Bagby Hot Springs Hike

Overview

NOTICE: Trails in this area have been affected by the 2021 Bull Complex Fire. Please check current closures in the Clackamas River Ranger District before planning an outing. This is a pleasant hike on a well-maintained trail through towering old-growth forest to the famous Bagby Hot Springs. Most times of the year, you won't find much solitude here: it's a communal experience at the hot springs themselves although with most visitors happily soaking, you can freely walk around the premises of the old forest camp and inspect the wooden structures. You'll need to pay your $5 soaking fee at the Bagby Hot Springs Trailhead and pick up a wristband. Take the wide trail and cross the footbridge over pristine Nohorn Creek. You will enter a lovely old growth forest of large Douglas-firs with western red-cedar and western hemlock and an understory of yew, vine maple, and Oregon grape. The path crosses a short boardwalk, and soon you’ll see the Hot Springs Fork of the Collawash River flowing to your left. This scene, with the mossy rocks and shallow pools of the creek below overhung with vine maple and the large old growth towering overhead, continues until you cross the bridge over the Hot Springs Fork. Rise a little to the footbridge over Peggy Creek and, in short order, you arrive at the rustic bathhouses and log shelters at the Bagby Hot Springs Forest Camp. Walk through this shaded scene, which can become rather crowded on weekends, and note the 126-degree hot spring which feeds the main bathhouse. The 1913 Guard Cabin is to your left and a more recently constructed Guard Station is up to your right. A second hot spring feeds a small bathhouse. The springs are named after Robert Bagby, a local hunter and prospector. The trail continues farther to a campsite and 30 foot Shower Creek Falls. Then it enters the Bull of the Woods Wilderness (See the Bagby to Silver King Lake Hike).

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