Gold Strike Hot Springs Trail
A hot-spring hike with fixed-rope canyon obstacles. The route’s reward can hide its risk: polished rock, heat, flash floods, waterborne pathogens,…
Artwork inspired by Robert Cole Caples
Gold Strike Canyon descends through boulders and several steep rope-assisted drops to hot pools and the Colorado River. The route’s reward can hide its risk: polished rock, heat, flash floods, waterborne pathogens, and a strenuous climb back are all consequential.
The NPS closes the trail seasonally for extreme heat. Wear shoes that grip wet rock, carry all drinking water, never submerge your head in hot springs, and do not rely on damaged or missing ropes; turn around before any obstacle you cannot reverse safely.
- Setting
- Boulder City
- Route
- A hot-spring hike with fixed-rope…
- Allow
- Half day
Quick guide
- Core comparison
- Colorado River hot springs ↔ Keep drinking water separate from pools
- Second-look plan
- Boulder City context
Gold Strike Hot Springs Trail: assess every descent for the return and look closer
- Assess every descent for the return
- Keep drinking water separate from pools
- Look closer
- Colorado River hot springs
- Plan for
- The NPS closes the trail seasonally for extreme heat
- Leave with
- One clear connection between colorado river hot springs and Nevada
Good to know
Wear shoes that grip wet rock, carry all drinking water, never submerge your head in hot springs, and do not rely on damaged or missing ropes; turn around before any obstacle you cannot reverse safely.
Notice these
- Colorado River hot springs
- Keep drinking water separate from pools
- Boulder City context