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mrtropy

Trad climber
Nor Cal
Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 11, 2009 - 10:06am PT
Can you name these three?



Pedro's House just for fun

mrtropy

Trad climber
Nor Cal
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 11, 2009 - 02:49pm PT
any guesses
John Moosie

climber
Beautiful California
Jul 11, 2009 - 03:12pm PT
We called that middle one turtle rock, but I don't know its really name.
Hardman Knott

Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
Jul 11, 2009 - 03:14pm PT
You got me...

How 'bout this one?

Hardman Knott

Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
Jul 11, 2009 - 03:21pm PT
This one should be easy...

Redwreck

Social climber
Echo Parque, Los Angeles, CA
Jul 11, 2009 - 03:25pm PT
Ah, good ol' Deep Creek.
apogee

climber
Jul 11, 2009 - 03:26pm PT
mrtropy's #2 pic looks like one of the 'Green Church' HS's on the east side.

Doesn't Deep Creek HS still have some kind of amoeba that can cause encephalitis? Keep your head above water...
mrtropy

Trad climber
Nor Cal
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 11, 2009 - 03:50pm PT
No idea Mr. Knott Looks on the western slope rather than the eastside.

Not turtle rock.
Reilly

Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
Jul 11, 2009 - 04:00pm PT
I was thinking near Lassen for #1.
As for the amoeba it is safer to assume it is
widely spread these days so don't dunk your head!
Hardman Knott

Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
Jul 11, 2009 - 04:04pm PT
Here's where Deep Creek Hot Spring first becomes visible on the hike in.
Look in the center of the pic - a far-away shot of the one I posted above.

mrtropy

Trad climber
Nor Cal
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 11, 2009 - 04:04pm PT
#1 Idaho

#2 Nevada

#3 Utah

Sadly many other older pictures were lost a few years back when I did not back up a computer that crashed. These are from the las few weeks. 1 and 3 commercial and 2 wild
bvb

Social climber
flagstaff arizona
Jul 11, 2009 - 04:06pm PT
inyo-kern ditch?
Hardman Knott

Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
Jul 11, 2009 - 04:06pm PT
Here's a different angle of my first shot above:

Hardman Knott

Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
Jul 11, 2009 - 04:11pm PT
mrtropy's 2nd pic looks very much like it's in Long Valley (Mammoth area), and I was about to say the one of the two near Lake Crowley.

However, I think the guess would be close but knott quite.
mrtropy

Trad climber
Nor Cal
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 11, 2009 - 04:21pm PT
Knott quite, many of the basin and range springs look the same. You can see the Wild Granites from this one.
tom woods

Gym climber
Bishop, CA
Jul 11, 2009 - 05:35pm PT
The last one, is that the upper tub at Buckeye?
mrtropy

Trad climber
Nor Cal
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 11, 2009 - 06:21pm PT
I think Tom has it, seems to fit.
Hardman Knott

Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
Jul 11, 2009 - 07:39pm PT
Yep...



Goes really well with coffee first thing in the morning!

neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Jul 12, 2009 - 02:30am PT
hey there say, mrtropy... wow, thanks for the really nice pics... nice to look at in real life too... though spots, you really need to take care... (i was meaning as to when we were kids and saw lassen, etc)...

thanks again for the share... :)
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
Jul 12, 2009 - 03:20pm PT
mrtropy, serious on the WG? didn't know that was out there. that's awfully convenient. there's a couple of us knuckleheads that want to hit WG. did you get any routes in there?
Pennsylenvy

Social climber
A dingy corner in your refrigerator
Jul 12, 2009 - 03:45pm PT
#3= Mystic hot springs= awesome place!
mrtropy

Trad climber
Nor Cal
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 12, 2009 - 05:11pm PT
Pennsylenvy You got it!! Spent the night there but missed the band. Past bedtime for this old guy.
Captain...or Skully

Social climber
way, WAY out there....(OMG)
Jul 12, 2009 - 05:20pm PT
Man....you miss a lot of stuff.
Just sayin'.
Dr.Sprock

Boulder climber
Sprocketville
Jul 12, 2009 - 08:03pm PT
why the bikinis?




































oh yeah, the devils triangle.


holy cow, its a jungle down there!

me tarzan, you hairy!

im jus sayin...

mrtropy

Trad climber
Nor Cal
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 12, 2009 - 08:06pm PT
Skully, you are right next time climbing before biking.
Thanks again,

