One of my very favorite places in the world is Orvis hot springs just outside Ridgway Colorado. I was super dubious when my husband wanted to take me there for the first time. I'm not a nudist and it just seemed weird. But then we got there and I fell in love. The lithium hot springs are addictive. There are four outdoor soaking areas, three of which are amazingly lovely (the fourth is the "lobster pot" and is way too hot for me.) The water is natural and untreated, but the springs have been developed a bit (read: dug out and landscaped, but in a very natural setting/oasis sort of way -- little to no concrete and not a hard corner in sight!) There is a smoker's pond, but this is Colorado and Orvis is sort of hippy-dippy, so I never saw a single smoker in it!
You can camp on-site or there are a few hotel rooms. (We always tent camp.) You're within a stone's throw of great hiking and the really cool towns of Ouray and Ridgway, and the Million Dollar Highway. I'm angling to fly into Denver this fall, spend a night or two in one of my other favorite towns (Salida) and a few days at Orvis. Hot springs are something I really and truly miss about Colorado, and Orvis is my very favorite.
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One of my very favorite places in the world is Orvis hot springs just outside Ridgway Colorado. I was super dubious when my husband wanted to take me there for the first time. I'm not a nudist and it just seemed weird. But then we got there and I fell in love. The lithium hot springs are addictive. There are four outdoor soaking areas, three of which are amazingly lovely (the fourth is the "lobster pot" and is way too hot for me.) The water is natural and untreated, but the springs have been developed a bit (read: dug out and landscaped, but in a very natural setting/oasis sort of way -- little to no concrete and not a hard corner in sight!) There is a smoker's pond, but this is Colorado and Orvis is sort of hippy-dippy, so I never saw a single smoker in it!
You can camp on-site or there are a few hotel rooms. (We always tent camp.) You're within a stone's throw of great hiking and the really cool towns of Ouray and Ridgway, and the Million Dollar Highway. I'm angling to fly into Denver this fall, spend a night or two in one of my other favorite towns (Salida) and a few days at Orvis. Hot springs are something I really and truly miss about Colorado, and Orvis is my very favorite.