The Hotel rooms are new, rather dark despite the window and kind of stuffy, unless you use the very loud fan hooked up on the "radiator." More importantly there are no refrigerators. They started at $75 which is a pretty normal price but still seemed overpriced to us. There wasn't a soul there (Mon and Tues) but they should at least include one visit to the tubs with the room price. The hotel layout makes you walk the length of the building to go down to the parking lot

The Baths are open 9-4 and since it's summer, we would have preferred to take a hot mineral bath at night. Men and Woman are in separate bath houses, and each house has an, "attendant." For a 20 buck visit, The attendant puts you in an individual tub surrounded by a curtain, and reminds you not to talk. They also time the amount of time you stay in the bathtub soaking. You are asked to get out after 25 minutes, then they wrap you in a towel and give you 25 minutes to sweat. We felt pretty good after the sweat, but there's no freedom in the set up. You are more or less ushered out in less than an hour, which is not what I think most people want in a Spa Experience, even if it is cheap.

The whole ambiance is not really, "bath friendly,' or at all social. We went with friends, so we at least wanted to chat quietly while soaking. I think they need to change their set up if they want to draw more people in.

1. The baths have to be open at night.

2. People need to be able to stay in the tubs as long as they like.

3. The rooms are kind of depressing and dark. NO refrigerators, nothing on the wall

4. At least one bath needs to be included with the price of the room

All in all, it Carson is in a nice area of the Columbia River Gorge, but if given the choice, we would prefer Hood River, or somewhere else.

5. Going for just the baths is not worth it.

Fortunately, the new owners are in bankruptcy to save you from visiting this filthy establishment. The golf course closed and kept the money of it's members. The bath house is a good place to come away with some type of of bacteria that could cause you an expensive trip to the doctor. Wear gloves in the reception area and do not sit down. CK Vancouver, WA

It is a great cozy place to stay and the spa. massage and food are great. The cabins are small but clean and neat. They even smell clean. This place cares about their customers. They have Fantastic food. We stayed the night and had a massage and went to their bath spa. I have horrible arthritis. But did not feel any pain that night. And the minerals in the water kept the pain at bay for about three days. I would highly recommend this place as a great stop for the end of your trip to begin it. Cant miss with this one.

My husband and I had a wonderful experience at Carson Mineral Hot Springs Resort. This is an authentic early American Bathhouse, distinctively original, and quite delightful.

The Bathhouse is separated with Men on one side and Women on the other. After undressing, I was escorted, wrapped in a towel, to one of the old 6ft long claw foot bath tubs for a wonderfully relaxing 25 minute soak.

The attendant quietly woke me and ushered me to another room where I was wrapped in a gauze like material, exactly like a mummy (assuming to sweat out toxins) and promptly fell asleep again.

The attendant again gently awoke me again and guided me into a quiet back room for an incredible hour-long massage. If you like, you can also partake of the Sauna room (I don’t think they have one of these on the Men’s side).

The newer hotel room where we stayed was clean, quiet and very comfortable. We had a very restful sleep.

As stated before, a foofoo spa this is not! But if you are looking for a genuine Bathhouse experience and don’t mind being briefly nude in front of others, I would highly recommend this quaint facility to those smart enough to accept it for what it is, a gem!