Fales Hot Springs
Fales Hot Springs is a scalding spring on private property in Mono County near Sonora Junction, about twelve miles from Bridgeport. The owners live there. Wikipedia says it is not open to the public, even though access is blank on file. The water comes out far too hot to touch.
The spring lies a fifth of a mile from an unnamed road, high in the eastern Sierra Nevada at roughly seven and a half thousand feet. Winter here brings ten-plus feet of snow, most years, and a yearly average temperature in the low forties. Obsidian Campground is on file about four miles away.
There is no public soaking here. The property is a private residence and closed to visitors, so the listed best months, midwinter, are academic. The USGS has a monitoring site for the spring. If you are passing through, Obsidian Campground is the nearby camp on record.
Wikipedia places Fales Hot Springs in the Sonora Junction area of the eastern Sierra and gives a slightly lower elevation than the record does. OpenStreetMap carries it in the singular, Fales Hot Spring. The property doubles as a private home.
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Obsidian Campground offers opportunity to get away from crowds amidst shade of aspens and pines. Campground is close to Molybdenite Creek and Little Walker River. The river is stocked with trout. Area trailheads offer several interesting hikes. The trail from Molybdenite Creek trailhead splits, with one branch heading south into the Hoover Wilderness, and one looping north along Wheeler Creek to connect with the trail along the Little Walker River. This can be hiked as a loop from Burt Canyon...
Fales Hot Springs sits at 7,491 feet above sea level, way above the mile-high mark. You may not feel the altitude strongly, but hot water still dehydrates you faster at elevation. UV is about 30% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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Fales Hot Springs is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. The water is dangerously hot, so bring water shoes and test pools carefully. Cold air temperatures make a changing robe or warm layers essential.
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