Three guests talking together in the PLUNJ Salt Lake sauna

ARE YOU A GATHERER?

The happiest people in the world invite others to join them in the sauna.

APPLY TO GATHER

Does gathering people make you happy?

We built PLUNJ Salt Lake to be a haven. A place of gathering. A third place of connection face-to-face. The World's Happiest People (🇫🇮 Finns) have been following the ritual of hot, cold, rest, repeat for generations. They're know to gather at least weekly as friends, family, strangers in the sauna.

The relationship building is one of the key components of why Finns overwhelmingly respond affirmatively to the World Happiness Report's key question,

"If you were in trouble, do you have relatives or friends you can count on to help you whenever you need them...?"

One of the purposes of PLUNJ is to strengthen that culture in Salt Lake. Do you want to join in the vision?

APPLY TO BE A GATHERER
A wooden sauna on the rocky shore of the sea in Finland
Finland, the birthplace of sauna culture.

Be a PLUNJ Gatherer

A Gatherer regularly invites guests to join them at PLUNJ Salt Lake. We dedicate a standing (same day, same time) session of up to 10 guests for your kind of crowd. While still public, Gatherers attend free and get to invite others to join for 30% off ($25 each) our walk-in rate.

Book Club. Run Club. Sorority. Fraternity. Alumni. Pickup Soccer League. Hyrox Training Buddies. Women in Wellness. Sales Bros.

The groupings are endless! You name it, and if there is a micro community that would attend, let's make it happen.

  • WHENSelect recurring session; Mon - Fri, before 3:30p
  • HOW OFTENChoose between every week, or every other week.
  • YOUR SEATFree admittance to the Gatherer session for 60 days. Then we evaluate whether it becomes a permanent session.
  • GUESTS$25 each, booked and paid individually
  • THE ROOMCaps at 10, and stays publicly bookable
Two friends talking on the sauna benchTwo guests resting with tea between roundsTwo guests in the warm light of the sauna

Meet the Gatherers

Ronnie Withaeger

GATHERING BUSINESS OWNERS

Ronnie Withaeger

Co-owner of PLUNJ Salt Lake. It all came to be because Ronnie gathered his business partners in the original PLUNJ (Provo).

Sweat it out with other business owners of all kinds. It's where anyone owning / operating (or hoping to) a small business speaks their mind and clears their head.

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Sammie Neuenschwander

GATHERING WOMEN WELLNESS

Sammie Neuenschwander

Sammie gathers women who want an hour that's theirs. No phones, no agenda, just heat, cold, and the kind of conversation that goes past small talk.

Bring your sister, your coworker, your running partner. Or come on your own and leave knowing a few more women by name.

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Josh Green

GATHERING REAL ESTATE

Josh Green

Gathering Real Estate is a casual gathering for people interested in real estate to connect, talk shop, and share what they're working on and seeing in the market.

Bring a deal, question, idea, challenge — or just yourself. And if you're feeling brave, give the group your Cold Pitch from the plunge.

Come sweat, plunge, talk real estate, and make some new connections.

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Amanda Vite

GATHERING TRIATHLETE WOMEN

Amanda Vite

Swim. Bike. Run. Repeat. There might also be studying, work, kids, entrepreneurship, cleaning, cooking, and a few other things on that list, right?

Take a well-deserved rest with other women who get it. Gather with Amanda and other triathlete women to reset for the rest of your day or for your next race.

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Dan Lambert

GATHERING TECH ENTREPRENEURS

Dan Lambert

Tech Entrepreneurs is a casual gathering for people starting and running tech companies (or exited ones) here in Silicon Slopes. Venture-backed or not.

Sweat, plunge, and talk shop with people building the same kind of thing.

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Jenny Baumgartner

GATHERING ANY BODY

Jenny Baumgartner

Jenny gathers anybody who spends most of the week in their own head. Working, focusing, solving problems. Saturday evening is when the mind gets to stand down.

Sweat, plunge, and come back to your body and the people around you. A third space, a few fresh faces, and room to breathe.

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YOUR GATHERING HERE

This could be you.

Your book club, run club, team or crew, on the schedule every week, with your name on the session.

APPLY TO GATHER

190° in the sauna. 48° in the plunge.
The part that keeps people coming back happens in between.

APPLY TO GATHER

Tell us what makes you a Gatherer. It takes about two minutes.