Respect for The Dipper

Mile Marker 4 The Dipper, more commonly known as Mile Marker 4 (MM4), Deer Creek and Skinnydipper, is facing some tough times these days. AKA, a 5-year closure order that involves the dismantling of the improved pools and trail. It was inevitable, being an hour’s drive from Boise and featuring deluxe pools improved with mortar …

Skinnydipper Hot Springs Federal Closure Order – No Joke!

Here’s the link to the federal nighttime closure order for Skinnydipper Hot Springs AKA Mile Marker 4. The nighttime closure order remains in effect until May 24, 2009, and cites public safety as the reason for the closure.The 2004 order was enacted in response to a surge in disorderly activity; gang fights in the pullout, …

Sunrise Soaking at Skinnydipper

Skinnydipper, AKA Mile Marker 4/Deer Creek Hot Springs, is one of just a handful of hot springs that are within 1-2 hours from Boise, Idaho. Drive time from Boise is approximately 1 hour.Skinnydipper is Idaho’s most recent hot springs discovery. In the 1990s, Hot Springs Harley found and cultivated the hot springs with Keeper Ken’s …