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 …read more.

I’ve started a new habit at the hot springs, pH testing! Here’s Molly’s Hot Spring And, Holdover Hot Springs Vulcan’s Pool Cave-In The Rundown The sole pool at Molly’s has been reconstructed, complete with valves for hot and hotter (no cold!!!). The pool at Vulcan is indeed gone, but great potential remains. And, Holdover is …read more.

View video w/o music This video is from a recent trip to the Boise National Forest, northeast of Cascade, Idaho.

Sadly, the log-dammed pool at mighty Vulcan is no-more due to a wildfire that rampaged the area. In fact, the entire surrounding area has been closed for the last 3 seasons due to wildfire restoration efforts. Basically, the wildfire super-heated the earth around Vulcan… flattening the area where the old log-dammed pool used to snugly …read more.

Note: Originally posted 12.31.09, Updated 01.02.10 First, I’d like to take a moment to recognize the fallen… In 2009, we lost the pools at Molly’s Tubs, Vulcan and Rocky Canyon (more). All 3 hot springs are located in Idaho, and all 3 were deconstructed by the Forest Service due to reasoning centered around public abuse …read more.

The following trip report is from a mid-July Boise and Payette National Forest venture, that took place northeast of Cascade, Idaho in the Krassel Ranger District. Trail Creek = ultra slammed! A brief stop revealed less trash in the pullout than my last visit. On down the road. Forest Service Road (FSR) 474 South was …read more.