Resolve to Relax at Iron Mountain Hot Springs
Rethink resolutions in 2026. Resolve to relax and reset at Iron Mountain Hot Springs, no willpower required!
In our culture, heralding a new year is synonymous with making resolutions. Top resolutions for Americans are to eat better, move more, and save money. But even the most resolute goal-maker tends to succumb to defeat just days later. In fact, January 17 is officially National Break Your New Year’s Resolution Day, a tongue-in-cheek reminder that most resolutions get dropped faster than a deadlift barbell at Gold’s Gym, never to be picked up again… at least until next January.
But not all cultures thought of “resolution” as a white-knuckle test of willpower. Doing a little digging into the origin of the word resolution leads us to the ancient Romans, and an etymology lesson that feels especially relevant this time of year.
The word resolution comes from the Latin resolutio, rooted in resolvere. The prefix “re” means “back” or “again,” while “solvere” means “to loosen, untie, dissolve, or release.” In other words, originally, a resolution wasn’t about tightening your grip, gritting your teeth, or powering through; it was about loosening what’s bound up and releasing what no longer serves you.
Which brings us to Iron Mountain Hot Springs.
What if, this year, you reclaimed the original meaning of resolution? Not as something you muscle through on sheer determination, but as something you return to, joyfully. A resolution that unties knots instead of creating new ones. A resolution that doesn’t require a tracking app or a guilt spiral.
At Iron Mountain Hot Springs, your resolution can be as simple as easing into the resort’s therapeutic warm waters and letting the minerals and heat go to work, teasing out the tension ever so gently from mind and body. Between Select Access and Premier Access, Iron Mountain offers 30+ soaking pools for variations on relaxation. No reps and no willpower required.
From a wellness standpoint, it’s the minerals that do the heavy lifting, not you. Rich in 14 minerals including iron, sulfate, chloride, sodium, calcium, and more, the infused and inspired waters help soothe sore muscles, improve circulation, and promote overall relaxation. Going back to the earlier definition of resolution, think of it as dissolving stress at a cellular level.
Add in Iron Mountain’s riverside atmosphere with steam rising from the pools on cold winter days, along with the sight and sound of water moving past in the Colorado River, and suddenly “doing nothing” feels passively productive and objectively restorative.
To loosen things up even further, you don’t have to leave the pool to rehydrate. Guests soaking with Premier Access (21+) can enjoy poolside delivery straight from the Sandbar Café, with refreshing beverages delivered directly to them for the ultimate soaking experience. There’s a full menu of seasonal and house specialties as well, perfect for enjoying between soaks.
Those soaking with Select Access can still keep relaxation front and center by ordering from the pools and “skipping the line” at the Sopris Café. Simply pick up your order when it’s ready and get right back to unwinding.
Soaking at Iron Mountain Hot Springs this year, is a resolution you won’t break. It’s one you can revisit, “return” to, again and again. One that loosens, unties, dissolves, and releases, just as the ancient Romans intended when they invented the word “resolution.”
So, this year, instead of resolving to do more, resolve to relax. Learn more and make your reservations to soak at Iron Mountain Hot Springs today!
Happy New You!