Meager Creek

Meager Creek
Meager Creek flowing next to a hot spring pool.
Country	Canada
Basin features
River mouth	Lillooet River

Meager Creek is a creek in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. It flows northeast into the Lillooet River approximately 95 km (59 mi) northwest of the village of Pemberton and is adjacent to the Upper Lillooet Provincial Park.

It is noted for a large set of surface hot springs, known as the Meager Creek Hot Springs. These are related to volcanism of the Mount Meager massif on its north side. Keyhole Hot Springs, also known as Pebble Creek Hot Springs, fed from the same geothermal vents is much more accessible, via the ploughed Upper Lillooet FSR (Forest Service Road), and is a 1.5 km (0.93 mi) trail as opposed to 9.5 km (5.9 mi) to Meager Creek Hot Springs.check the Forest Service Road Reports before travel

Public access reopened in the summer of 2008, several years after vandalism of the site and flooding damage to the access road and bridge had seen the site closed. On September 19, 2009, the Capricorn Creek Bridge was once again destroyed by a debris slide. The springs were closed to public access, except in winter, when they could be accessed over the top of the Pemberton Icefield / Meager Glacier by means of either snowmobile or cross country skis. Until 2010, the site was serviced by Creekside Resources on a fee basis to use the pools. Though the pools are still officially closed, public access to the area has resumed. Because of limited access, there have been no fecal coliform tests done. Prior to the slide, they were done on a monthly basis, except winter and the sand traps were cleared every 2 to 3 days. The pools must be shoveled out and flushed before use – 45 minutes is the common practice.

A new public trail, named VOC Harrison Hut Trail, opened in the summer of 2014. It was built and completed, in August 2014, by volunteers from the University of British Columbia Varsity Outdoor Club (VOC).