So here we are. This is Warm Lakes Highway? Warm Lake Road. Warm Lake Road and
we are right outside Cascade Idaho. Yeah. Right between Cascade and McCall and
it is freezing. Okay so by freezing we mean literally it's like way below it's
like 14 degrees and it's blowing this way at a good clip and now I get to go
have this adventure at 14 degrees at Trail Creek Hot Springs so that's what
we're looking for we're looking for Trail Creek Hot Springs we hear it's 19
miles down this road. Okay well let's go let's go.
All right we made it, this is
the turnout. Pretty big turnout, but the trail is a little hard to see in the snow
and what we heard from everyone is that it's kind of hard to get down maybe if
you have some crampons or whatever things that get on your shoes that can
help you get down that would be good because it's kind of a steep trail down
but if Chad can make it I can make it and oh...
Oh my gosh...
Okay...
Weeee....
How'd you get over there?
That's a rail?
Sweet!
Okay so really cool about this place obviously this is the natural hot
springs, but some great Idahoans have made some sweet sweet modifications to
this hot spring. This is your hot water right here and obviously this is the
river over here which is freezing right now, and this controls how much river
water in you want into this pool. So this is freezing cold I can shut it off if I
want a hotter pool or I can turn it on to regulate the temperature better.
And it looks like that this Hot Springs isn't just this pool there's two more
pools over there, and I see lines running into them too. So this is the system that
goes throughout this whole pool system here. That is badass.
I've never seen that before in a natural hot springs here in Idaho.
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So this is mile marker 61 but there's a good chance that you won't
see it in the winter time because it's buried in snow. Look for a windrow in a
parking lot that has a little footpath in it most of the windrows you'll see
of snow and all of these pull outs there's lots of them there's no little tiny
little crevice in it that's a footpath, that's a good giveaway. So when you turn
down Warm Lake Road start your little odometer and in about 19 miles start
looking for this pull out. On the right. Start looking for this little trail
right here. Yeah. What did you call it a windrow?
Well when they plow all this stuff this is a windrow of snow.
Okay I did not know that. As a previous heavy equipment operator in the international guard, you know,
I know these things. And you thought our viewing audience would really know
that word huh? Man did, did those rocks feel like they were carved out for your
butt or what? Yeah, I mean they obviously, somebody did some work down here
people they took these nice big round rocks and made these little chairs in
the pool to sit on. Yeah I mean it's dialed, you want it hotter turn it up.
Turn the cold water off. You want it cooler turn it on. Big thumbs up for me.
Yeah I loved it, Trail Creek Hot Springs in... Where are we? The Boise National Forest
right outside Cascade Idaho. And we are super lucky we get to do this. Yeah man.
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