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Post by null on Oct 19, 2020 6:39:46 GMT -8
I am putting together a backpacking trip that starts and ends in Idaho and goes into Yellowstone, turning around at Mammoth and staying in the campground one night before heading back towards Idaho.
Question: Is there actually a publicly accessible hot spring to soak in? Is there a cost? Does it require reservations? Or is it just a bunch of thermal features that you're not supposed to enter?
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Post by starwalker on Oct 19, 2020 17:47:53 GMT -8
You can't get into Mammoth Hot Springs. I think there is a hot spring between Mammoth and Gardiner, but you need to check.
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Post by burntfoot on Oct 19, 2020 18:26:24 GMT -8
Yes, the "Boiling River" is down the hill from Mammoth on the way to Gardiner. Depending on when you are going, it is open. Usually they close it in the spring/early summer when the Gardiner River is running high. There is a parking lot and a short trail that takes you to the site. Like all legal hot pots, it is where hot water pours into the cold river making a warm pool. Read signs at the parking lot carefully. I had 3 friends one summer get ticketed by rangers when they went there in the early summer before the hot pot was open. Motion detectors somewhere along that trail tip the rangers off.
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Post by hikerjer on Oct 21, 2020 8:59:39 GMT -8
The Boiling River hot springs have been closed due to the pandemic. I drove by them last weekend and it was pretty obvious. Signs all over the place. Good luck on your trip. The weather is supposed to be pretty dang lousy- rain, snow and cold.
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Post by nickhowes on Oct 21, 2020 10:14:39 GMT -8
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Post by null on Oct 21, 2020 13:24:37 GMT -8
The weather is supposed to be pretty dang lousy- rain, snow and cold. Actually I'm planning for next summer, but point taken about the Covid closure. |
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Post by hikerjer on Oct 27, 2020 9:21:41 GMT -8
Pretty hard to anticipate the situation that far out. Hopefully, we’ll be through this mess by next summer but, who knows. Personally, I’m not overly optimistic.
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