📜 Historic, natural hot springs on the Crystal River, named for hotelier Dan Penny.
🔍 Located below large granite cliffs called "Hell's Gates" near Carbondale, Colorado.
💰 Absolutely free to visit.
🏞️ Natural, peaceful, non-commercialized setting.
🌡️ Varied temperature pools where hot spring water mixes with frigid river.
🤫 Feel like you're in on a secret.
⚠️ Water can be deceptively scalding hot.
🚫 Access is down a steep hill/rocks, can be tricky and dangerous.
👨👩👧👦 Small capacity (10-12 people), can get crowded, limited parking.
🗓️ Best to visit in summer, fall, or winter; spring snowmelt overwhelms heat.
🗑️ Primitive site with no trash containers, pack out everything you bring in.
🅿️ Park on the extra wide shoulder near mile marker 55 on Hwy 133; no signs.
💰 Free.
🕒 Open year-round, but early evenings and weekends can be busy.
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