I always hope for the hotties at hot springs but it almost never happens, always end up with 60+ nudists
mrtropy

Trad climber
Nor Cal
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 13, 2009 - 11:36am PT
#1 is Maple Grove in Idaho

someone should know # 2
Abjays2

Trad climber
Calistoga,CA
Jan 4, 2012 - 11:09am PT
Check out www.wix.com/dabend11/soknikpress for a map that includes the best HOT SPRINGS on the East Side and Nevada.
mike m

Trad climber
black hills
Jan 4, 2012 - 05:41pm PT
I think I read that this is the highest volume of hot water in the country or world. Creek of hot water goes into river of cold water. Pools that look like they could accommodate around 100. Boiling River, MT
argus

Trad climber
Vegas
Jan 4, 2012 - 06:01pm PT
I realize this is 2 years old, but I'm guessing #2 is Spencer Hot Springs.
bvb

Social climber
flagstaff arizona
Jan 4, 2012 - 06:07pm PT
Tittay's! This one should be easy.

Hardman Knott

Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
Jan 4, 2012 - 06:08pm PT
Hilltop in Long Valley?
bvb

Social climber
flagstaff arizona
Jan 4, 2012 - 06:41pm PT
Don't think so. Where is Long Valley?
Hardman Knott

Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
Jan 4, 2012 - 07:14pm PT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Valley_Caldera
bvb

Social climber
flagstaff arizona
Jan 4, 2012 - 07:29pm PT
Ah. Sounds about right then. It's one of those Green Church soaks. Never knew the name.
mrtropy

Trad climber
Nor Cal
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 4, 2012 - 07:46pm PT
argus correct,

here is a warm spring form last summer. a bit tougher


ignore the bald spot please
bvb

Social climber
flagstaff arizona
Jan 4, 2012 - 07:48pm PT
Is that thing on a road about an hour from the Wild Granites?
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
Jan 4, 2012 - 07:52pm PT
that warm spring has a snorkel?
mrtropy

Trad climber
Nor Cal
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 4, 2012 - 07:54pm PT
I think more than an hour just off HWY 50.
Charlie D.

Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
Jan 4, 2012 - 08:21pm PT
Hardman>>>>>the secret spot above a well known hot spring on an east side creek.
Charlie D.

Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
Jan 4, 2012 - 08:23pm PT
Anyone have a photo of the Boiling River just below Mammoth Hot Springs on the Yellowstone, best in the west IMHO.
Mtnmun

Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
Jan 4, 2012 - 08:29pm PT
Soaked in Boiling River back in September and it was stellar. Sorry, no photos.
laughlinbarker

Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
Jan 4, 2012 - 10:34pm PT
Being frustrated with a lack of good online map of CA hot springs, I threw this map together this afternoon.

Data is from NOAA NGDC and is circa 1980. I casually compared 2 springs I know on the east side, and looks like the USGS lat/long give a few hundred meter resolution. Not too bad I guess.

If anybody is interested in updating the data, or otherwise improving the map, let me know.
Mtnmun

Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
Jan 4, 2012 - 10:46pm PT
I was soaking in Spencer a few years ago when a state inspector showed up to test the water. "Cleanest water I have ever tested," he told us.
Decko

Trad climber
Colorado
Jan 5, 2012 - 12:39am PT
I'll be surprised if anyone guesses this one




Dapper Dan

Trad climber
Menlo Park
Jan 7, 2012 - 10:43pm PT
can't say

Social climber
Pasadena CA
Jan 7, 2012 - 11:23pm PT
here's a well known alternative to Hot Creek, better views too!!
Mtnmun

Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
Jan 7, 2012 - 11:26pm PT
Sunrise Pool, and the secluded Shepards Tub above.

Why is everyone textile impaired?
Brian

climber
California
Jan 7, 2012 - 11:58pm PT
Being frustrated with a lack of good online map of CA hot springs, I threw this map together this afternoon.

Data is from NOAA NGDC and is circa 1980. I casually compared 2 springs I know on the east side, and looks like the USGS lat/long give a few hundred meter resolution. Not too bad I guess.

If anybody is interested in updating the data, or otherwise improving the map, let me know.

What's the difference between the different colored dots? Fresh springs/hot springs/wild hot springs?

