Most Nevada hot springs are remote and rarely visited; they assume the natural ambiance of their unique geological niche. Their steam-sculpted ecosystem rings them with an invisible greenhouse. Grasses and flowers at the edge of the pond thrive year round in the warm moist air and give a tropical accent to the desert’s earth tones.

In the winter and the high-desert springtime the surrounding highlands are covered in snow, giving the bather a privileged split-screen view of the seasons, nature’s fire and ice in one benevolent landscape.