Several years ago Tom and I visited Hutlinana hotsprings, only to find the springs washed out and no hot water. I had been hoping to go back, and with a free Sunday and Monday, and Nancy’s permission, we headed out to check it out. The drive out was slow, due to the unusual freezing rainfall we had been having lately, but uneventful. The hike in was fantastic, and we arrived to a wonderfully not washed out hot springs, and enjoyed a night of soaking and mellowing out around a campfire – hurrah!
The dogs had a blast hiking in, and sleeping in my tent.
They were very envious of Tom’s salmon strips, but alas he didn’t share. 
The hot springs was a fantastic temperature, perfect for soaking.
In the evening when we are all soaked out we enjoyed mellowing out around the campfire. I also played with taking slow shutter pictures.. 
The steripen turned out to be pretty fun to photograph.. 
The hike out was very fast, though a bit icey… 
.. And the drive home was a bit faster, but still slow.
A Post Script – for folks looking for the “correct” entrance, take the pull off just before the blue “Adopt A Highway” sign, on the Fairbanks side of the bridge. Follow the atv trail to the river, cross the river, then look around for a big and well defined atv trail. That that upstream, and follow it to the hotsprings.
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