Brian
rich sims

Social climber
co
Jan 8, 2012 - 01:47am PT
#1 Salmon
#2 I was wrong if Nevada
#3 Mystic
ron gomez

Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
Jan 8, 2012 - 12:40pm PT
Pat....the famed Curtis wide angle shots!
Peace
Kalimon

Trad climber
Ridgway, CO
Jan 8, 2012 - 01:25pm PT
Saline Valley BUMP!
StahlBro

Trad climber
San Diego, CA
Jan 8, 2012 - 02:53pm PT
coastal_climber

Trad climber
British Columbia
Jan 8, 2012 - 04:32pm PT
Any guesses?

laughlinbarker

Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
Jan 11, 2012 - 01:05am PT
Color is a crude temperature scale. Red is 100F+ (38C+). Click the markers and it will give you the temps that were measured in 1980 when the database was created.
cyndiebransford

climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
Jan 11, 2012 - 02:56am PT
mrtropy your third photo from the first post is Mystic Hot Springs, Monroe, Utah. I was there in October, kind of a strange but cool spot.
ionlyski

Trad climber
Kalispell, Montana
Jan 11, 2012 - 10:39am PT
Jerry Dodrill

climber
Sebastopol, CA
Jan 11, 2012 - 12:10pm PT
Hey BVB,
That one in NV is on my friend's "Hot Springs Ranch" in Antelope Valley. Pretty sweet!

My wife and I visited Baja's Guadalupe Canyon a while back. Looks like the campground with hot tubs in every site is now for sale! LOTS of climbing potential in that canyon. http://www.guadalupe-canyon.com/index.html

And here's a pic of the ruin of Puenta del Inca in Argentina below Aconcagua.
Peter Haan

Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
Jan 11, 2012 - 01:34pm PT
Jerry, that image of yours just above is a great photograph!

Now on to trivia: MrTropy's image reprised:

jfailing

Trad climber
Lone Pine
Jan 11, 2012 - 01:37pm PT
I think there's maybe only one person on this whole forum who could identify these hot springs:

Largo

Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
Jan 11, 2012 - 03:46pm PT
For a potentially hot subject, this is a surprisingly cold and benign thread.

Not to detract from ionlyski's family - a most wonderful thing, fo sho.

JL
mrtropy

Trad climber
Nor Cal
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 11, 2012 - 04:27pm PT
Hey where is my ice chest. I guess it is time to go to a bar. (that is a hint)
@ Jerry Very cool that your friend owns that hot spring.

Cheers
Jerry Dodrill

climber
Sebastopol, CA
Jan 11, 2012 - 10:24pm PT
Yes, there are a couple guys that own it and one, lives in the house on the property. Cool guy, a skier/climber. Pretty solitary out there, 10 miles off the "loneliest highway."
Tony Bird

climber
Northridge, CA
Jan 11, 2012 - 10:36pm PT
looks like coso, j. once public, now off limits.
mrtropy

Trad climber
Nor Cal
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 11, 2012 - 10:56pm PT
Jerry there are a couple of hot springs you could be talking about, what is the name of it.

PS you know me a bit uncle stinky from Sonora Pass.
Cheers Jeff
Rankin

Social climber
Greensboro, North Carolina
Jan 11, 2012 - 11:02pm PT
I love the clean and convenient Keough's Hot Springs.


Jerry Dodrill

climber
Sebastopol, CA
Jan 11, 2012 - 11:05pm PT
I don't know another name for it Jeff.
mrtropy

Trad climber
Nor Cal
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 11, 2012 - 11:09pm PT

Way off the grid name this one. Nevada

Mtnmun

Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
Jan 11, 2012 - 11:16pm PT
Kyle Hot Springs?

Where was this painted....easy one.

"The Love Donkey"
krahmes

Social climber
Stumptown
Jan 12, 2012 - 01:11am PT
JF - Nice shot.

Oh I'll play...

