Umpqua Hot Springs Access Update This just in from Cheryl Caplan, Public Affairs Specialist at USDA Forest Service: Road to Umpqua Hot Springs in Oregon Temporarily Closed for Winter Recent snow at Toketee, OR, and more snow forecasted, prompted Forest Service employees to close a gate to the road leading to the Umpqua Hot Springs. …
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Kirk… um
What more can I say that hasn’t already been said about Kirkham Hot Springs? Which is excellent, in terms of textile soaking. When driving past the full pullout for Skinnydipper on the way in, I noticed that even the pullouts before and after were akin to overflow parking. Pine Flats and Hot Springs campground had …
Jerry Johnson Hot Springs Trip Report
Keeping in tune with publishing unpublished, past trip reports – here is one for Jerry Johnson Hot Springs in Idaho, from July 2011. Special note: Jerry Johnson is Idaho’s most popular hot springs – and as such, is heavily abused. Please pack out all trash and don’t bring glass. This hot springs is already under nighttime …
Weir Creek Trip Report
I try to be timely with trip reports, but inevitably, some slip through the cracks. Here is one of them from last July for Weir Creek Hot Springs in the Clearwater National Forest in Idaho… Ole Weir Creek can be a crap shoot this time of the year. A time when many geothermal brethren answer the …
Top 3 Posts of 2011
The number one post of 2011 was … Holiday Hot Springing in Idaho, posted in November 2011. Number two goes to … Loftus Hot Springs Near Boise, Idaho is No More, posted in May 2011. Number three … Dippin’ @ Skinny, posted in October 2011.
2012 Natural Hot Springs Calendar – Idaho Edition
I thought it would be a grand idea to focus on the mother of all geothermal states, in terms of ‘soakable’ hot springs, for the 3rd edition (year) of the Natural Hot Springs Wall Calendar. Nothing But Idaho Idaho is home to about 130 ‘soakable’ hot springs of around 340 total hot springs. That’s a …
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