Liard Hot Springs

One of the gems on this trip is the hot springs at Liard (pronounced lay-ARD). As luck would have it, we camped there on a hot day... too bad it wasn't 50 degrees, it would have been even more of a treat! 

There is a nice new changing room above the boardwalk, but we walked down in our suits with a towel. Water is really toasty, and more so as you walk upstream toward the spring. If you are macho, you put a rock on the ledge by the spring. 

If you want to cheat a little, you can stir some of the cooler water at your feet into the hot upper layer, and make it a bit easier. Temp can reach into the 120's so be careful!
Our campground was in the Provincial Park, and had nice large and private sites, very quiet. No hookups but very enjoyable for an overnight.
The plant life around the springs is tropical, with ferns and other plants found nowhere else in the Yukon.

In the winter, the steam rapidly condenses on the plants and forms a fairyland of ice, like this:

Obviously, I had to "steal" this picture, as we are here in July!!!