Pretty vague so guess the plate...
Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Jan 12, 2012 - 01:17am PT
sunny days= New Mexico next to the Rio Grande, not far from Taos?
Urizen

Ice climber
Berkeley, CA
Jan 12, 2012 - 01:27am PT
mrtropy, that looks like a place that i'd rather not identify out loud, but it goes by two different names and has two tanks, right?
Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Jan 12, 2012 - 01:31am PT
and it's not far off 6?
Urizen

Ice climber
Berkeley, CA
Jan 12, 2012 - 03:54am PT
and the other tank looks like this?
Urizen

Ice climber
Berkeley, CA
Jan 12, 2012 - 04:10am PT
and it's about 50 miles west of here?
StahlBro

Trad climber
San Diego, CA
Jan 12, 2012 - 09:09am PT
jfailing

Trad climber
Lone Pine
Jan 12, 2012 - 11:25am PT
Tony - you got it! Have you ever been out there?
mrtropy

Trad climber
Nor Cal
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 12, 2012 - 11:46am PT
Mtnmun- Not klye
For your painting maybe Gaviota ?
By the way I really like your art.

StahlBro looks like Gaviota, only been there once, on a mountain bike ride.

Urizen, I am not sure if it is the same one and I do not reconize the other one you posted, many of them have the same look. I have been to one I posted three times and each time it looks different to me with diffent water flowing. Not of 6 but off 722 (old Hwy 50)
StahlBro

Trad climber
San Diego, CA
Jan 12, 2012 - 11:50am PT
Gaviota is right. From this year. It has changed a lot since BITD.
Urizen

Ice climber
Berkeley, CA
Jan 12, 2012 - 11:52am PT
okay, try this, then--october 2011, a few yards around to the left of where you were standing with your camera...
Mtnmun

Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
Jan 12, 2012 - 01:01pm PT
This one above is Kyle HS for sure.
Urizen

Ice climber
Berkeley, CA
Jan 12, 2012 - 01:09pm PT
nope
Tony Bird

climber
Northridge, CA
Jan 12, 2012 - 02:39pm PT
wish i could say i have, j. i see the steam from it every time i drive 395. if you stop at the coso rest area, you will find honorable mention of the good old days when the public actually got to enjoy its own land. (that was shortly after we had taken it away from the indians.)

for once, i have to agree with largo here:

For a potentially hot subject, this is a surprisingly cold and benign thread.
mrtropy

Trad climber
Nor Cal
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 12, 2012 - 03:15pm PT
This must be the same one, You are looking east in the photo right? I somehow missed that tank. We were there June of '10 and things were dry. I did not stop by when I camped in Nevada for a week last summer. But I did ski in the mountains you see in the background in very late June.
Prod

Trad climber
Jan 12, 2012 - 03:22pm PT

Prod.
philo

Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
Jan 12, 2012 - 03:25pm PT
VEGAS! Nice Prod.
argus

Trad climber
Vegas
Jan 12, 2012 - 03:56pm PT
That pool that Prod's in has a cool cave. You have to swim underwater for a few feet until it opens up enough for you to stand up. It's a pretty tight fit getting through to the cave.
Prod

Trad climber
Jan 12, 2012 - 04:50pm PT
Argus,

I love that cave. Sort of creepy.

Prod.
Fritz

Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
Jan 12, 2012 - 08:10pm PT
Nice springs everyone.

I'm working on some Idaho spring photos.

This is Shower Bath hot springs on the Middle Fork Salmon.

One of the best showers around. It is a little tricky to get there when a bunch of river runners are not cavorting in the shower, or the shallow pools above it.

Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jan 12, 2012 - 08:21pm PT
Fritz,
What's that bitchin' one about 30 minutes north of Sun Valley? It has been
so long I forgot the name. It was right in a cow pasture but the rancher
was always cool if you were. Probably not the same now but it was sure
nice in the 70's. I know I have pics somewhere <eye roll>.
Urizen

Ice climber
Berkeley, CA
Jan 12, 2012 - 09:26pm PT
that little pool with the snorkel looks like Bartine, near eureka. not very hot, totally trashed by cattle.
Fritz

Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
Jan 12, 2012 - 09:47pm PT
Reilly: Re-----your question about the little hot spring 30 minutes north of Sun Valley.

There is a small and luke-hot soak hole above an old Forest Service Guard-Station about 15 miles north of Ketchum/Sun Valley. It is a max two person spot. It gets a lot of local traffic. Nearby & developed: Easley Hot Springs is a nice stop in the summer.

One winter in the late 70's, a buddy and I skied into Easley stoned, on a dark & moonless night. We figured there was a caretaker around, so we were real sneaky.

We smoked a little more when we got to the concrete pool, and jumped in.

