Sulphur Hot Springs (91F)

Category: Hot Springs-unsoakable

GPS GeoCoords: 48.254847N, 121.181769W

This area supposedly has some sulphur hot springs, but they are not easy to find. The trail starts on the north side of FR #26, opposite Sulphur Creek C.G.. The trail starts at a shiny, new trail sign on the north side of the road opposite the campground and gains a few hundred feet to the Wilderness boundary at 0.5 miles. From here it drops and reaches the creek at mp 0.8 near the site of the hot springs which are on the opposite side of the stream. Frequently you can smell the rotten egg odor of the hot springs, but they can be hard to find. During the spring melt runoff, it is not safe to wade the creek here. The unmaintained trail continues, but is blocked by many large fallen trees and crosses several washouts until it eventually peters out at approximately mp 2. One section of the trail offers a nice view of cascades in the creek where it forms an island. Directions: Drive Highway 530 north from Darrington or south from Highway 20 near Rockport. Turn east on FR #26. Drive Suiattle River Road FR #26 22 miles to the Sulphur Creek Campground and park off the road, but not in the campground.

More info is needed on these springs. I found them once and were best characterized as a small depression near the creek bed with barely warm water in them, despite someone's attempt to build a pool.

The next time I go up to Gamma in the summer I am going to attempt to find out more about these springs on the return leg.