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Young and Hot: Miette Hot Springs

courtesy Canadian Rockies Hot Springs / Lee Simmons

Miette Hot Springs’ (p 148) 54°C/129°F waters are the hottest in the Canadian Rockies; they are cooled to 40°C/104°F for bathing comfort. Hike the 0.7 km/0.4 mi interpretive trail past historic 1938 aquacourt remnants to the spring source. Here, steaming mineral water emerges from porous gray-brown tufa calcifications; the youngest rocks in the Rockies. By Lisa Stephens

Western Canada’s 12 Best Hot Springs

By WAHEEDA HARRIS

Lussier Hot Springs (Photo: Tourism BC/Dave Heath)

With cool nights year-round in the Canadian Rockies and on Canada’s the west coast, a soak in a warm pool is a welcome end to a hard day on the trail or a bonus for surviving another work week. The lack of options in eastern Canada isn’t an oversight: the subterranean thermal activity that feeds the springs only exists out west. (more…)