Arizona Hotsprings Out and Back.

Name: Arizona Hotsprings Out and Back.
Total distance: 5 miles
Total time to complete: 3-4 hours depending on time spent at water and 1 hour driving
Elevation Change: 900 feet
Difficulty: Moderate-Strenuous
Scrambling: use of hands for balance in a few minor drops
How easy to follow? some markings on trail, but easy to miss, use GPS
Dogs: yes
Bathrooms: none
Trailhead (35.98021, -114.69772) is a paved parking lot at mile marker 4 on the north side of US 93 in Arizona just past the Hoover Dam bridge. This is also the trailhead for Arizona Hotsprings, White Rock Canyon, Liberty Bell Arch, Spooky Canyon, old US93, and Horsethief Canyon. Please leave a comment if you are meeting us at the trailhead.
Weather
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Description:
This will be an out and back hike down a wide gravel wash to a popular hotspring. After going under US 93 and walking about a mile there is a fork in the trail. The most direct (and easiest) way to the springs is via the Mountain Route we will be taking. Signage is better but still not perfect.

The next section features more wide wash and high canyon walls as we approach the springs. There are 2 or 3 small downclimbs that are pretty easy. Everything once we reach the springs is pretty optional as we are returning the way we came. The final approach to the hot springs is slippery watch your step.

Although we are not planning an extended visit at the springs, if you plan to walk through them, be sure to bring sandals, the gravel on the bottom of the springs is very hard on the feet. Small ants like to bite your feet here so move quickly though the 140 degree water to cooler pools. Note that there is an amoeba that lives in the hot springs that will swim up your nose and eat your brain, I would advise not putting your head underwater.

Optionally, there is a fixed ladder to get to the river. If you take a quick walk to the river bring your shoes/sandals its hard on the feet.

We will return the way we came. On the return beware of several false turns if you take the washes back, stay left.

The time of the meetup is the time we are LEAVING the carpool location (if no carpool then it is the time we are starting hike), please come on time, or chase after us frantically if you are late. Please review the planned hike if possible, be prepared for a no host event should your organizer need to drop off at the last minute. Pictures are often taken during meetups and posted on the site, if you don't want to be photographed then wear a bag over your head. If the meetup only has one person coming it may be canceled if I can’t be sure you will show up (I’ll try to contact you). Hiking time estimates are for an average size group, smaller groups go faster and larger groups slower.

Please be aware that your Meetup organizers are not tour guides and are not park rangers. Expect the same risks and take the same precautions you would take if you were hiking alone. You are solely responsible for your own safety and well-being. By signing up for and/or attending this Meetup event, you acknowledge, understand, accept, and agree that hiking and other outdoor activities can be dangerous and can cause serious bodily injury, not limited to flash floods, killer bees, brain eating amoeba, harm to your unborn child, your conscription as a soldier in a war either declared or undeclared, demonic possession, the loss of your immortal soul and possibly death. The organizers of this group and current and former members can not be held responsible or liable in any way for the actions of any participant - including you - at any event. All attendees participate at an event at their own risk and are solely responsible for any damage to their property, and/or any injury to themselves or their guests. By signing up for this event, you affirm that you understand this disclaimer, and that you knowingly and voluntarily agree not to bring any type of claim arising out of or related to this Meetup event against the organizers of this Meetup group.