Pagosa Springs, Colorado
· Small Town Locals
Steam rises off the hot springs on cold mornings, and the San Juan River runs right through the middle of town like it has somewhere to be. Pagosa Springs is mountain air that keeps you outside a little longer — a day on the river that turns into a slow evening, a weekend visit that has you looking for a reason to come back.
Highway 160 runs straight through Pagosa, and so does its backbone. This year, when floodwaters swept through town and took homes and pieces of everyday life with them, Pagosa did what small towns do: it showed up for each other. Neighbors, strangers, people who had never set foot here — all pulling in the same direction while the town puts itself back together.
The mountains aren't going anywhere. Neither are the people.
Your turn
The comments are open — post your Pagosa Springs below:
- Your soak — the pool, the temperature, the cold morning around it
- Your day on the San Juan, start to finish
- The neighbor who showed up for you this year
Locals, homesick locals, and anyone who visited once and never quite got over it — all of you. The best stories will find their way into the future stories we tell here.
The pieces we made for Pagosa Springs live in the Pagosa Springs collection — souvenirs of the story, not the other way around.
