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LOLO PASS, Idaho – Sometime in the last week, perhaps as recently as Saturday, floodwaters washed away the main soaking pool at the popular Jerry Johnson Hot Springs in Idaho.

Located a short hike from Highway 12 just over the border from Montana, the hot springs are visited by hundreds of people each week.

On Sunday, several dozen visitors seem surprised to find the pool had been obliterated. There are several pools in the area, but the main pool bore the brunt of the flooding.

Usually big enough to easily hold at least 12 people, it had been wiped away. Someone had apparently clawed away enough mud and sand to make a shallow depression big enough for two people in lukewarm water.

An upper pool was still usable on Sunday, but the floodwaters appeared to have altered the springs to make the water much cooler than normal. A group of soakers huddled toward one side of the pool to keep warm. A large stream had carved out a new channel in the mud in the area.

Warm Springs Creek flows near the main pool, and runs into the Lochsa River a little over a mile away.