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Hot Creek | Mammoth Lakes, CA | September 2018
Algae blooming in a hot spring!
Hot Creek, a geothermal site in California’s Long Valley caldera. This used to be a swimming site then a Geyser erupted in the middle of the creek. Look in the distance as the drone pans out and you can spot the caldera rim.
- Insanely blue hot springs in the middle of the #easternsierras 💙🏞💦
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All smiles at Hoot creek Geological site 👍🏾👌🏾!
I’m guessing this is “Hot creek”, California. It’s a hot spring fed by heat from the Long Valley Caldera system. The hot spring comes up right int he middle of a stream, so the waters mix between the two. It used to be a swimming site, but then it sprouted a geyser and you don’t want to swim in geyser.
Hot Creek hot spring site inside Long Valley Caldera, California. This site used to be open for bathing and it was supposedly interesting - the hot spring would mix with regular stream water for a balanced experience. Then the site sprouted a geyser.
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Summary of the 1st Week of April
Sunday - We hiked to often photographed Mobius Arch in the Alabama Hills, scrambled the crazy boulders around our campsite, and hopped on some climbs.
Monday - Climbed some more at Alabama Hills before heading to Bishop. We toured all the outdoors stores and hung out with the ducks at the local park.
Tuesday - We braved the extremely washboarded road to climb at the famous Buttermilk boulders.
Wednesday - Headed to Owens River Gorge to hit up some sport climbing.
Thursday - Bouldered at the Happy Boulders… we weren’t disappointed. We left very happy!
Friday - We began our trek north by driving to Mammoth Lakes where we hiked around Convict Lake and explored a bit of the John Muir Wilderness. We hiked Rush Creek, explored the tufas at Mono Lake and saw the Hot Creek Geologic Site.
Saturday - It rained and we were soggy and sick of the weather so we treated ourselves to a night in a hotel after our failed attempt to take on a very muddy dirt road that would have led us to the Bodie Ghost Town.