Cement Creek Hot Spring
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Cement Creek Hot Spring is tepid despite the name, a spring in Gunnison County, Colorado, about eight and a half miles from Crested Butte at over nine thousand feet. The water is warm to the touch and well short of a hot soak. Public access is not recorded, and no land owner is on record. A 1978 USGS sample found near-neutral water with iron and sulfate.
A few hundred feet separate it from a road that the file lists without a name, so the last bit is on foot. This is high country with a hard winter: over eight feet of snow most years and a yearly average temperature in the mid thirties. Rain is moderate. Land unit and designation are not on file.
The record's pick for months is December through February. Against more than eight feet of snow, that is a call to check access before you try it. Short walk. One Mile campground sits about eight miles away in the file. No fee recorded. Tepid water does little for you when the air is freezing, so temper expectations. Ownership and access: both blank.
Aircraft with laser scanners measured this ground to within inches. The scan strips out trees and buildings, leaving the bare shape of the land around Cement Creek Hot Spring.
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the west.
- Highest ground nearby
- 362 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the west
A slice through the ground from west to east, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.
That's about 2½ times the US average of 65. It's higher than at 97% of the springs on this site.
Heat flow measures the warmth working its way up through the ground from deep inside the earth. Where it runs high, rain and snowmelt that seep down through cracks in the rock come back up hot.
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Heat flow estimate: Stanford Thermal Earth Model (Aljubran & Horne, 2024), CC BY 4.0.
The water at Cement Creek Hot Spring is neutral (pH 7.2).
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Overview One Mile Campground is located 18 miles from Gunnison, CO in the Taylor River Canyon. Visitors enjoy the area for its rafting, fishing and trail opportunities. Recreation The Taylor River can be accessed from the campground, and offers a calm stretch for rafting and kayaking. Anglers cast for rainbow and brook trout. The Fossil Ridge Wilderness Area is nearby. The Summerville and South Lottis trailheads provide access to the scenic, natural area. A number of off-road trails are fo...
At 9,223 feet, Cement Creek Hot Spring is in high-altitude territory where the air is noticeably thinner. Soaking in hot water accelerates dehydration and can amplify altitude effects like headache and fatigue. UV radiation is roughly 37% stronger here. Wear sunscreen even on overcast days and take breaks from the water to rehydrate.
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Cement Creek Hot Spring is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. Cold air temperatures make a changing robe or warm layers essential.
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