You never know what you might find when visiting Skinnydipper Hot Springs, northeast of Boise. Good, bad… ugly? Getting up before dawn is never easy. However, when you are after Skinnydipper it is a must, IMHO. There’s nothing quite like watching the sun rise through a dimly lit forest while soaking in a natural hot …
Category Archives: Hot Springs
Molly’s Hot Spring Trip Reports
Summer 2011 Molly’s Hot Spring Trip Reports Had to make some hose adjustments, but after about an hour of work and waiting I was able to get the temperature and flow just right for a soak. I made the hike up to the sources and was able to survey the situation from above. There wasn’t …
Trail Creek Trip Reports
Summer 2011 Trail Creek Hot Springs Trip Reports No trash! The upper pool was in great shape while the lower pool was submerged by Trail Creek’s spring runoff. On the 22nd, we ran into a local Church Camp with 10-15 younger girls and 3-4 staff that were allowing the girls to wash their hair with …
Hiking Hot Springs in the Boise National Forest
Hiking and Hot Springs in the Boise National Forest from HSG on Vimeo. An early spring hiking trip to and near hot springs in the Boise National Forest. Spring runoff is a little late this season, submerging hot springs, trails and making river fords impossible. A careful route had to be selected, regardless, awesome natural …
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Volunteer Event! Loftus Clean-Up Sunday 02/20/11
by Chris Crawford To kick off our hot springs tour we are looking for some volunteers to help us clean up Loftus. We will go out Sunday 02/20/11 plan to be ready to leave at 10:00 am. Bring warm, and appropriate gear to clean up the land surrounding the hot springs, and a dinner or …
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Juntura Clean up results
The clean up at Juntura went great! There was a ton of trash, including seemingly endless amounts of carpet buried into the dirt. The soak was great, likely would have been too hot on a summer day, but the cold air made it easy to get comforatable. The pool was a little crowded when we …