Upper Hot Springs
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Upper Hot Springs are commercially developed hot springs
located in Banff National Park
in Canada, near the Banff townsite
. The hot pool is outdoors and while in the pool, visitors can look across the valley to Mount Rundle
.
The Upper Hot Springs are one of nine different naturally occurring hot springs in the Banff area. The hot spring water flows naturally through the Sulphur Mountain Thrust Fault
, with the source area located at higher elevations on either Sulphur Mountain or Mount Rundle
. The flow rates fluctuate seasonally with snow melt, with highest flows in the spring and lowest during winter. Since the early 2000s, flow to the Upper Hot Springs has stopped for several months of the winter. During these times, municipal water is substituted for the recreational pools. Water temperature is kept at approximately 38°C (100°F).
The Banff Springs snail
is absent from the Upper Hot Springs region.
Image:Upper Hot Springs Banf BNP 2531.JPG|Entrance Building on upper level.
Image:Upper Hot Springs Banf BNP 2530.JPG|Pool
Image:Upper Hot Springs Banf BNP 2529.JPG|Pool
Hot Springs
Hot Springs may refer to:* Hot Springs, Arkansas** Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas*Hot Springs, California**Hot Springs, Lassen County, California**Hot Springs, Modoc County, California**Hot Springs, Placer County, California...
located in Banff National Park
Banff National Park
Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885 in the Rocky Mountains. The park, located 110–180 kilometres west of Calgary in the province of Alberta, encompasses of mountainous terrain, with numerous glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine...
in Canada, near the Banff townsite
Banff, Alberta
Banff is a town within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is located in Alberta's Rockies along the Trans-Canada Highway, approximately west of Calgary and east of Lake Louise....
. The hot pool is outdoors and while in the pool, visitors can look across the valley to Mount Rundle
Mount Rundle
Mount Rundle is a mountain in Banff National Park overlooking the towns of Banff and Canmore, Alberta. The mountain was named by John Palliser in 1858 after Reverend Robert Rundle, who had visited the Banff area during the 1840s....
.
The Upper Hot Springs are one of nine different naturally occurring hot springs in the Banff area. The hot spring water flows naturally through the Sulphur Mountain Thrust Fault
Thrust fault
A thrust fault is a type of fault, or break in the Earth's crust across which there has been relative movement, in which rocks of lower stratigraphic position are pushed up and over higher strata. They are often recognized because they place older rocks above younger...
, with the source area located at higher elevations on either Sulphur Mountain or Mount Rundle
Mount Rundle
Mount Rundle is a mountain in Banff National Park overlooking the towns of Banff and Canmore, Alberta. The mountain was named by John Palliser in 1858 after Reverend Robert Rundle, who had visited the Banff area during the 1840s....
. The flow rates fluctuate seasonally with snow melt, with highest flows in the spring and lowest during winter. Since the early 2000s, flow to the Upper Hot Springs has stopped for several months of the winter. During these times, municipal water is substituted for the recreational pools. Water temperature is kept at approximately 38°C (100°F).
The Banff Springs snail
Banff Springs snail
The Banff Springs snail, scientific name Physella johnsoni, is a species of small air-breathing freshwater snail in the family Physidae....
is absent from the Upper Hot Springs region.
Image:Upper Hot Springs Banf BNP 2531.JPG|Entrance Building on upper level.
Image:Upper Hot Springs Banf BNP 2530.JPG|Pool
Image:Upper Hot Springs Banf BNP 2529.JPG|Pool