My Adventures Thread

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On October 9th at 1100am we headed south from Big Sky, MT & at 100pm arrived at Artist Point near Canyon Village, WY after 100 miles of driving.

I lived in Canyon Village from May 28th - September 24th.

This bison was walking down the road between Madison Junction and West Yellowstone inside the park.







View of the lower falls (308 feet high) from Artist Point on the south rim.

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We hiked to Point Sublime & back, which is 2 miles total.





A hundred yards into the trail this guy was easy to spot. He was making a lot of noise for some reason.







1/4 of a mile into the trail.

Pointing out Inspiration Point on the north side of the canyon.

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Zoomed in on the Yellowstone River at the bottom of the canyon.







1/2 of a mile into the trail.





The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and The Yellowstone River.

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Approaching "Point Sublime" which was disappointing since there were a dozen better viewing points along the 1 mile trail.





Point Sublime.....









The canyon and river on the way back.

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My girlfriend spotted this big guy having a snack.





Two people at Inspiration Point on the observation deck.





We hiked to the bottom of Uncle Tom's & back, which is 1 mile total.

328 steps down and 328 steps up.

500 vertical feet down and 500 vertical feet up.

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View of the lower falls from the bottom of Uncle Tom's.









The falls from the bottom "deck".

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The falls again heading back up the stairs.







The falls from halfway up the stairs.







The stairs.....

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We hiked to the bottom of Brink of the Lower Falls & back, which is 1 mile total.

600 vertical feet down and 600 vertical feet up.

A dozen or so switch backs.





View of Uncle Tom's stairs from the bottom of Brink of the Lower Falls.





View of the lower observation deck from the upper observation deck.





Me on the lower observation deck.

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The brink.....







Having some fun.





Young male elk in a meadow between Madison Junction and West Yellowstone inside the park.

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Between - Sublime Point, Uncle Tom's & Brink of the Lower Falls

we hiked over 4 miles, over 1,100 vertical feet, 328 steps and 12 switch backs.

From 1200pm to 700pm we were inside Yellowstone National Park and from 100pm to 600pm we hiked some great trails near the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone.

Ate dinner at The Corral, which is 5 miles from Big Sky or 14 miles from where I currently live.
http://corralbar.com/


Another young male elk close to the road.

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On October 14th at 1115am we headed south from Big Sky, MT & at 1245pm arrived at Artists' Paint Pots after 80 miles of driving.

The Artists' Paint Pot trailhead is 4 miles south of the Norris intersection or 10 miles north of the Madison intersection.

Over half of the thermal features on the planet are in Yellowstone National Park.

Yellowstone National Park = 3,468 square miles
Earth = 57,506,000 square miles





We walked for 1/3 of a mile on a "path". The path is wide enough to drive an 18 wheeler down.

At the end of the path there is a 1/3 of a mile boardwalk / path loop around the thermal area.

A boiling / bubbling mud pot.





Two grey / blue milky pools.





Heading up some stairs on the Artists' Paint Pot thermal area loop.





Two boiling / bubbling mud pots.

The pot on the right can shoot mud up to 20 feet high. The thickness of mud in both pots is always varying.

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A grey / blue milky pool & mud pot combo.





I'm assuming this is a mud pot, but there was no way to see inside the crater without a 20 foot ladder.





A blue hot spring.





A hot spring and what looks like a small geyser bubbling, but it is not actually a geyser..... just boiling water.





A hot spring called "Flash Spring".





A hot spring and more bubbling / boiling water.

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A shot before walking the 1/3 of a mile path back to the Jeep.

The Artists' Paint Pot trail / "hike" is 1 mile total.
1/3 of a mile to the thermal area. 1/3 of a mile around the thermal area. 1/3 of a mile back to the Jeep.





We then drove 1 mile south from Artists' Paint Pots to the Monument Geyser Basin trailhead.

The trailhead is 5 miles south of the Norris intersection or 9 miles north of the Madison Intersection.





The trail parallels the Gibbon River for the first 1/2 mile before climbing 600 feet for the second 1/2 mile.

Hiking in the woods along the Gibbon.....





3/4 of a mile into the hike.

The Gibbon River winding through Gibbon Meadows.





1 mile into the hike & we arrived at Monument Geyser Basin. The basin is on a plateau. None of the geysers are active.

The first picture is "Monument Geyser", which is 8 feet high and 2 feet wide.
The second picture is of some dormant cone geysers.

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Me and the dormant geyser basin.







On a stump near the basin.

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The Gibbon River and the road from near the geyser basin.









1.25 miles into the hike. Descending towards the Gibbon River on the way back.





1.5 miles into the hike. Almost to the Gibbon after descending 600 vertical feet from the geyser basin.