Yellowstone National Park v.3

This is the third and final volume in our tour of Yellowstone National Park. We will drive the Grand Loop Road from Mammoth to West Thumb. Along the way we will visit the Upper and Lower Falls of the magnificant Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, the Mud Volcano Area and West Thumb Geyser Basin.

Mammoth to Canyon Village

Lots of scenery, lots of wildlife, lots of driving.

Dahl Sheep

View at the Narrows south of Tower Junction

Yellowstone River

Grand Loop Road
near the Narrows

Close encounters of the elk kind

Bull Elk (Wapiti)
Canyon Village area

Bull Moose
Canyon Village Area

Blowdown Area 1991
1988 Wolf Lake Fire

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is somewhere around 10,000 to 14,000 years old. The canyon is 800 to 1,200 feet deep and 1,500 to 4,000 feet wide. It's a classic V-shaped valley of the type carved by rivers. The Yellowstone River, the longest undammed river in the continental United States, is the force that created the canyon and the falls.

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
1991

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
2014

Rapids above Upper Falls
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Upper Falls
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Upper Falls 2014
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Upper Falls
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Rainbow at base of Upper Falls
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Lower Falls
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Lower Falls 1991
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Lower Falls 2014
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Lower Falls 1991
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Lower Falls 2014
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Lower Falls
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Lake Village

Lake Village has guest accomodations of all sorts. Visitors can stay at the Lake Hotel, Lake Lodge, and camp at Bridge Bay Campground. Take a walk on the Fishing Bridge to watch the fish, hike to Natural Bridge, or stroll along the shores of Yellowstone Lake. Mud Volcano, which we will visit, is just north of Lake Village, and there is lots of wildlife all around.

Moose
Lake Village Area

Bison
Bridge Bay Campground

Bison
North of Fishing Bridge

The Mud Volcano Area is just north of Lake Village.

Mud Volcano Area

Mud Volcano
Mud Volcano Area

Sour Lake 1991
Mud Volcano Area

Sour Lake 2014
Mud Volcano Area

Dragon's Mouth
Mud Volcano Area

Black Dragon's Cauldron
Mud Volcano Area

Mud Volcano Area

Sizzling Basin
Mud Volcano Area

Churning Cauldron
Mud Volcano Area

Boardwalk
Mud Volcano Area

Buffalo Pie
Mud Volcano Area

Mud Cauldron
Mud Volcano Area

West Thumb Area

Grant Village is located on the shore of the west thumb of Yellowstone Lake, as is the Grant Visitor Center and the historic West Thumb Information Station. West Thumb Geyser Basin is also located on the west shore of Yellowstone Lake, just a little north of Grant Village.

Bull Elk
West Thumb Area

Elk Cow
West Thumb Area

West Thumb Geyser Basin

West Thumb Geyser Basin is located at the western edge of a large bay in Yellowstone Lake. It's the largest geyser basin along the lake with many of its features lying underwater. Its hydrothermal features include Surging Spring, Ledge Spring, Thumb Geyser, Ephedra Spring, Blue Funnel Spring, and many others.

Ledge Spring
West Thumb Geyser Basin

Collapsing Pool
West Thumb Geyser Basin

Percolating Spring
West Thumb Geyser Basin

Ephedra Spring
West Thumb Geyser Basin

Blue Funnel Spring
West Thumb Geyser Basin

Twin Geyser
West Thumb Geyser Basin

Fumaroles
West Thumb Geyser Basin

Yellowstone Lake on a Cloudy, Rainy Day

Thanks to the National Park Service and Wikipedia for much of the content in this presentation.
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