After a while paddling around in the dark, I encountered something floating-----large, slimy, & alive. Pushed it away and tried to ignore it. We finally figured out a large toad had been paddling around the pool for the winter.
mrtropy

Trad climber
Nor Cal
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 12, 2012 - 09:54pm PT
Urizen,
You got it. It was not too bad (cow shiit) this summer nice place while driving across Nevada on warm day. Stopped for lunch and a beer, warm but no people. Not great but worth a stop.

Cheers Jeff.
Fritz

Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
Jan 12, 2012 - 10:18pm PT
Hot Springs Honeymoon.

When Heidi & I “got-hitched” in 1988, we had a two-part honeymoon.

My part was a horse supported camp-out in Idaho’s Frank Church Wilderness, at my favorite Hot Springs.

Her part was a road-trip to Alberta & the Canadian Rockies.

We had a horse-packer take in folding chairs, goodies, & ice to the remote Idaho hot springs, and we settled in for 5 days of fishing, hiking, and hot spring fun.

After two-days, Heidi started working on a new soaking place, where very hot water tumbled off a cliff into the cold stream water. She moved a ton or so of rock while I went fishing for most of a day, and then the next day, I helped her move another ton or so.

We ended up with a very-pleasant soaking spot, with just a few “hot & cold running surprises.”

I was pretty happy with our labors, since I could even soak & fish at the same time.

It was our creation, and we never thought about it being invaded & exploited.

The following spring, we were both doing product clinics in an outdoor store in Boise, and while Heidi talked about the merits of her footwear line, I browsed their selection of new outdoor books.

I discovered a new book on hot springs of the Northwest, and decided to see what they listed for Idaho hot springs.

Suddenly, I nearly choked.

There was a photo of our newly- created soaking pool and a glowing description praising it as one of the best in the state.

I then did a double-take of the book’s cover, and our creation was the cover-photo.

I’ve trudged back into the area a few more times in the years since, and have been wounded at how many people have visited, and trashed the place.

Scummy tarps, trash, bars of soap, and new trails have degraded the pristine wilderness.

I hate us!

The only real joy in visiting: is in noting our soaking pool is gone.

We created it in late August of a low-water year, and the people writing the book must have stumbled on it soon thereafter.

The pool is submerged in cold-creek water in any normal year.



Spider Savage

Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
Jan 12, 2012 - 10:21pm PT
Some good ones in Idaho (sorry no photos, see google images)

Jerry Johnson Hot Springs - Way up the Clearwater. Had a great mid-winter trip there with the high school gang.

Brundage Mtn area hot springs - Off highway 95 between McCall & New Meadows. Plenty of good skiing nearby.

Burgdorf Hot Springs - In the middle of nowhere NE of McCall. Hitchhiked there once. That's a story.
jack herer

Big Wall climber
Veneta, Oregon
Jan 12, 2012 - 10:32pm PT
[Click to View YouTube Video]

This one looks kinda like some of the ones posted above. Kinda funny non the less.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jan 13, 2012 - 01:04am PT
Fritz,
This was not a small lukewarm two person hole. It was a large backyard
style swimming pool and more than warm. It was also pristinely clean - in
a word - magnifique! Since it was on private property I suppose it got closed.
I was priviliged to visit it twice.
Fritz

Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
Jan 13, 2012 - 10:20am PT
Reilly: Sounds like it is the one by Obsidian, near the headwaters of the Salmon River. It is certainly on a ranch. Last time I was there, in the early 70's, it was a very large stock tank. I heard the property had been improved, and made private.

It would have a great view of the East side of the Sawtooths.

Here's a picture (I think) of it back in the mid-70's that I found on the Wilderness Ventures website.


Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jan 13, 2012 - 11:04am PT
Yeah, that looks like it! On the map there is a hot spring at Warm Creek
about 6 miles south of Obsidian but that is too far off of 75. As I recall
it was only a mile or so east of 75. At 3AM I was lying awake and the
name Polecat Creek came to me but that one is in WY. Interestingly there
is a Pole Creek just south of the above Warm Creek. The views were great
except the last time when it was snowing and all we could see were the
cows coming up to hang out with us. :-)
Timmc

climber
BC
Jan 13, 2012 - 11:20am PT
Fritz

Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
Jan 13, 2012 - 11:56am PT
Have you ever wanted to own a hot springs?

The historic Robinson Bar Ranch near Stanley, Idaho is for sale!

It has been off limits to the public since Carole King bought it about 1980.

