Kaiser Hot Spring in Burro Creek BLM, AZ

Hike Kaiser Hot Spring Burro Creek BLM, AZ

Class 1 3.4 miles 400 gain 1-2 hr Out + Back Feb 12, 2019
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Kaiser Hot Spring was just a label I discovered when scouring a map, but it turned out plenty others have also found it. Leave AZ-93 here (34.58077, -113.49401) and follow the decent dirt road. I continued hiking along the dirt road down into Warm Spring Canyon, the sandy wash below. There were ATV tracks most of the way down the canyon, unfortunately. The wash narrows into a canyon with tall walls, but it never narrows into a true slot. The dark-rock features are pretty, though. There's some easy rock-hopping within the canyon as you near the spring. After a bit over a mile, Kaiser Hot Spring appears on the left. It's a cute little contained tub made from piled dirt and rocks with a little hole in the rock where the spring drains from. The approach to Kaiser Hot Spring is on BLM land, but I'm not sure if the spring itself is private property.

I headed down the canyon a little farther to check out the junction with Burro Creek, a nice little detour to see flowing water in the desert amongst tall cliff walls.

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Just off the highway, start down a dirt road.
Just off the highway, start down a dirt road.
Leave the dirt road and enter Warm Spring Canyon.
Leave the dirt road and enter Warm Spring Canyon.
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Looking back up Warm Spring Canyon.
Looking back up Warm Spring Canyon.
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Warm Spring Canyon narrows up a bit.
Warm Spring Canyon narrows up a bit.
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People drive their ATVs down here, basically all the way to Kaiser Hot Spring, but I was alone all day.
People drive their ATVs down here, basically all the way to Kaiser Hot Spring, but I was alone all day.
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The dirt road ends, completely eroded. Head into the canyon, where Kaiser Hot Spring waits on the left.
The dirt road ends, completely eroded. Head into the canyon, where Kaiser Hot Spring waits on the left.
Kaiser Hot Spring just behind me, this is a view looking north back the way I came. The trickling water was pretty.
Kaiser Hot Spring just behind me, this is a view looking north back the way I came. The trickling water was pretty.
Kaiser Hot Spring.
Kaiser Hot Spring.
Kaiser Hot Spring close-up. A sign on the other side reads "enter here".
Kaiser Hot Spring close-up. A sign on the other side reads "enter here".
Close-up of the spring.
Close-up of the spring.
Kaiser Hot Spring.
Kaiser Hot Spring.
Just past the spring, headed to the mouth of Warm Spring Canyon.
Just past the spring, headed to the mouth of Warm Spring Canyon.
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Burro Creek view, looking east.
Burro Creek view, looking east.
Burro Creek view, looking west.
Burro Creek view, looking west.
View back up Warm Spring Canyon.
View back up Warm Spring Canyon.

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