On a wet, cold day, we decided to hike to Cold Boiling Lake and Bumpass Hell from the Kings Creek Picnic Area. This is a 5.5 mile round trip hike with an overall 1,200 ft elevation gain.
Cold Boiling Lake is 0.5 mile down the trail
The boiling water is caused by gasses escaping from below
wide angle view of Cold Boiling Lake
The trail to Bumpass Hell continues around the other side of Cold Boiling Lake
The fog along the trail made for beautiful scenery
some great boulders and rock cliffs along this portion of the trail
loved the fog among the trees
Walkway in Bumpass Hell across Bumpass Creek
There are many steaming vents and boiling water along with a strong sulfur odor
There are also several boiling mud pots:
very surrealistic in the fog
an overlook of Bumpass Hell from the trail
some of the wildflowers and fungi seen along this trail:
Cold Boiling Lake is 0.5 mile down the trail
an overlook of Bumpass Hell from the trail
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