The winter of 1970, my climbing buddy Harry was the caretaker at Robinson Bar. I skied in a couple miles in early March to see how Harry was doing. He was a little crazed from being alone all winter, but perked right up when the drugs came out.

The ranch had been a stage station and hot springs resort starting in the early 1880's and the main log cabin was a maze of corridors & small rooms. Two concrete soaking pools were "the bomb!"



It doesn't seem to have changed a lot externally, but Carol has fixed it up inside----real nice.


Oh!

The price you ask?

There's a lot more than a hot springs.

It has 128 acres and is surrounded by National Forest land.
There are several cabins in addition to the original 7,000 Sq. Ft. lodge.
The property also blocks public access to what has become a private creek & trail that leads into the White Cloud Mountains.

And a recording studio too!

Its been on the market for a while, and has been marked way down.

Really a bargain!


Robinson Bar Ranch
Stanley, Idaho
$11,900,000

Fritz

Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
Jan 13, 2012 - 12:16pm PT
Lolli! We need a ST Sugar-daddy to buy Robinson Bar for us as "the old climbers home."

I'd be willing to manager the property for us all.

Here's a link to the real estate site, and a slide show.
http://www.hallhall.com/ranches-for-sale/property-detail.php?id=90
Dapper Dan

Trad climber
Menlo Park
Jan 4, 2013 - 07:23pm PT



Three hot tubs here , easy , medium , and hard to identify ..... guesses?
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Jan 4, 2013 - 08:46pm PT
hey there say, decko... and then, Dapper Dan...
(wayyyyyyyyy at the beginning of this thread, as i see it was just bumped and is old... hope you remember the springs, you will most likely have to go back and see the pictures... start AT THE BEGINING...)

where, please, are those two hot springs of?
WAY, back at the beginning, as i said...


also, can't say:
at about the second page, or so of this thread...

what is the name of that spring, please...
everyone seems to know it... jody has some very nice
pics of that, and my brother chappy and his wife, have
been there, too, with very nice pics...

thanks guys...


i also liked seeing randishi's pic of the ?baboons? in the
hot springs... they sure know what feeels good, too, so it seems...

say, all, thanks for sharing these...
i love seeeing hot springs...

*when this thread first started, i was thinking
of the HOT springs that were TOO hot to get near! at lassen, :O
we saw THOSE as kids... had never seen the
'possible to approach' kinds, :)


well, seeing how many pics are on this... and some won't load, it will be
a long time if ever, before i can commen more, but
wow, thanks for the share! :)
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Jan 4, 2013 - 10:46pm PT
hey there say, all..

okay, i got my pic from some stuff that i had from mark

has the ol' pup dog in it:


you all, please, WHERE is this...and WHICH hot spring is it?
i KEEP seeing stuff similar, supposedly??? in the same area...

not sure if there is only one, in the area, or if there is more...

does anyone have a picture of the whole area, with a wider vew?

also--jody's pic is very much the same, but from a view that shows the
mountains, and perhaps is from the other side-or-back, angle of
THIS pool...

thanks for the info, and name and more ABOUT it...
i never know which thing i am reading on line, when i try to find it,
as there is NO picture like this pool SHOWN...

also, where does the pipe lead to, and does i always remain
as 'filling' or what???




:)
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Jan 5, 2013 - 05:11pm PT
hey there say, all....

oh my, now...

where could this be, still very curious for all the info and any more
AREA pics... :)
Dapper Dan

Trad climber
Menlo Park
Jan 5, 2013 - 06:01pm PT
That is Shepard hot spring in Long Valley CA . The g/f and I were there over Christmas break , mid week , dusk , 2 feet of snow on the ground , and were surprised to still find people soaking in it . Pretty popular tub ...

... So many nice springs in that area .
Fritz

Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
Jan 5, 2013 - 07:26pm PT
Thought I had better mention that The Robinson Bar Ranch in Idaho is still up for sale. Details are in the last few posts on this thread.

I did forget to mention that it sets about 1/2 mile from a Class III section of the Salmon River, with a Class IV section, upstream about 3-6 miles.

It is about 15 miles from the Sawtooth Mountains, and 75 miles from Sun Valley.

Great site for the "Old Climber's Home."

http://hallhall.com/ranches-for-sale/properties/robinson-bar-ranch


I'm willing to make the sacrifice, and manage it for you folks.

neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Jan 5, 2013 - 08:14pm PT
hey there say, Dapper Dan... thanks!!

will go take a look... i just now, EVEN saw julia mention it on facebook, too... this is sooooo fun! thanks again...

