado Rockies
Getting there. The world's largest hot springs pool — a block-long mineral pool (plus a hotter therapy pool) on the Colorado River. Family classic, open year-round.
Rules on the ground. Public hot-springs pool — swimsuits. Ticketed; lifeguards; standard pool rules.
If it is your first time. The big pool is warm and social; the small pool is hot and calm. Winter soaks with snow falling are the move.
Getting there. Accessible via County Road 36 to an on-site parking lot with a short walk to the pools, requiring advance reservations as well as 4WD or snow tires/chains from November 1 to May 1. Local shuttle options from Steamboat Springs and a ~3-mile hike via Forest Service Trail #1169 are also available
These come from OpenStreetMap. They are real places at real coordinates, but nobody has been to them for us yet, so there is no write-up — no parking notes, no word on whether the road is open, no clothing policy. We label them exactly that way rather than pretending otherwise.
If you go to one, you can be the first person to confirm it, and you stay credited on that spot permanently.
Takes about a minute, and you do not need an account.