Ram Creek Hot Springs — Local services in Area E (Saint Mary/Skookumchuck)

If you follow the Google navigation, you end up having to walk 5km to the hot springs. Most of the trail, at least when I went in June 2022, was covered in freezing cold water that is knee-deep in some areas. The hike itself is easy, but the water makes it a bit difficult. There is a much shorter, easier trail from Premier Lake, although I'm not quite sure where the trailhead for that is, but I definitely recommend trying to find that route. The hot springs have a beautiful view and are, for a summer day, nice and warm (although they are more warm springs than hot springs). We went in the morning and there was just one other couple there, but by noon it got very crowded and like others pointed out, the hot springs get kind of muddy. Not the best hot springs I have been to, but they are free and the experience was...

We stayed at the campsites just a short hike away.

Note that there are logging sites up the road, but the logging wasn't active when we were there.

The hike to the hot springs was gorgeous!

The hot springs definitely did give us some sort of rash. We started itching all over our bodies within a couple of minutes of getting in, so promptly got out and hiked back to camp.

Long story short, it was worth it to me, but if you are visiting primarily to soak in the hot springs, you may find yourself leaving more quickly than...

We went in off premier lake rd, 9 km on ram creek rd, the painted bear was no where to be seen, a large berm had been plowed blocking the trail, easy climb over and the trek started, the old road has been dug up and the trail moves thru the ecological area towards the trail, nice trail led to the springs, no one there, we had a nice soak, bath water or a little less, but you just can't...