:)


edit:

okay, am back... NOW i understand how all this works, :))

*i don't know who the CAMPER is there, though--this is just an image
search of pics.. :)


:)
StahlBro

Trad climber
San Diego, CA
Jan 5, 2013 - 08:15pm PT
Dapper Dan

Trad climber
Menlo Park
Jan 5, 2013 - 08:55pm PT
Just an opinion here ... But I always felt it was bad form to camp out right next to a tub and monopolize it , maybe if you are at a super remote , low use tub , but that guy has his camper literally on top of one of the most popular tubs on the east side ...

... Maybe it was long ago when those tubs weren't as popular , who knows .
hossjulia

Trad climber
Where the Hoback and the mighty Snake River meet
Jan 6, 2013 - 10:45am PT
I was just gunna say the same thing, making camp next to a tub is super bad form. Besides, that is LADWP land, NO CAMPING. They do not HAVE to let folks on their land. Access issues have been dicey for a long time at those tubs.(Same issue along the Buttermilk Rd.)

Oh, if you have ever camped next to a tub and had someone blast their car horn as they cruise by? That might have been me.
Tony Bird

climber
Northridge, CA
Jan 6, 2013 - 10:55am PT
whoa, hoss. LADWP is a branch of the government of the city of los angeles, a public entity which is governed by an elected city council and mayor which appoints a public utilities commission.

los angeles grabbed a lot of land outside of its municipal boundaries quite awhile back so's it could bring water down here and "grow". that in itself has some pretty questionable legal basis. LADWP land is not "their" land. it's public land, and administration of it is a matter of public policy, not something "private".

why los angeles has to mucker about the hot springs in long valley when all it's doing is drawing snowmelt for drinking water ought to be a matter of some concern to all of us. environmental and land use issues here ought to be primarily the concern of the state of california, not a local water and power provider one step removed from public accountability.
hossjulia

Trad climber
Where the Hoback and the mighty Snake River meet
Jan 6, 2013 - 11:09am PT
Tony, hate to pick nits with ya, but that land is indeed privately owned by the city of Los Angles. Now what they do with it might be subject to public policy, and how they got it was unquestionably underhanded, and illegal, but it is theirs. Totally intermingled with BLM and FS lands too.

And really, in hindsight, aren't we glad? Otherwise, a huge chunk of the Eastern Sierra would be developed like in other resort corridors. (Shudder)



Way back at the beginning of this thread, someone posted a picture of a semi-developed looking hot springs in winter, is that the one at Steamboat?

Brandon-

climber
The Granite State.
Jan 6, 2013 - 11:16am PT
Looks like it. Strawberry HS, if I'm not mistaken.

There was one on the third page that nobody identified. It's on the ET highway in NV. Old abandoned hot spring resort. Worth a stop.
Tony Bird

climber
Northridge, CA
Jan 6, 2013 - 11:32am PT
land owned by government is not private land.
Hardly Visible

Social climber
Llatikcuf WA
Jan 6, 2013 - 01:07pm PT
SicMic

climber
two miles from Eldorado
Jan 6, 2013 - 01:09pm PT
Ken M

Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
Jan 6, 2013 - 02:39pm PT
why los angeles has to mucker about the hot springs in long valley when all it's doing is drawing snowmelt for drinking water ought to be a matter of some concern to all of us. environmental and land use issues here ought to be primarily the concern of the state of california, not a local water and power provider one step removed from public accountability.

Tony, don't be disingenuous. You know better.

If someone gets hurt on land, who do they sue? The landowner. If they get ill from soaking in the water in a hot spring, who do they sue, the landowner.

That's us.

The easiest and most responsible way for LADWP to protect us Angelinos from such suits, is to block access, which they have the legal right to do.

They have not done that, because they feel a responsibilitiy to continue to allow access to public lands, and consider the risk low.

