Trip Itinerary

May vary or change due to weather conditions, trail or road closures, or guide determination, etc.

Day 1, Saturday, September 24, 2011                

• Arrival at Bozeman, MT Gallatin Field airport by 4 pm
• Transport to Yellowstone Overlook Field Campus by YAI
• Social hour/Leader’s welcome
• Welcome dinner in cabin

Day 2, Sunday, September 25, 2011

• Program: Yellowstone Volcano Geology Tour, and hike up Mt. Washburn. Beginning with a drive up Dunraven Pass, to get a view of the caldera, the trip visits strategic sights that help to tell the story of the volcano and how it fuels the Park’s many geothermal features. Rating: easy.
• We will hike up Mt. Washburn, weather permitting, to visit the fire tower on top. 6 miles RT, approximately 1400 feet of elevation change. Rating: Moderate.
• Transport to trailhead and back by YAI
• Breakfast in cabin, sack lunch to take on trail, dinner in cabin.

Day 3, Monday, September 26, 2011

• Program: Rim to Rim hike, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, 8 miles RT, 1,000 feet of elevation change. Hike along the rims of the canyon. Weather permitting; a descent will be made to the brink of the Upper and Lower Falls. Rating: Moderate.
• Transport by YAI
• Breakfast in cabin, trail lunch, dinner at hotel/restaurant in Park (at own expense)

Day 4, Tuesday, September 27, 2011

• Program:  Mammoth Elk Rut, and tour of Mammoth Hot Springs. Rating: Easy. Possibly hike Snow Pass. Rating: Moderate.
• Transport by YAI
• Breakfast in cabin, trail lunch, dinner at Mammoth Hotel in Park (at own expense)

Day 5, Wednesday, September 28, 2011

• Observation Peak hike, 6 miles RT, 1400 feet elevation change. Rating: Strenuous. Program focuses on the ecology of the Alpine environment- how plants and animals adapt to survive at high elevations. Or we may hike Specimen Ridge to see the petrified forests. Distance and elevation change, similar to Observation Peak.
• Transport by YAI
• Breakfast in cabin, trail lunch, dinner at hotel/restaurant in Park, or in town of Gardiner (at own expense)

Day 6, Thursday, September 29, 2011

• Old Faithful and Upper Geyser Basin, and short hike (.5 mi. each way) to Observation Point above the Geyser Basin. Rating: easy.
• Transport by YAI
• Breakfast in cabin, trail lunch, dinner at cabin (pizza from place in town of Gardiner, cost included in trip price) 
  

Day 7, Friday, September 30, 2011

• Yellowstone Confluence hike, 4 miles RT, 200 feet of elevation change. Moderate.
• Hike off trail to the confluence of the Yellowstone and Lamar Rivers, through rich wild life habitat. Or we may hike the Slough Creek trail in the same area.
• Transport by YAI
• Breakfast in cabin, trail lunch, Farewell Dinner in town of Gardiner (included in trip price)

Day 8, Saturday, October 1, 2011

• Breakfast in cabin
• Return to Bozeman airport by YAI, leave camp at 9 am.

For more information, an application and to sign up, contact the leader, Mary Krueger, 163 Scenic Point Lane, Jay, NY 12941; 518 647-8646; FKKMEK@Frontiernet.net