St Leon Hot Springs
Address:
Nakusp, British Columbia, Canada
Category: Hot Springs-soakable
GPS GeoCoords: 50.412482,-117.748327
The St. Leon Creek hotspring is located on private property and there have been some issues with the rowdy crowds. As of July, the springs were still open and accessible.
To get there, drive north from the junction of hwy 6 in Nakusp for 14.4 miles along hwy 23 (just short of the Halfway River Bridge. There will be an unsigned St. Leon Creek forest service road to the right. The springs are located in a clearing alongside the creek about 6.2 miles up this road.
This is not a commercial site, but it has been developed by its regular users. A concrete pool has been built. Plastic pipes deliver warm and hot water from the sources on the rocks above. One source has been blocked with a stone and concrete barrior to form a small, very hot, upper pool. The other source is a grotto extending two to three meters back into the rock.
The upper pool. This pool is coated with soft algae and it feels like laying in a velvet lined bathtub! It's also very hot.
