The road is closed at the Glines Canyon Overlook. I arrived around 10:30 on a Saturday morning and the parking lot was already full.
I decided to bike up to the trailhead, and I totally underestimated how steep the road would be, there were quite a few sections I got off and walked (also, I was on a single speed which definitely made for an intense workout). I parked my bike at the trailhead and continued on foot. I noticed a couple people had continued biking on the trail but left their bikes about halfway because of the SNOW!
So much snow, nothing at the beginning of the trailhead but it gradually increases about a mile in until it was so deep I was postholing to my knees!! I went the whole way in just hiking boots as I didn't think to pack any traction. Everyone else I met on the trail was in boots as well. BUT, my waterproof boots and socks were completely soaked from the snow, so bring a change of shoes and socks if you don't want to feel the water squishing in your boots.
The bridge still stands! There are a few slides right around the bridge and it looks like maybe it got damaged from a boulder or something. Anyways, made it to the hot springs, you can definitely smell the sulfur. There were two other groups when I got there so I found a spring all the way up a steep section of trail. Very secluded and very warm springs although only ankle deep. It was sooo worth it to soak my feet after the trip up there. It looked like there were a couple springs that were deeper but they had already been claimed.
Making my way back down around 1:30 I passed about 10 other groups making their way up so definitely get up there early if you would like a little privacy!
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