Table of Contents
Invitation 3
By Way of Thanks: Acknowledgments 4
Hike Locator Map 8
Map Legend 8
Choosing a Hike 10
Touring on Two Wheels: Hiking/Biking Trails in Yellowstone 12
What to Know Before You Go 16
The Bear Necessities 18
Watching Wildlife 22
Weather and Lightning 24
A Little Tech for the Trek 25
Mammoth Trails
Wraith Falls 29
Narrow Gauge Terrace 33
Beaver Ponds Loop 41
Hoodoos to Hot Springs 49
Snow Pass-Hoodoos Loop 59
Bunsen Peak 69
Osprey Falls 75
Tower-Roosevelt Trails
Lost Lake 83
The Narrows-Yellowstone River Overlook Loop 89
Slough Creek 97
Hellroaring Creek 103
Petrified Trees 109
Lamar-Northeast Trails
Trout Lake 117
Pebble Creek's Upper Meadows 123
Canyon Trails
Cascade Lake-Observation Peak 129
North Rim of the Canyon-From Brink to Brink 137
South Rim of the Canyon-Clear Lake Loop 147
Mount Washburn 157
Lake Trails
Pelican Creek 169
Storm Point 173
Natural Bridge 179
Elephant Back Mountain 185
Avalanche Peak 188
Grant-West Thumb Trails
Lake Overlook 193
Riddle Lake 207
Shoshone Lake 213
Old Faithful Trails
Old Faithful-Upper Geyser Basin 219
Grand Prismatic Spring Overlook 229
Observation Point-Geyser Hill Loop 235
Mystic Falls 245
Lone Star Geyser 253
Fairy Falls-Imperial Geyser 259
Madison-Norris Trails
Little Gibbon Falls 267
Monument Geyser Basin 271
Index 277
About the Authors 286
