This note came in 2008:"I noticed your report of swimming in Hot Creek near Bishop, Calif. I was there in 2006 and it was closed to swimming due to increased seismic activity and the hot springs increased from scalding to boiling. There is another hot spring in the area but I can not remember it's name but it was located beyond a US Ranger station."

This from a newspaper report in 12/2008:"...Hot Creek and several hot springs pools near the mountain draw many bathers each year. But federal parks officials have fenced off Hot Creek and banned swimming there because of the risk of extreme temperature changes. More than a dozen people have been killed or scalded in the creek since the 1960s, according to signs posted around the creek. Still, hot springs fans regularly ignore the signs and scale the fences to soak in the super-charged waters. [Some] hot springs enthusiasts suggest bathers use a thermometer, tied to a string, to test water"

The hot springs come up in the midst of a cold creek. Look at the photos. These notes from a visitor:"There have been a few people who really got scalded there because they did not watch where they went in the water. You gradually wade/walk out through the cold water until you start feeling the "hot" water. Then you have to be careful to not go right into it, or you will really get scalded! But all in all, its a great place to visit. If you are ever in this area, GO THERE! There are generally two main hot water vents (places) to soak there in the stream, one downstream and one upstream, and located maybe 200 feet apart from each other. There are also some other thermal features on shore, like fumaroles (steam vents), and in one area a boiling pool of water."...Courtesy of swimmingholes.org