Some Thoughts on Winter Visits ...

Winter is certainly the best time to visit and soak in a natural hot springs but there are some considerations you should examine before you make a request to come on up.  Please think these over in deciding whether you want to make an attempt to hike up in winter snow conditions.  Remember that you accept responsibility for conditions, expected or unexpected.  We do not control the weather.

To Make Your Request a Little Smoother ...

Check the calendar in the sidebar.  Get an idea of how many people have requested access.
We have a limit of the max. number of visitors per day.  When we approach 10-12 we will cut off any further requests.
Give us time to respond.  We both have day jobs and often cannot respond to last minute requests.  We must have a Release From Liability statement from anyone wishing to visit Scenic Hot

Another Great Trip Report

Thank you for giving me and my wife permission to visit the hot spring! We've always enjoyed soaking in hot springs before but that was in Asia. After
going to your hot spring, all of our wonderful memories came back and the
best part was that we didn't have to fly overseas!

This was our first snowshoe hike this season, and we are also kind of out
of shape, so the steep hike was quite

Hot Spring Trip Report

We love to receive trip reports from our visitors . . . and we especially love to receive positive reports like Jeff's:

Thanks for giving Kevin and I permission to go! It was a great experience. I had not expected the hike to be as challenging as it was, even though I was prepared to face snow and stay warm, I still was not prepared mentally for it. Once we started walking to the gate we

Snow Coming

Some weather reports have a early winter storm bringing one to two feet of snow to the Central Cascades this weekend.  Be prepared ..

Alcohol & Soaking

This past week we again had to assist an group of soakers get safely off the hot springs property due to irresponsible use of alcohol.  Two young men and a woman went up to the springs (without permission).  When they were encountered up there it became not so much a matter of asking them to leave . . . but a recognition that once again people are under-estimating their ability to deal with

A Quick History of Scenic Hot Springs

Often requested is a short history of the springs.  The history of the springs is fascinating . . . inextricably tied to the railway and the early history of Washington . . . at then, still a territory.  The story begins with the original federal land grants to the railroad and magnates like James Hill of the Great Northern Railroad (now BNSF) and Frederick Weyerhaeuser of timber fame.  The