After the Send
Idaho Hot Springs
Geothermal water flows across Idaho in wild cascades, riverside pools, and Victorian resort towns — most within an hour of the best climbing in the state. Here’s where to soak after the send.
Near City of Rocks & Massacre Rocks
Lava Hot Springs
55 min from City of Rocks · 40 min from Massacre Rocks
Lava Hot Springs is Idaho's most beloved soak — a small Victorian-era resort town built entirely around naturally flowing geothermal springs. The South Bannock …
Near Sawtooth Range
Kirkham Hot Springs
50 min from Stanley · 75 min from Boise
Kirkham is the most photogenic hot spring in Idaho, and it knows it — cascading pools of 106°F water tumble down terraced travertine ledges directly into the So…
Central Idaho / Cascade
Boiling Springs
2 hrs from Stanley · 2 hrs from Boise
Boiling Springs earns its name: water erupts from the earth at 120°F and flows directly into the North Fork Payette River, where you choose your temperature by …
Near Boise / Black Cliffs
Givens Hot Springs
45 min from Black Cliffs · 40 min from Boise
Givens has been running since 1881, when Milford and Martha Givens homesteaded the site and dug the first pools along the Snake River. Today the same springs fe…
Boise National Forest
Frenchman's Ford Hot Springs
1.5 hrs from Boise · On the way to Sawtooth
Frenchman's Ford sits on the North Fork Payette River in the Boise National Forest — three natural pools dug into the gravel bar, fed by springs that seep throu…
Climb hard. Soak well.
That’s the Idaho formula.
Pair every climbing area with the right hot spring on the way home — we’ve mapped them all.