Last Updated: 25-AUG-2018
Had to stop for a entrance sign shot
Lots of 1988 burned out areas along US89
Lewis River Canyon / Lewis River
Lunch along Lewis Lake
West Thumb Gyser Basin
Collapsing Pool
Ledge Spring
Percolating Spring
Surging Spring
Thumb Geyser
Ephedra Spring
West Thumb Lake Yellowstone in the background. The mountains are 15-20 miles away
Blue Funnel Spring
Twin Geyser
Abyss Pool
Big Cone
Black Pool
Fishing Cone
Lakeshore Geyser and Spring
Lake Yellowstone and various springs and geysers
The mudpots at the entrance to the geyser basin
Sunset from the basin and moonrise over the Lake
We stayed at Grant Village and ate at the Grant Village Restaurant. We made reservations the day before and got a nice room. While checking in we learned that the rooms were all taken. The food at the restaurant was very good.
Kepler Cascades
We went on a two hour ranger program to visit some of the Upper Geyser Basin points of interest. It was very good and he gave us the history of the area.
Chinese Spring and Blue Star Spring
While on our ranger walk, the Beehive Geyser indicator started erupting. This ment that the geyser would go off very soon. We sat back and waited and the show was well worth it.
While we were watching the Beehive erupt, Old Faithful went off.
Pump Geyser
Teakettle Spring
Vault Geyser
Infant Geyser
Plume Geyser
Old Faithful Geyser
I was surprised at the size of the crowd this late in the year. It was for the most part an older crowd and we were lucky that most of them stayed around the Lodge.
Anemone Geyser
Depression Geyser
Heart Spring
Lion Geyser Group
Sawmill Geyser
Spasmodic Geyser (This was one of my favorites as it had very high activity)
West Triplet Geyser
Grand Geyser
Beauty Pool
Firehole River
Giant Geyser
Bijou Geyser's cone (Mastiff Geyser is a hole between Giant Geyser's cone and Bijou and Catfish Geyser's mounds)
Spa Geyser and Rocket Geyser
Riverside Geyser
Spiteful Geyser
Morning Glory Pool. No more fences through this area and it was nice to get close and still be safe.
Artemisia Geyser
Biscuit Basin
Gem Pool
Thanks to Lynn Stephens, some of the descriptions to the photos were updated in FEB-2010
We were finding that there was so much to see. We only had two half days in this area planned and we had to try to cover it all. I took lots of photos of the thermal areas, and did this because I wanted to compare these photos with the same features years from now to see what changes have occured and I was using a digital camera so film was not an issue.
Mary standing by Gem Pool
Mary standing by Sprite Spring
Mirror Pool
Mercury" Geyser (Eruptions last about a minute and recur about every 30 to 90 minutes so we were lucky to catch it erupting)
Biscuit Basin Area
Rusty Geyser
Biscit Basin Area
Sapphire Pool
Shell Spring
Jewell Geyser
Avoca Spring
Comet Geyser
Splendid Geyser
Punch Bowl Spring
Castle Geyser - We arrived on the tail end of the eruption. Castle Geyser has a very long steam phase so it was still a great view.
Crested Pool located next to Castle Geyser
Shield Spring
A Bison right next to the Lodge
Old Faithful Inn
We made the reservations months in advance so we could get a Geyser view room
Upper Geyser Basin Area
After walking 10-15 miles we could not stop. We headed over to the Black Sand Basin area and encountered a few Bison
Opalescent Pool
Cliff Geyser
Green Spring
Rainbow Pool
Sunset Lake - Of all of the thermal features in the Upper Geyser Basin area and for the most part everything that we saw in Yellowstone this was one of the hottest areas that we saw.
The Lake would cycle through intense bursts of heat then stop for a minute or so then go again. Acted like the lake was turning into a geyser.
Bison at Old Faithful
The steps in the Lodge
Thanks to Lynn Stephens, some of the descriptions to the photos were updated in FEB-2010
One last look at Old Faithful before heading towards the Lower Geyser Basin.
Outside and inside of Old Faithful Inn
Walked up Fairy Creek Trail to take a look at a Bison
Midway Geyser Basin
Grand Prismatic Spring and the Excelsior Geyser. Since it was cold whe had lot's of steam to look through
Lower Geyser Basin
Great Fountain Geyser
White Dome
Pink Cone Geyser
Gray Bulger Geyser
Young Hopeful Geyser
Steady Geyser
Bison at Lower Geyser Basin
Fountain Paint Pots
Red Spouter
Clepsydra Geyser
Norris Geyser Basin
Emerald Spring
Steamboat Geyser
Cistern Spring
Echinus Geyser
We forgot ??
Porkchop Geyser
Veteran Geyser
Norris Basin with Mt. Holmes (El. 10,336) in the distance
Solfatara
Congress Pool
Porcelain Spring
Porcelain Basin
Carnegie Drill Hole
Whirligig Geyser
Norris Basin unknown
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
Upper Falls (109 ft)
Lower Falls (308 ft)
Mud Volcano's
Sulphur Caldron
Yellowstone River
Dragons Mouth Spring
Mud Volcano
Grizzly Fumarole
Black Gragons Caldron
Churning Caldron
Mud Volcano
Lake Village and Fishing Bridge Area
Fishing Bridge
Yellowstone Lake
Mount Washburn, elevation 10,243 feet (3,122 m), is a prominent mountain peak in the Washburn Range in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The peak was named in 1870 to honor Henry D. Washburn, leader of the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition. The Washburn Range is one of two mountains ranges completely within the boundaries of Yellowstone.
We parked at Dunraven Pass picnic area and walked the old road up to the top. It's a 1,400 foot gain to the summit.
Summit 10,243 feet looking East
Looking south over Yellowstone Lake and the Grand Tetons 84 miles away Also, Yellowstone canyon cuts across the base.
The old road below is the trail that we hiked up from the Pass
Looking North East
Looking West
Various summit views
The road / trail from the pass
Views of the summit from the trail.
Mt. Washburn has the main park communications located on it. All of the telephone microwave links terminate here and a phone switch is housed on the lower level of the building
The old North Entrance arch at Gardner Montana
Sage along the road
Mammoth Hot Springs hotel
What a dump. The first room that we got had no shower (only a bathtub) and the walls were so thin you could hear everything in the rooms next to you. Also the view was a nice parking lot. We complained and we moved to a room that had a shower and the view looked out towards the Park Headquarters building. The elk would bugle right outside our window at night. NPS has a web cam (daylight only) that looks out into the field in front of the hotel
Bull elk in front of the hotel
Magpie in the tree at Albright Visitor Center
Elk at the hotel
Boiling River
We took the Boiling River Trail back to the outflow area
The nice warning sign greets you about getting the water in your face
The spring area
The 200 degree water on the left from the spring and the 45 degree water on the right from the Gardiner River. It made finding a confortable spot a bit of a challenge
The outflow of the spring
Elk staying cool in the river
The 45th Parallel runs through the Boiling River parking lot
We took a ride a few miles up US89 to check out Gardiner, Montana and the Cinnabar Mountain Sheep area.
Liberty Cap
Terraces
Minerva Terrace
New Blue Spring
Angle Terrace
We watched three Gray Wolves run across the road near Swan Lake
