Slate Creek Hot Spring
Slate Creek Hot Spring belongs to the Challis National Forest, in Custer County about thirty miles from Challis. It is hot, comfortably over soaking range, with some iron and moderate dissolved solids in the 1982 sample. No restriction on access is recorded. The spring sits high, over seven thousand feet.
A short walk, about a third of a mile, from an unnamed road. This is high country; the yearly average is in the high thirties and snow comes to around eight feet. The climate figures say cold and fairly dry. The Forest Service holds the land.
Ten miles to Pole Flat Campground, the nearest camp on the books. Winter months are given as best, and eight feet of snow at that altitude means the approach road is the thing to check. Hot enough to burn at the source, so let it cool or find where it already has. The 1982 chemistry reading noted iron, and the water is mildly alkaline.
The water at Slate Creek Hot Spring is alkaline (pH 8.8) with 352 mg/L total dissolved solids.
This campground is away from the main road and up the hill overlooking the river and the dredge ponds. Campsites include picnic tables tent pads fire rings with cooking grills. Campground amenities include a vault toilet and drinking water. Sites accommodate trailers and motorhomes up to 32 feet long.
Slate Creek Hot Spring sits at 7,020 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 28% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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