Insanity at Bagby: Getting trapped in a winter storm

An enlightening recap of one couple's visit to Bagby Hot Springs only to be caught under the full brunt of the winter wind storm that hit the Cascades on Dec 12-13th, 2006. Bagby is a very popular natural hot spring in the National Forest east of, and reasonable close to Portland, Oregon. The original discussion thread was posted in the Soak.net forums.After some light snowshoeing near government

A Comment on a Comment on a post (good this time)

Ron at the Hot Springs Association made such a good and valuable comment that I felt it deserved to be prominently displayed as a main article . . . so here it is:Hey,Well said Rick!The secret to using closed hot springs - Never ask to soak when you know the public is not invited to do the same.-Never expect to soak and leave without asking.-Volunteer repeatedly for all cleanups, work parties,

Quick Update

With all the wild weather we have been getting recently there is not much to report on the actual situation up at Scenic Hot Springs. The springs are still there, as is the Monster Pool, but there has been very little activity other than minor cleanup activities and some topograpical site surveying (done by yours trully).I assume there is a lot of snow up there. The last time I drove by (right

Comment on a Rude Comment

At 2:04 PM, Anonymous said... GROWUP GET THIS HOT SPRING OPEN RICK YOU AN ASS HOLE THAT IS FLAT OUT BLASNK YOU NEED TO GROW AN ACT LIKE A MAN NOT A BABY THE HOT NEED TO BE OPEN AN THAT IS IT FUCK ALL THIS SHIT WITH THE FOOLIN AROUCNDSo goes a comment posted in this blog relating a visit to the hot springs by the sheriff. Actually, I laughed when I read it . . . and then a

Scenic Hot Springs Conditions

Lots of snow up there . . . a snow berm across the access road.There will be an updated condition report in a day or so from Ryan who is going to check out conditions.Rick

Bagby Hot Springs and Riverside Cleanup

Saturday, September 16, 20069:00 AM - 1:00 PMEdit eventCategory: SocialSOLV presents the Oregon Adopt-a-River Program - Sponsored by the Northwest Forest ConservancyOur Hosts: The USDA Forest ServiceBagby Hot Springs; Clackamas Rver; CollawashRiver; Hot Springs Fork; Austin Hot Springs CleanupWhen: Saturday, Sept 16th 2006Where: Meet at the Ripplebrook Ranger StationWhat: Bagby Hot Springs

Clean Up Party Scheduled Sept 9th at 9am

While we still await decisions from the county in regards to slopes and stream restoration permits we have erosion control measures that need to be addressed prior to the coming Fall and Winter wet seasons. So, for all of you who wanted to participate in a clean up event, this is your opportunity as there are few that can be scheduled while we still in permit-limbo.This clean up party is to deal