[pct-l] Hot Springs (was Deep Creek Detour)

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

Shroomer you are a hippie through-and-through, aren't you?

Wasn't there also an alternate route out of Steven's Pass that went  
by a hot spring? Could be a possibility for some under certain  
conditions.

Also, if you are of the more adventurous sort (adventurous with  
hitchhiking), you could attempt to hitchhike to Keogh Hot Spring when  
you go for a resupply to Independence. Keogh is all built up like a  
resort, but before you get to the resort, the hot spring is running  
through the creek. It's a hot ditch. There are pools that you can  
select based on temperature. Keogh is about 30 miles south of Bishop.  
You'd definitely have to hitch.

And I'm probably wrong, but I thing there was an alternate route  
north of Wrightwood that might have had a hot spring, or maybe just a  
creek. Warner Springs Monty told me he likes this alternate.

On Apr 5, 2011, at 10:21 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> There are people who stay there for
> weeks at a time.  Kind of a "happening" goin on.
>
> Shroomer