Driving directions, trail info, and more can be found at the bottom of the post. We were supposed to go backpacking last weekend, Heather and I. And climb Electric Peak. We had the permit and everything. But, then it rained. A lot. And snowed in the mountains; it snowed on Electric Peak, which is already …
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Scroll to the bottom to find details on planning your own Yellowstone River Trail trip. Or check out my other website – YellowstoneTrips.com – and I’ll plan your trip for you! The latest High Country News has an article titled, “The death of backpacking.” In it writer Christopher Ketcham asserts, for various reasons, that Gen …
For our official start of hiking season, we chose the Hoodoo Trail in Yellowstone. The boys and I hiked it one other time, but they were too young to remember. We don’t get far before stopping to look at flowers. Buttercup–worth stopping for. Up close with Anders. Checking out the route. I like this trail …
Need help planning your Yellowstone vacation? I offer Trip Reports, Vacation Coaching, and Itineraries/Guidebooks on my other site: YellowstoneTrips.com. This is part of a multi-blog series of campground reviews. After reading my Yellowstone campground review, you can click through others at the bottom of this post. Yellowstone National Park has twelve campgrounds for car camping. …
A couple weeks ago, we went for a lovely hike up Bunsen Peak in Yellowstone National Park. We intended to go over a year ago, but snow on the peak detoured us to the Beaver Pond Loop Trail–also a great hike. We were glad to make it back to Bunsen. The peak is named after …
The first two days of our backpacking trip were amazing, but day three even topped that. It’s been a long time since I’ve been backpacking and this trip only whetted my appetite for more. I love being on the trail, carrying everything I need, having no distractions and getting to soak in the natural world. …
A couple weeks ago my friend Heather and I spent four days hiking through the Bechler Region in Yellowstone. It’s in the southwest part of the park and also known as Cascade Corner. Four days, 30 miles, countless waterfalls, one set of grizzly tracks, wildlfowers and berries, backcountry hot springs…it was amazing. Since I took …
Want more hikes? Check out my e-book: Twenty Family-Friendly Hikes in Yellowstone. Also available in Kindle. Need help planning your Yellowstone vacation? I offer Trip Reports, Vacation Coaching, and Itineraries/Guidebooks on my other site: YellowstoneTrips.com. We are lucky to live less than an hour from the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park and even luckier …
Last Saturday we drove to Yellowstone to hike Bunsen Peak (named after the man who invented the Bunsen burner used in every high school science class–or at least it used to be). Heading into the park we noticed Bunsen Peak looked very white. Too much snow to hike. No problem, we decided to hike to …
Sunday we went for a hike along the Yellowstone River Trail. The route follows the Yellowstone River from Gardiner (and the confluence of the Yellowstone and Gardner Rivers)18.5 miles into the park. Through-hikers start at the other end since you lose more elevation that way, but we were only going a short distance, so it …
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