But idiots getting in their face could probably change that.
Tony Bird

climber
Northridge, CA
Jan 6, 2013 - 03:31pm PT
don't be disingenuous yourself, ken. these springs have been soaked in year-round since tonto and the lone ranger took breaks from filming at lone pine. the government has special immunities to all kinds of frivolous lawsuits. you yourself ought to know better. the city of los angeles fretted and stammered like that before we got them to adopt stoney point.
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Jan 6, 2013 - 03:40pm PT
hey there say, julia... and all...

yeah, i was wondering why that guy was camped there...
seemed odd...

seemed like it would make others want to 'get on out of there' :(

:(



thanks for sharing that it is NOT standard...
Fritz

Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
Jan 7, 2013 - 12:31am PT
On our Middle Fork Salmon 7 night, 8 day adventure, last summer, we were easily able to secure the "un-loved" Whitie Cox Hot Springs camp for one night.

I like the hot spring! In spite of the shallow muddy-bottom, and a fringe of poison-ivy (poison-oak for you Calis), and a plenitude of nasty biting red spider mites, and also, a general lack of ambiance.

(maybe that's why I like it: it keeps the casual tourist out!)

Named for early 1950's prospector, Whitie Cox, who dug a little too deep, while seaching for gold. His gold burrow caved in on him, and he was buried on the terrace above his burrow, near the hot spring.



After I led most of our party up to the hot springs and explained how wonderful it was, everyone declined.

I sneaked up later, and had a wonderful, but short soak. I did need to depart, before the biting "red-spider mites" found me out.
Tony Bird

climber
Northridge, CA
Jan 7, 2013 - 09:35am PT
and i don't mind adding, ken, in case you haven't noticed, that we're getting a whole lot of prissy excuses from our dear governments to deny public access which has long been traditional. it's why we're not climbing at williamson rock any more. last year, i got a ticket, since thrown out of court, for driving on two inches of snow, most of which had been melted by traffic anyway. "hazardous winter conditions." i hope all the east siders on this thread take note of that.
hillrat

Trad climber
reno, nv
Jan 18, 2013 - 12:38am PT
Black Rock Desert


Sierra Ledge Rat

Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
Jan 18, 2013 - 01:02am PT
Hot spring at Hveravellir, Iceland, in the Sprengisandur highland between the Hofsjökull and Vatnajökull glaciers.


http://tripandtravelblog.com/the-best-hot-spring-spa-breaks-in-the-world/

This is an interesting hot spring in northern Iceland, near Myvatn. It is in a cave.

The hot spring is actually in a huge vertical crack in the lava at the bottom of a cave. The crack filled with ground water. Of course, with all of the active volcanic activity the water is about 102 degrees. This pool is about 15 feet deep, and the crack runs for about 50-100 feet.


Lake Myvatn, northern Iceland
Dapper Dan

Trad climber
Menlo Park
Jan 30, 2013 - 09:18pm PT

Carson River tub campsite


Cleaning out the Carson River tub over Christmas break ...



mrtropy

Trad climber
Nor Cal
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 30, 2013 - 09:46pm PT

Dan, How did you get a car into Carson River hot springs. I know there is a road with a lock gate on the south side of the river. I have seen on google earth what looks like a ranch road coming in from the north. A friend of mine had a student from Markleeville that said they used to hike in from the air strip. Looks fun!
Dapper Dan

Trad climber
Menlo Park
Jan 30, 2013 - 09:51pm PT
You take Leviathan Mine Rd. from Hwy. 395 .

From that road you get on a Forest service road . All total it is about 8 miles from 395 . Pretty easy to find . You probably want a 4x4 on that road , and definitely need it in the winter .... Or just wait until summer and float down the Carson river like most folks do .

All the info is in that 'Hot Springs of CA and NV' book ...
Tfish

Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
Jan 30, 2013 - 11:17pm PT
Mammoth hotsprings
Dickbob

climber
Westminster Colorado
Feb 19, 2013 - 11:09am PT
Conundrum near Aspen
dee ee

Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
Feb 19, 2013 - 07:57pm PT
I can't believe I missed this thread. Dude, I dig hot springs.

dee ee

Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
Feb 19, 2013 - 08:08pm PT
drljefe

climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
Feb 19, 2013 - 08:09pm PT

dee ee

Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
Feb 19, 2013 - 08:20pm PT

Fritz

Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
Feb 19, 2013 - 08:30pm PT
Wow! Hot Springs!

I enjoyed a local one today with Heidi.


Loomis

climber
Peklo
Feb 19, 2013 - 08:39pm PT






little Z

Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
Feb 19, 2013 - 09:18pm PT
Aguas Calientes de Cotón, on the border of Amistad National Park



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