- The Mount Washburn Trail: Starting at Dunraven Pass, south of Tower Junction, this walk offers unsurpassed views of the park plus the opportunity to see mountain wildlife such as bighorn sheep.
- The Lonestar Geyser Trail: This gentle, 5-mile hike along the Firehole River presents several places to stop and take in the scenery, fish, and view this medium-size geyser. In the winter, this is a popular ski trail.
The Best Backcountry Trails
- The Thorofare Trail: This hike will take you deeper into road-free wilderness than you can get anywhere else in the Lower 48 states. You'll spend a few nights on the trail, climbing up to the park's southern border and beyond to the Yellowstone River's headwaters, a high valley bursting with wildlife. Early in the summer, if the snow has melted, the cutthroat spawning run attracts grizzlies and fishers. It's not for the faint of heart.
The Best Day Hikes
Just a few hundred yards off the road, things get a lot less crowded, and you'll have the views and the wildlife (almost) to yourself. The hikes described have an easy rating, but there are more challenging options.
Yellowstone National Park Travel Experiences
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Day 27 - May 17
After breakfast at the Flagg Ranch cafeteria, I was on the road by 8:30am heading north into Yellowstone National Park. Again, it w... Continue reading »
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Geezering at the Geysers
We awoke at 6:15 raring to go! We opened the windows of our Lakeside room and watched the sun rise over the Lake. Very peacef... Continue reading »
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Grand Teton NP
We didn't spend a whole lot of time in the Tetons, just enough to learn that some early pervert French explorers named them the "3 Breast... Continue reading »
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The big drive east - Yellowstone etc.
Man, this is a big country. We clocked over 2000 miles in four days on the trip from Seattle to Minneapolis. That basically m... Continue reading »
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grand teton with the sayre boyz at base camp
we arrived just before dark. the grand tetons are ridiculous. the mountains look like the ones on the coors light cans, minus the can a... Continue reading »
