Oct 28, 2017 — The primary parking area to get to the Diamond Fork (aka Fifth Water) Hot Springs is located at 40.0845485,-111.3548434, which comes in from the west. Mike and I wanted to take a less popular route to avoid the crowds, choosing to take the slightly less popular northern trail. On a Saturday, there were only two other cars at the trailhead we chose, and it was a similar hiking distance. We followed the obvious trail that parallels Fifth Water Creek. It begins as doubletrack through a big meadow and then enters the forest. A light descent leads to the upper section of Fifth Water Hot Springs. We noticed the trail was slightly more difficult to follow due to a web of social trails, but I recommend staying close to the creek and you'll get to the springs. Sure enough, we found a gorgeous waterfall that few people get to see since they don't venture this far up when coming from the western trailhead. Past the waterfall the trail hugged the creek more closely and became more and more of the famous clear, bright blue color. A bunch of little pools materialized and we started seeing more bathers enjoying the warm water. Too soon we got to the top of the main waterfall that everyone photographs, and joined the crowds enjoying the many hot springs of bright blue water briefly before turning back and finding a less noisy pool to soak in.
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