My Adventures Thread

[HeavyMetal]

better black than a grizzly id say haha...

i think id shit myself if i saw a grizzly on the trail...at least 7 times.

ive only seen a black bear once in person on the trail in PA..at least I had a jeep

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After hiking Mount Washburn on September 3rd my parents and sister wanted to see the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone.

The canyon is around 25 miles long, between 800 to 1200 feet deep and between 1/4 of a mile to 3/4 of a mile wide.

The lower falls is 308 feet high, which is over twice as high as Niagara Falls.
The upper falls is 109 feet high.

Our first stop was Artist Point, which is at end of the South Rim Drive 4 miles south of where I live.





View of the lower falls from Artist Point.







View of the lower falls a feet hundred feet away from Artist Point.





Our second stop was Uncle Tom's Point, which is on the South Rim Drive 3 miles south of where I live.

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View of the lower falls from Artist Point.

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View of the upper falls from Uncle Tom's Point.







Some ravens near Uncle Tom's Point.

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Our third stop was the brink of the upper falls, which has its own turn out between the North Rim Drive and South Rim Drive 2 miles south of where I live.





The brink of the upper falls.







Looking upstream before the drop.





The brink of the upper falls rainbow.

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Our fourth and final stop was Inspiration Point, which is on the North Rim Drive 1.5 miles south of where I live.





View from Inspiration Point looking west toward the falls.







View from Inspiration Point looking east down the canyon.

[HeavyMetal]

And people are worried we dont have enough wilderness. what a great area

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After viewing the canyon we drove 18 miles south to the Lake Yellowstone hotel for my Dad's 65th birthday dinner.

Took these 3 pictures of the summit of Mount Washburn from Hayden Valley, which is between canyon and lake.









Bison along the Yellowstone River.

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Bison in front of my jeep causing traffic.

I'll take this over traffic on I-95 any day of the week.





Bison in front of and behind my parents white rental Toyota Camry.









Some bison pictures taken while sitting in bison jam.

[Buffalo Phil]

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Once again, awesome adventure. One day I'd like to see some Buffalo...

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Spotted this bull elk on the way to Lake Yellowstone.









Young bison outside the Lake Yellowstone hotel entrance.

[Lawn Guyland]

awesome pictures doug. seems like you're really enjoying yourself

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I could probably use a DSLR camera, but the point and shoot Canon I have is 10X better than my old one.

Also..... views of the canyon are better in the morning with the sun behind you and there are still A LOT of wildfires going on, which creates a terrible haze.

http://inciweb.org/incident/3215/

Keep zooming out on the map through this link.

Hundreds of fires in many states.

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I left Canyon Village, WY around 300pm on September 6th to hike Elephant Back trail near Yellowstone Lake.

Yellowstone Lake (elevation 7,732 feet) is the largest body of water in Yellowstone National Park. It is the largest lake over 7,000 feet in North America.

The lake is 136 square miles. For some comparison..... Candlewood Lake is the largest lake in Connecticut, which is 8.4 square miles.

The Elephant Back trailhead (elevation 7,800) is around 17 miles south of Canyon Village where I live. Left around 345pm.







.5 a mile into the trail.





1 mile into the trail..... we went left & came back down the right.





1.5 miles into the trail heading upwards.

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2 miles into the trail we reached the "top" after 800 feet of elevation gain.

Pictures below are elevation 8,500 feet.

Lake Yellowstone and the Absaroka Range.





Lake Yellowstone hotel.



Stevenson Island.



Lake Yellowstone hotel and Stevenson Island.