Special Attractions

Glenwood Springs is a scenic three hour drive west of Denver. The small town is a one-and-one-half hour drive east of Grand Junction and halfway between famous neighbors Vail and Aspen. Glenwood Springs offers a variety of activities in and around the community.

Voted by the Travel Channel as the “hottest place to cool off,” Glenwood is a year-round resort destination. Depending on the season, Glenwood offers hiking, biking, rock climbing, rafting, kayaking, horseback riding, golf and flyfishing in the warm months. Winter activities include alpine and Nordic skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, sleigh riding, ice skating and ice climbing.

Sunlight Mountain Resort (www.sunlightmtn.com), located just 10 miles outside of Glenwood Springs is a small, filming-friendly ski area, having already been featured the 1980 film "A Change of Seasons" with Shirley MacLaine, Anthony Hopkins and Bo Derek. The scenic, full-service ski resort with a bed base of 166 within walking distance of the resort promotes the following filming inventory:

In Winter: four lifts, scenic location with views of majestic Mount Sopris, access to White River National Forest, snowboard park with rails and jumps, ski and snowboard race facilities, cafeteria and catering opportunities, meeting facilities, school busses and people movers, snowmobile rentals and backcountry guides, snowcats and snowgroomers, scenic cross country and snowshoe trails, a scenic and rustic backcountry cabin that sleeps 10, bar, outdoor sun deck, and ski and snowboard equipment rentals.

In Summer: horseback riding and access to trails, mountain biking, hiking, tents, wildflower and wildlife photo opportunities, wedding and party facilities, bar, and outdoor sundeck

Sunlight personnel available include: professional backcountry ski guides, professional ski patrol including advanced First Aid/EMT/Paramedic, professional ski, snowboard and telemark instructors, trained mechanics and carpenters, lift operators, snowmobile guides and professional ski and snowboard models.

Glenwood Springs boasts the world’s largest Hot Springs Pool as well as natural vapor caves at the Yampah Spa and Vapor Caves -- both open year-round for everyone’s indulgence. The pool or the caves is the perfect way to unwind after a grueling day of shooting.

Glenwood’s newest attraction open for the first time since 1917 is the Historic Fairy Caves and Glenwood Caverns. The caverns recently were rated as one of the top 10 underground places in the country in an article in USA Today.

The White River National Forest, with headquarters in Glenwood Springs, is the largest national forest in Colorado and the 12th largest in the nation. The forest covers almost 2.3 million acres in the central Rocky Mountains, stretching west from the Continental Divide at the Eisenhower Tunnel to the resorts of Vail and Aspen, and north to the ranching communities of Meeker and Buford. White River includes seven ranger districts located in Aspen, Carbondale, Dillon, Eagle, Meeker, Minturn and Rifle and 12 ski areas including the Aspen/Snowmass complex, Vail/Beaver Creek Resorts and all the Summit County resorts.

The alpine skiing makes White River the national leader in ski area capacity, and the 10th Mountain Trail Association and Braun Hut systems have made backcountry hut skiing a major recreational activity in the region. The forest encompasses parts of or the entirety of seven wilderness areas including the Flat Tops, Eagles Nest, Hunter-Fryingpan, Maroon Bells-Snowmass, Collegiates, Holy Cross, and the Raggeds.

The White River National Forest includes a variety of scenic waterways, from rivers to waterfalls to reservoirs. Within the 735,000 acres of wilderness are such nationally renowned areas as the Maroon Bells, Trapper's Lake and the amphitheater, and Mount Holy Cross. White River also is home to native bighorn sheep, large amounts of deer and North America's largest elk herd, estimated at approximately 40,000 animals.

Other unique and scenic areas in Glenwood Springs include Glenwood Canyon, with its $40 million-per-mile engineering marvel of a combined highway, river, railroad and trail system. Also Glenwood is home to one of the most popular and scenic trails in state at Hanging Lake, where water shoots from Spouting Rock and flows across a fault in waterfalls into a cool, scenic lake.

These special attractions combined with the everyday amenities offered make Glenwood a perfect filming location for all types of projects. For more information, log on to the official online guide at www.glenwoodsprings.net.