Liard Hot Springs

We had only one regret about stopping at these hot springs---that we didn't plan for a longer stay so we could take two or three dips instead of just one!

This place is amazing--the hot mineral water is very relaxing (similar to Glenwood Hot Springs in Colorado) BUT the pools here are mostly natural shaped. You can relax in the water, enjoying blue skies above, tall trees surrounding the pool, and mosses and ferns decorating the banks. The end closest to the hot spring also had a pretty waterfall which helped cool the water down a little bit.




Randy enjoyed challenging himself to see how close he could get to the actual hot spring itself---without boiling!! He learned from a young hotshot that as long as you keep your arms moving to sweep the hottest water away from you, it's okay. Saner me (?!) declined to try it!


There is also a cooler area at one end, past a small waterfall, which was great for Jakob and Anna. They liked that it wasn't so hot and I liked that it was shallow enough not to have to worry about them :-)

We will DEFINITELY return here again---and plan at least an overnight next time! (Thanks, Dad, for urging us to stop here!)

Liard Hot Springs

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Liard Hotsprings has two different springs as part of it even though it sounds like one spring to me. The two springs are called the alpha spring and the beta spring, the first one (alpha) is cooler and has a shallow bottom to it.

The second one (beta) is farther into the woods, is hotter, and is deep enough that you cant really touch the bottom even though you wouldn't want to touch it because its slimy. [Beta pool is in the above picture]

The alpha pool is in a crescent shape that splits into two parts, one that's a little bit hotter and the other part which is cooler which where me and anna went. We found two thick short logs that were floating inn the water as well as two tree trunks that span the width that we climbed onto and slid off of for entertainment.

It's great fun that all families should go to, and bring your kids!!

Liard Hot Springs -- BC

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the BEST thing: Sitting under the waterfall! The area that we swam in was fun cuz it had some logs. You can pretend that they are a boat! It was NOT a swimming pool...it was a NATURAL place.

the HARDEST thing: having to leave when we wanted to stay!!!

the WORST thing: It was a very hard time to put our feet in the water. My feet STUNG all over! It was TOO hot. We got in the big pool for a little bit, but then we went to the pool at the end, past the waterfall cuz it was much more comfy.

FAMILIES: should definitely come here. Even if you are going past here, you should stop here for a couple of hours at least---especially if you have kids! The kids area is shallow enough you don't have to know how to swim.