The Sol Duc Valley contains natural hot springs, where groundwater percolates deep underground, is heated geothermally, and rises to the surface as warm, mineral-rich water. Long used by Indigenous people and later developed into a resort, the springs are a defining feature of the valley and a popular destination at the upper end of the Sol Duc Road.
Heading back out, think about what's still going on under your tires. Water is forever trickling down through the rock, getting warmed deep below, and rising back up to feed those hot springs you passed. It never stops. Long after the resort closes for the night, the earth keeps heating that water and sending it up. A warm heart, beating quietly under all this cold green forest. Carry on down.
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