Old Town Hot Springs, one of Colorado's premier hot springs is a multi-use complex, open to the public. Old Town Hot Springs is located at 136 Lincoln Avenue (near the corner of 3rd and Lincoln Ave.) in downtown Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The facility is open seven days a week with eight hot spring-fed pools, two waterslides, a fitness center ,exercise classes and massage.Steamboat's Old Town Hot Springs is a "must" on your visit to Steamboat.
Open every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
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Outdoor hot spring mineral pools, enjoy our newly remodeled hot mineral pools, ranging from 98 to 103 degrees. All pools are open year-round.
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2 brand new 230 foot waterslides, get a twister of a slippery ride shooting through the waterslide.
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Olympic-size lap pool, our 25-yard lap pool, maintained at 80 degrees, has three lanes specifically for lap swimming open all day long.
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Fitness Center and Cardio, we offer a variety of Weight rooms and cardiovascular machines in our fitness center.
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Personal trainers & fitness programs, exercise classes (over 30 classes per week, including Yoga ,H20, Pilates and Spin.) Personal trainers and fitness programs are available.
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Childcare, services Available
Hours and Prices
Location
136 Lincoln Avenue
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
www.steamboathotsprings.org
Pools:
Weekdays 5:30 a.m. - 9:45 p.m.
Saturday 7:00 a.m. - 8:45 p.m.
Sunday 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 p.m.
Pools Admission Prices:
$15 Adults
$10 Teens (13-17) & Seniors (65+)
$7 12 & under (3-12)
Slide Hours:
Noon - 6:00 p.m.
Waterslide Passes:
$5 Unlimited Day Pass per person
$2 for 1 ride
Fitness Center: $15.00
All Facility (Fitness Center and pools ) $30.00
6 use All Facility $100.00
Exercise classes $15.00 each
Suit Rental: $2.00
Towel: $1.00
Coin Lockers available:$.25 or $.50.
History
• The Ute indians who summered in the Yampa Valley area thought the natural mineral springs had healing powers.
• The city’s founder, James Crawford, discovered the (Heart)spring not long after he moved to the area in 1875.
• As the town settled, the spring became a popular bathing spot. The spring was then called the “Bath Spring.”
• The first employee, hired as a caretaker and furnish fresh towels and soap for bathers was hired in 1884.
• In 1887 an A-frame building was constructed as the first bath house.
• Crawford would discover that there were 150 springs in the area, the Bath Spring being one of the hottest at 103 degrees. Another about 6 miles north of town was 154 degrees. This later became known as Strawberry Park Hot Springs.
• In 1909 $50,000 was invested to build a new 84 x 100 square foot bath house of native stone and an outdoor pool
• An indoor pool was built in 1910
• From 1931-1935 local retired businessman, H.W. Gossard, who renovated many of the town’s springs, surrounded the Bath Spring with a rock wall in the shape of a heart and re-named it the Heart Spring (1931). He also named the development around the spring the Rocky Mountain Miriquelle Spa.
• In 1935 Gossard returned control of the hot springs to the Town Company and a non-profit corporation, Steamboat Springs Health & Recreation Association (SSHRA) was established to run the Heart Spring complex as well as Strawberry Park Hot Springs
• In 1968 the indoor pool was removed and the outdoor pool was remodeled. New locker rooms were added.
• SSHRA sold the Strawberry Park Hot Springs to Chicago-based businessman Don Johnson for $195,ooo.
• In 2006 SSHRA adoped the business trade name “Old Town Hot Springs”
• Spring 2007, Old Town Hot Springs broke ground on the present $5 million improvement plan.
Hot Mineral Pools
Enjoy our newly remodeled hot mineral pools, ranging from 98 to 103 degrees. All pools are open year-round.
Lap Pool
Our 25-yard lap pool, maintained at 80 degrees, has three lanes specifically for lap swimming open all day long in summer.
* 6 lanes available in winter for adults (16+) .
Kiddie Pool
The kiddie pool is a hit with young children. (Open in summer only.)
