I made a trip up to Rocky Canyon, Campground and Skinnydipper Hot Springs with Stoney. The video includes the first two, but it was raining too hard for any Skinnydipper flimage. Both hot springs are located north of Boise Idaho, in the Boise National Forest.
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Brief Updates on Moondipper and Pine Burl
Moondipper Hot Springs in Idaho09.17.07Not much new to report here, no trash is always good though, but the soak – too hot!Rating: XView the complete listing for Moondipper Hot Springs in IdahoPine Burl Hot Springs in Idaho09.17.07Yuk! The pool was mucky and silty, temps were all over the place… what happened here?Rating: D-View the complete …
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Boiling Springs Trip Report
09.17.07 Boiling Springs Hot Springs in Idaho Trip ReportIt was a beautiful day to be hiking around in the Boise National Forest. Our soaking party met a nice couple on their way out – they were as red as lobsters! They had somehow managed to withstand 110-113 degree temperatures for over an hour… yikes! I …
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, …
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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 …
Mid-October Soak @ Trail Creek Hot Springs in Idaho (video)
A well-known and used hot springs northeast of Cascade Idaho. The pools are a short, but steep hike from the highway pullout.View the complete listing for Trail Creek Hot Springs in Idaho