Hiking Hot Springs in the Pacific Northwest: A Guide to the Area's Best Backcountry Hot Springs (Regional Hiking Series)
Evie Litton
Language: English
Pages: 368
ISBN: 0762783702
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
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day. Perhaps during the winter months or with some careful water diversion, it could be cool enough to bathe in. Sally Jackson 12 Frenchglen Warm Spring General description: A warm pool hidden less than 1 mile off the beaten track in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Swimwear is optional. Elevation: 4,200 feet General location: 60 miles south of Burns; 52 miles north of Fields GPS: N42.81499 / W118.90058 Map: BLM Steens High Desert Country, South Half (marked as Barnes Spring) Contact:
the road to the ranger station at 8.5 miles and the turnoff to Mineral Springs at about 14 miles. Take a right in 1 mile onto gravel FR 3062. Bear right in another 2 miles onto a road signed Lower Falls Creek Falls–Trail 152a. You’ll soon reach the road-end trailhead, a total of 17 miles from SR 14. The Hike For connoisseurs of waterfalls, this one is a must. A broad cascade pours over cliffs high above, churns over a shelf partway down, then another shelf, and reaches the bottom in a total of
and popular Lussier (49) with a hike in a nearby park. A remote roadside soak at Buhl Creek (50) is followed by easy-access dips at Indian Tubs (51) and Fairmont Warm Waterfall (52). To the northeast, logging roads access a stroll to Fording Mountain Warm Springs (53). Season Although early summer through fall is the best time, the soaks in the West Kootenays are accessible in winter from the highway by cross-country skiers. They shouldn’t be affected by the spring runoff. In the East
Crouch Elevation gain: 320 feet, -300 feet High point: 4,120 feet (at the springs) GPS: Moondipper, N44.38267 / W115.84072; Pine Burl, N44.38277 / W115.84151 Map: Boise National Forest (springs marked). See map Hike 85. Contact: Emmett Ranger District, Boise National Forest Finding the trailhead: Follow the directions given in Rocky Canyon Hot Spring (83) and Boiling Springs (85) to Boiling Springs. The Hike Moondipper and Pine Burl enjoy a setting worthy of their captivating names. Two
National Forest Finding the hot springs: Refer to “Getting to Atlanta” (see page 238) and take the Middle Fork Road (FR 268) about 21 miles downstream on dirt to the junction with FR 255, signed to Trinity Lakes, at the Roaring River bridge (6 miles west of the junction with FR 327 north and FR 156 south). Park across the river, and follow a short path upstream. Hikers: See note in Phifer (Weatherby Mill) Warm Spring (109). The Hot Springs A cluster of springs issues from the ground at