Miette Hot Springs

The hottest mineral water in the Canadian Rockies, in a quiet side valley of Jasper National Park.

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Bathing: Outdoor
Established: 1938

Miette Hot Springs lie at the head of the Fiddle Valley in Jasper National Park, reached by a winding 17 km road that ends among steep, bare ridges. The spring water is the hottest in the Canadian Rockies and is cooled before it reaches the two soaking pools, which look straight out at the Ashlar Ridge escarpment.

Balnevia view

Why visit

It is the least crowded of the Parks Canada hot springs and the most dramatic in setting: two warm pools, two cold plunges, and nothing else but mountain.

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The water

Thermal water

Source: Miette springs
Mineralisation: Sulphate–calcium mineral water
Character: The hottest springs in the Canadian Rockies; water emerges at about 54°C and is cooled before entering the soaking pools.

History

Bathing here began in the 1910s with a simple pool used by a nearby coal-mining community. Parks Canada built the Aquacourt bathhouse in 1938; the present pools opened in 1986 just below the original site, whose ruins can still be seen on the short trail to the springs.

Practical information

Operated by Parks Canada and open seasonally, roughly from May to October, weather permitting. Towels, lockers and swimsuits can be rented on site. A national park pass is required to drive the access road.

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