Terwilliger Hot Springs is set to reopen Monday after a more than 10-month closure due to wildfire and effects of the blaze.

The popular soaking pools, also known as Cougar Hot Springs, are south of Highway 126 and adjacent to Cougar Lake. The trailhead to the hot springs is on Aufderheide Drive, a scenic byway running between Highway 126 and Highway 58. Along with the hot springs, Aufderheide Drive, also known as Forest Road 19, along the lake also will reopen Monday, said Willamette National Forest spokesperson Chiara Cipriano.

The closure began in August 2018, when the Terwilliger Fire started near the hot springs. The human-caused fire burned over the hot springs, destroying a bathroom building, and went on to burn more than 11,500 acres. The fire left dead trees teetering along the trail. In the months since, work crews repaired the trail, and removed hazardous trees along the trail and Aufderheide Drive.

A landslide in late 2017 prompted the Willamette National Forest to close the hot springs and road. The closure lasted seven months and the hot springs and road were open less than a month before the fire began.