Spectrum Mountain Hot Springs is the name for Spectrum's long-term resort property near Ridgway. The vision is a restorative destination shaped by hot water, mountain landscape, hospitality, and community connection, with food and related education provided through San Juan Harvest.
Its success must be measured by both guest experience and local benefit.
Housing is part of the operating model, not a future accessory. Each phase should identify the jobs created, the housing demand those jobs create, and the employee units available before corresponding lodging, dining, pool, or cultivation operations open. Affordability, eligibility, occupancy rules, and long-term restrictions must be documented during planning.
The restaurant will connect San Juan Harvest greenhouse production with regional farms, ranches, makers, and beverage producers. Menus, purchasing targets, San Juan Harvest culinary education, and transparent sourcing can help visitor spending circulate through the local economy.
Lodging should grow only as water, wastewater, roads, emergency services, staffing, housing, and community review support it. A mix of small retreat accommodations and future lodging may help extend stays and support shoulder-season visits without relying on high-volume tourism.
The campus should use low-profile forms, native landscaping, dark-sky controls, efficient resources, safe access, and materials that belong in the San Juan landscape. Pools, lodging, housing, dining, wellness, youth, event, outdoor, and transportation experiences will be designed to meet applicable ADA and accessibility requirements.
Final design will depend on site studies, infrastructure, water and geothermal rights, safety review, financing, and public approvals.