NORRIS Area
Grizzly Lake
Venture where the brook trout bite on this moderately difficult 4-mile (6.4 km) out-and-back hike to Grizzly Lake, a 148-acre (60 hectare) lake nestled in a narrow valley in the shadow of Mount Holmes. Nearby creeks provide excellent spawning environments for trout, which take advantage of favorable inlets and outlets to bountifully populate Grizzly Lake’s shimmering waters. Indeed, at Grizzly Lake, you’re much more likely to encounter fish than bears...
solfatara creek
Appreciate the trail less trekked on this very difficult 6.5-mile (10.5 km) one-way shuttle hike along Solfatara Creek through obsidian-strewn land to a series of vibrant geothermal springs. Park a car at the ending trailhead to create a shuttle, or hike back on the same route to the trailhead...
Norris geyser basin - porcelain basin and back basin loop
Don’t sweat the hottest area in Yellowstone! Easy boardwalks and trails loop among the volatile thermal landscapes of popular Norris Geyser Basin. .75-mile (1.2 km) Porcelain Basin Loop explores the pulsing barren landscape around enigmatic Black Growler Steam Vent, while 1.5-mile (2.4 km) Back Basin Loop leads to spectacular Steamboat Geyser, the tallest active geyser in the world...
artist paintpots
Fill the canvas of your imagination with delight in a fairytale of fantastical sputtering mudpots and other thermal oddities on this short one-mile (1.6 km) out-and-back loop hike around an oversized palette of striking pools in the lively Gibbon Geyser Basin...
