Greetings, While catching up on the site/blog and preparing for a couple weeks in the backcountry I found time to post some of my hot springs photos on photrade, including a few that have never been published before. Take a gander

Revisiting one of the first hot springs ever soaked. Features a short hike to secluded pools along the Payette River in the Boise National Forest. View additional pictures, video clips and trip reports for Pine Flats Hot Springs in Idaho [where: Lowman, ID]

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 …read more.

Sharkey is operated by the BLM – which do an excellent job taking care of the pools and surrounding area. They are the ones that clean up after the trash mongers, and care very much about the well-being of this hot spring. In addition to the two stellar soaking pools, there are changing rooms, toilets, …read more.

It’s the time of year when it is often commonplace to stare up into the night sky from campsites, mountain retreats, deserts and even hot springs. For those of us interested in what lies above, Microsoft has released World Wide Telescope for free. My initial feeling was that is it a definite rival for Google’s …read more.

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 …read more.