Winter recreation season is here! Plus the glory and pain of Umpqua Hot Springs
In this episode, Zach Urness breaks down the incoming blizzard and beginning of winter recreation season, along with a feature on the glory and trouble of Umpqua Hot Springs. \n\nIn the first half, Zach talks about the incoming snow, what impact it will have on winter recreation in Oregon and some suggestions for snowy places to travel. \n\nIn the second half, Zach talks about a feature he just wrote on the glorious but troubled Umpqua Hot Springs in southern Oregon. Zach talks about how to get to the hot springs in winter \u2014 when the hot springs are quieter \u2014 and about the many years of abuse that the hot springs and soakers endured around 2015 and '16.