Latest Updates Before Hitting the Road / Trail / Backcountry

I hope summer has been treating you all well. Here’s a little FYI for those of you ISO stellar soaks for the last of the warm season.Warm Lake Access Road UpdateForest Service Road 474 South, also known as the South Fork (Payette River) Road remains closed until November 1st. The East Fork Road from McCall …

Hot Springs Guy Idaho Green Living Video Clip

The above video clip is from KIVI Channel 6’s ‘Idaho Green Living’ segment; where I took a news crew to a natural hot springs. Here a link to the full story…A special thanks to Lincoln Graves, Cameraman Kevin and KIVI Channel 6 for the hard work and attention to detail. The other local news networks …

Taking Channel 6 to the Hot Springs

When KIVI Channel 6 anchor Lincoln Graves approached me a couple months ago in regard to a hot springs venture, I was hesitant. In the same way that I am regarding IdahoHotSprings.com and this blog. Believe it or not, it’s not my intention to drive large amounts of people to hot springs. It’s actually to …

Hot Springs Access Road and Area Closure Updates for Idaho

Greetings fellow hot potters (sorry, hadn’t used that nick in bit – gotta mix it up)If you are gearing up to head out into the backcountry please pay attention to the following road and area closures, as they could effect access to your hot springs destination.Area: NE of Cascade: Warm Lake / Yellow Pine / …

Goldbug Hot Springs Temporary Closure: June 25th – June 28th, 2008

Greetings Hot Springers, Soak Seekers, Geothermal Gurus… one of the sweetest soaks around is getting some improvements.Goldbug Hot Springs in Idaho and the corresponding trail will be closed while undergoing improvements from June 25th through June 28th, 2008. Work will include blasting (dynamite) and trail re-route construction.The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest …

No More Overnight Camping at Goldbug Hot Springs in Idaho

The Salmon-Challis National Forest is no longer allowing overnight camping at Goldbug Hot Springs near Salmon Idaho. This is due to abuse; trash, tp, human flowers (blech!) and destroying of fragile vegetative areas. Let’s be honest – this was only a matter of time… especially evident if you’ve ever visited Goldbug.Sadly, all easy-access hot springs …