Deer River Hot Spring - trip report & photos August 2009

[Grecy]

Hey everyone,

I hiked into the extremely remote, extremely hard to find Deer River Hot Springs, by far the most amazing spring I have ever been to.


Full trip report and lots of photos at http://dangrec.com/?p=811

-Dan

[Kim_S]

Dan, outstanding trip report and pictures! That's one that very few of us will ever get a chance to visit!

[mikel g]

Dan, it seems congratulations are in order. That's a 90-degree-F lake you've 'discovered'. (32*C x 9/5 + 32)

If it were me, I'd try to balance the difficulty in getting there with a nice relaxation period before hiking out. That is, a few days stay. Low-impact visitation is the word, and unless you say otherwise, I assume it's possible.

Maybe in fact it's best discovered only by the intrepid few. My days of such bushwacking are probably all in the past. But would others make less environmental disruption by knowing the best possible way in?

Did you make any attempt to dive down to the source? Is it so prolific that there's not much temperature variation within the lake?

Is this as big a thermal flow as that at Glenwood Springs in Colorado?

[Jeff Allen]

Nice one Dan!!!

[Grecy]

Dan, it seems congratulations are in order. That's a 90-degree-F lake you've 'discovered'. (32*C x 9/5 + 32)

If it were me, I'd try to balance the difficulty in getting there with a nice relaxation period before hiking out. That is, a few days stay. Low-impact visitation is the word, and unless you say otherwise, I assume it's possible.

Maybe in fact it's best discovered only by the intrepid few. My days of such bushwacking are probably all in the past. But would others make less environmental disruption by knowing the best possible way in?

Did you make any attempt to dive down to the source? Is it so prolific that there's not much temperature variation within the lake?

Is this as big a thermal flow as that at Glenwood Springs in Colorado?

Hi Mikel,

I liked your comments/questions so much I transplanted them to my website and answered them there.
You can see my reply at http://dangrec.com/?p=811#comments

thanks,
-Dan