Fifth Water Hot Springs road conditions
It's been over 10 years since I have been here and I have heard that the front entrance, since the road is closed for the winter, is a 7 mile walk, one way??
When I was there the last time, I went in January with a few friends and took the "back entrance". Maybe like a 2 1/2 mile hike one-way. I'd prefer to go this way, unless of course road conditions have changed since then. Is this the preferred driving route in winter?
Fifth Water Hot Springs road conditions
Alright, so I’m back. Here’s my quick report:
13.2 miles going the normal way and not the back entrance ;) (I know I know...hilarious...)
We initially tried sheep creek road and about 100 yards on to it you hit a gate. It wasn’t locked so we just moved it and continued on for about 3 miles. Definitely not plowed but there was maybe 4” of powder. Easy stuff. Then we hit the 2nd gate which this time it was locked and said no motorized vehicles past this point except snowmobiles. We tried lifting the gate, and yup, definitely locked right.
And from the look of it, it’s been a while since anyone has been on that road. No tracks anywhere.
So we drove around and did the other entrance. 13.2 miles round trip in 5 1/2 hours including an hour at the springs.
Got some sweet drone footage though. And thankfully it wasn’t in bad conditions as I predicted. But there was a lot of trash laying around. Picked up one full bag of trash. And old piping is scattered everywhere. That would be a good service project for someone...
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