Basecamp Colorado is Glenwood Springs Colorado

High Canyon Adventures is the old Bair Ranch at the east end of Glenwood Canyon. It is at the Bair Ranch rest area 15 miles east of Glenwood Springs. This whole ranch has recently been purchased for open space and will preserve all of the property all the way to Cottonwood Pass. What a beautiful area to go on horseback rides. Daily horseback trips are offered whether you want all-day or half-day. They are also putting on all features of a dude ranch. Nightly Barbeques with a chuckwagon and singing around the campfire.

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Glenwood Springs most famous and popular tourist attraction is the Hot Springs Lodge and Pool. Sitting right in the middle of town this is the first thing people notice as they drive through. With the design of architect Theodore Von Rosenberg and the Peachblow Sandstone buildings, this and the Hotel Colorado along with the train station define the ambiance of Glenwood Springs. The overall length of the pools is 529 ft., and a widest point of 100ft., this is the world's largest natural hot spring pool. The spring, Yampah puts out 3.5 million gallons of water a day at a temperature of 124 degrees farenheit. This is cooled for the Hot Pool to 106 degrees and 98 degrees for the large pool. The pool has two waterslides that are open in the summer months, and swim lanes for workouts. A snack bar and lounge chair rental, restaurant, sport shop, hotel, and an athletic club that besides a full workout facility offers the only raquetball/handball courts in town.

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You and your family will enjoy spectacular views while riding the Iron Mountain Tramway. Take a guided walking tour of the Glenwood Caverns, Fairy Caves where you will see amazing formations. Play on the new thrill rides – Alpine Coaster, Zip line, Giant Swing and 35-foot climbing wall. Kids can test a variety of interactive learning experiences at Discovery Rock. Exclamation Point Restaurant and Bar serves lunch and dinner in the cozy comfort of a Colorado rustic interior or al fresco on expansive viewing decks. Meeting Rooms are available for your next conference or wedding.

Horseback riding at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park

Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park has teamed up with Capitol Peak Outfitters to offer horseback riding on Iron Mountain . Experienced guides lead one-hour trail rides on gentle, well-trained horses. Riders enjoy incredible views of Glenwood Canyon , Glenwood Springs and the Roaring Fork valley as they wind through the trees.

A fascinating blend of education and entertainment for the entire family, the Cave Tour (formerly known as the Family Tour) is a one-hour guided walking tour suitable for all ages. The caverns are beautifully presented by a state-of-the-art lighting system and all walkways are well maintained with safety hand railings.
On your journey you will voyage into a pristine underground world formed millions of years ago. Accompanied by a knowledgeable guide, you and your family will discover new wonders and learn about the history, geology and legends of Colorado’s recently opened world-class show cave.

Visitors of all ages will be amazed by The Barn and King's Row, gigantic rooms deep within the earth with other-worldly cave formations such as soda straws, stalactites, stalagmites and cave bacon still alive and growing!

The tour is highlighted by a visit to “Exclamation Point”, a cliff side balcony boasting panoramic views of the Glenwood Canyon and the Colorado River. This look at the vast valley and the green and rugged western slopes of the Rocky Mountains is one of the best scenic views available to everyone, not just hikers or skiers.

Because of the stairs and walkways that allow for safe foot travel through the cavern’s natural terrain, we’re unable to allow wheelchairs or strollers into the caverns.
The Cave Tour is approximately .5 mile in length and includes 127 stairs. Due to the elevation (7100’) and slight exertion required, the tour is not recommended for persons who are pregnant or have heart or respiratory problems.

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The Yampah Spa Vapor Caves are natural underground hot mineral water steam baths located in the historic hot springs mountain retreat of Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Hot mineral waters flow through the cave floors at 125 degrees F. to create our natural geothermal steam baths. The Vapor Caves consist of three adjoining underground rock chambers. Visitors descend a stairway inside the main building and pass through a stone corridor into the caves. An atmosphere of well-being pervades throughout the soothing stillness of the caves. Relax on slab marble benches in the rocky alcoves, and inhale the natural steam vapor in the warm, dimly lit cave chambers. Stress and tension melt away effortlessly. Cave temperatures average 110 -112 degrees F., allowing repeated visits of 10 -12 minutes separated by brief rests in a nearby cooling room, or upstairs in the spacious solarium. Cold water and small tubs are also available for cooling off in the caves.

The Ute Indians who originally inhabited this region visited these caves for centuries, and regarded them as a sacred place of healing and rejuvenation. Visitors today still honor that tradition. The Vapor Caves purify body and spirit as they soothe away aches and pains. The Indians had done much to spread the fame of the hot mineral springs as a wonderful healing source. Early settlers used holes scooped into the ground and shielded by pine boughs as their bathtubs, an idea copied from the Indians who brought their sick to the springs for treatment.

These are the only known natural vapor caves in North America ...others are manmade excavations.

In 2005 we made a long-awaited and fantastic addition to the many day spa services we provide. Our “city water” Jacuzzi baths have been replaced with modern Japanese-style soaking tubs filled with the hot mineral water piped directly out of the caves. Our tubs accommodate individuals or couples. Our customers now enjoy the therapeutic properties of the hot Yampah mineral waters before a massage or body treatment. Bathers are treated to a fresh tub of water in a private room.

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