Old Faithful Never Gets Old
There perhaps is no more memorable experience in Yellowstone National Park than watching Old Faithful erupt.
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- By NPT Staff - August 1st, 2018 1:29pm
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The Geysers Of Yellowstone
This is a book I wish I had encountered, quite literally, decades ago. Now in its fifth edition, The Geysers of Yellowstone by T. Scott Bryan is an encyclopedia of the park's roughly 1,000 geysers.
Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado Billboards Target Yellowstone Grizzly Hunt
Old-fashioned social media -- billboards -- are being used to garner public opposition to grizzly bear hunts planned for this fall in Wyoming and Idaho.
- By NPT Staff - July 27th, 2018 2:00am
Lottery For Private Yellowstone Snowmobile Permits Opens August 1
If you've wanted to snowmobile in Yellowstone National Park, but don't want to have to hire a commercial guide, beginning August 1 you can apply to the 2018-2019 winter lottery for permits.
- By NPT Staff - July 27th, 2018 1:15am
National Parks Fire Roundup
From Yellowstone to Grand Canyon, and Crater Lake to Sequoia, wildfires are burning in western areas of the National Park System. But the national park hardest hit by a wildfire is Yosemite, where the Yosemite Valley and Wawona areas were to close at noon Wednesday due to smoke and firefighters tied to a fire outside the park's western borders.
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 25th, 2018 12:11pm
UPDATE: "Alt" Groups Question AltYellowstoneNatPark's Fundraising Efforts
"Ominous Ann," who in the past has raised thousands of dollars purportedly in the name of research in Yellowstone National Park, is not directly connected to a new group organized to oppose the anti-parks caucus in Congress despite what she states on a $10,000 GoFundMe campaign, according to the attorney who filed the organizational paperwork for Defend Our Parks.
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 9th, 2018 12:20pm
Mount Washburn Trail In Yellowstone National Park Closing For Summer
Any day now, the popular Mount Washburn trails from Dunraven Pass and Chittenden Road in Yellowstone National Park will close for the rest of the season. Located north of Canyon Junction, the trails and trailhead parking lot closures are needed for construction projects.
- By NPT Staff - July 6th, 2018 1:15am
Musings At Steamboat Geyser In Yellowstone
It’s impossible to comprehend that much power. What must it take to blast two streams of several hundred thousand gallons of water and steam 300+ feet skyward; to toss softball-sized rocks 200 feet upward; to shake the earth and completely awe and nearly deafen anyone fortunate enough to witness it all? Steamboat Geyser has that power.
- By Lee Dalton - July 3rd, 2018 3:38pm
Yellowstone National Park Lodging Rates Climbing Under Pilot Program
Lodging rates in Yellowstone National Park jumped this year under an unannounced "pilot program" that allows Xanterra Parks & Resorts to charge what the market will bear for slightly more than half the rooms available for visitors.
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 1st, 2018 2:00am
Traveler Special Report: Antiquated Wastewater, Sewer Facilities Go Wanting In National Parks
More than 50 years after the National Park Service's last major investment in park infrastructure, many wastewater and sewer systems across the park system are either failing or being held together by ingenuity and today's version of bailing wire and tape while park managers wait for Congress to fund their needs.
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