Connects: Highway 133 (West Elk Loop Scenic Byway), Crystal River, Filoha Meadows Nature Preserve, The Narrows Trail
Redstone, CO – Hot Springs
The Penny Hot Springs are a natural hot springs beside the Crystal River along Highway 133 (West Elk Loop Scenic Byway). The parking pull off can be found between mile markers 56 and 55. There are no signs for the springs, but they can be seen from below the pull off. The springs get their name from Dan Penny who kept a small hotel on the railroad line near Avalanche Creek.
More information about the hot springs can be found at:
Tourism Council of Carbondale – Penny Hot Springs
Marble Tourism Association – Penny Hot Springs
I liked it a lot however I woke up in the icu with second and third degree burns, heart, liver,kidney failure and neck down paralysis from a rattle snake bite I got while there so I advise you be careful