Acknowledgments viii
Foreword: What It's Really Like to Hike in Yellowstone ix
Introduction: Bears, Bison, Bugs, and More 1
Planning Your Trip 3
How to Use This Guide 10
Leave No Trace 17
Make It a Safe Trip 18
Be Bear Aware 25
Be Mountain Lion Aware Too 32
Trail Finder 35
The Author's Favorites 38
Map Legend 41
The Hikes
Northwest 42
Short Hikes 43
1 Bacon Rind Creek 43
2 Boiling River 45
3 Wraith Falls 47
4 Grizzly Lake 48
5 Artists Paintpots 50
6 Harlequin Lake 52
7 The Hoodoos 54
8 Ice Lake 56
9 Little Gibbon Falls 58
Moderate Hikes 60
10 Fan Creek 60
11 Upper Gallatin River 63
12 Gneiss Creek 66
13 Purple Mountain 69
14 Grebe Lake 71
15 Monument Geyser Basin 73
16 Solfatara Creek 74
17 Osprey Falls 77
18 Bunsen Peak 80
19 Terrace Mountain 82
20 Cache Lake 84
21 Beaver Ponds 86
22 Lava Creek Canyon 88
23 Rescue Creek 91
24 Crevice Lake 93
25 Cygnet Lakes 95
Long Hikes 97
26 Sky Rim 97
27 Crescent Lake 101
28 Big Horn Peak 105
29 Sportsman Lake 107
30 Electric Peak 112
31 The Gallatin Skyline 116
32 Fawn Pass 122
33 Bighorn Pass 126
34 Chain of Lakes 129
35 Mount Holmes 134
36 Sepulcher Mountain 137
37 Black Canyon of the Yellowstone 140
Backcountry Campsites, Northwest 145
Backcountry Campsites GPS Coordinates, Northwest Section 151
Northeast 152
Short Hikes 153
38 Trout Lake 153
39 Yellowstone River Picnic Area Trail 154
40 Lost Lake 157
41 Tower Fall 160
42 Ribbon Lake 162
43 Canyon Rim South 165
44 Uncle Tom's Trail 167
45 Canyon Rim North 168
46 Brink of the Lower Falls 170
Moderate Hikes 171
47 The Thunderer 171
48 Cache Creek and Wahb Springs 174
49 Garnet Hill 176
50 Hellroaring Creek 179
51 Tower Creek 181
52 Mount Washburn 183
53 Sevenmile Hole 186
54 Cascade Lake 188
55 Observation Peak 190
56 Clear Lake Loop 192
57 Wrangler Lake 195
58 Alum Creek 197
Long Hikes 199
59 Pebble Creek 199
60 Slough Creek 203
61 Bliss Pass 206
62 Lamar River 209
63 Specimen Ridge 213
64 Agate Creek 216
65 Buffalo Plateau 218
66 Bull Mountain Loop 222
67 Dunraven Pass to Canyon 226
68 Wapiti Lake 229
69 Mist Creek Pass 233
70 Hayden Valley 238
71 Mary Mountain Trail 241
Backcountry Campsites, Northeast 245
Backcountry Campsites GPS Coordinates, Northeast Section 250
Southwest 251
Short Hikes 252
72 Mystic Falls 252
73 Fairy Falls 255
74 Upper Geyser Basin 257
75 Duck Lake 259
76 Riddle Lake 260
77 Robinson Lake 263
Moderate Hikes 264
78 Sentinel and Imperial Meadows 264
79 Mallard Lake 266
80 Nez Perce Creek 269
81 Lone Star Geyser 271
82 Divide Mountain 273
83 Beula Lake 275
84 Bechler Short Loop 277
Long Hikes 279
85 Summit Lake 279
86 Fairy Creek 282
87 Shoshone Lake 285
88 Lewis Channel Loop 289
89 Union Falls 291
90 Pitchstone Plateau 295
91 Bechler River 298
92 Falls River Basin 305
93 Bechler Meadows 308
94 Buffalo Lake 311
Backcountry Campsites, Southwest 314
Backcountry Campsites GPS Coordinates, Southwest Section 319
Southeast 321
Short Hikes 322
95 Pelican Creek Nature Trail 322
96 Storm Point 324
97 Natural Bridge 326
Moderate Hikes 327
98 Elephant Back Mountain 327
99 Turbid Lake 329
100 Avalanche Peak 331
Long Hikes 334
101 Fern Lake 334
102 The Thorofare and the South Boundary Trail 339
103 Yellowstone Lake to Heart Lake 348
104 Two Ocean Loop 353
105 Heart Lake 358
106 Mount Sheridan 361
107 Heart Lake Loop 363
108 Heart Lake and the Snake River 367
109 Heart Lake and the Two Ocean Plateau 370
110 Snake River Loop 375
Backcountry Campsites, Southeast 378
Backcountry Campsites GPS Coordinates, Southeast Section 382
Afterword: The Value of Guidebooks 383
Preserving Yellowstone 385
Checklists 386
About the Authors: The Team Approach 388
Anonymous
Posted Fri Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2012
Better then I expected. Lots of info, pictures, maps.
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