Yampa is a statutory town in Routt County, Colorado, United States.

[5] Yampa is the Northern Ute word for the Perideridia root, which was an important food source.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2), all of it land.

Yampa has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb), with warm summers and long, cold, snowy winters.

Due to altitude and dryness, the diurnal temperature variation is large throughout the year, especially in summer, and the growing season is short, typically averaging just 80 days.