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Heat
Settle into the sauna. Let your heart rate climb, your muscles let go, and your head go quiet. Leave when you want to, not when you can't.
15 to 20 min
Mountain retreat · North Bend, WA
Heat. Cold. Mountain air.
A cedar sauna and a spring-fed ice bath, built into the side of a mountain thirty minutes from Seattle. Reset your nervous system and breathe in the view.
Round one
180°F
Cedar sauna
Dry heat in a hand-built cedar room with a wood stove and a window onto the trees. Fifteen to twenty minutes.
Round two
45°F
Ice bath
Spring-fed and mountain-cold, with the peaks straight ahead. Two to three minutes is all it takes.
Then you do it again. And once more.
The practice
One session, three rounds.
Ninety minutes at your own pace. Here's what a session actually looks like.
02
Cold
Walk to the tub. Breathe out slowly and get all the way in. The first thirty seconds are the hardest thing you'll do all week. Then it gets calm.
2 to 3 min
03
Rest
Robe on, tea in hand, feet up on the deck. Let your body figure out what just happened. This part matters as much as the other two.
10 min
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Repeat
Two or three rounds is the sweet spot. You'll leave clear-headed, loose, and a little bit smug about it.
×3
The cabins
Woodsmoke, fire, and sky.
The Cedar CabinSauna one
InsideHand-built, wood-fired
The viewFrom the top bench
The deckWhere the resting happens
The Ridge CabinSauna two
Sessions
Simple pricing.
Ninety-minute private or shared sessions. First-timers get a guided intro. Members save 20% on everything.
Before you visit
A few things to know.
i
Arrive hydrated
Plenty of water before, no alcohol for 24 hours, and eat lightly. A full stomach and heat do not get along.
ii
What to bring
Swimwear or a towel wrap. We provide robes, towels, and sandals. Leave jewelry at home, metal gets hot.
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Getting here
Thirty minutes east of Seattle on I-90. Turn off at North Bend. We send directions and the gate code after you book.
30 minFrom downtown Seattle
I-90 EExit 31
1,340 ftElevation
What guests say
Reset in the Cascades.
"The best heat-cold experience I've had outside of Scandinavia. Stepping into that ice bath with the mountain view is unreal."
Maya K.Seattle
"Came up from Bellevue for a morning session. Left feeling clearer than I have in months. Like a Nordic retreat in our backyard."
James R.Bellevue
"We did the couples session. Fire in the stove, snow outside, ice bath under the stars. Close enough for a day trip, far enough to feel away."
Elise & Tom W.Kirkland
Book a session
Come up the mountain.
Sessions run daily from 7am to 9pm. Weekends fill a week out, weekday mornings are usually wide open.
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