Contact Info
- Toll-Free:
- 888-454-8828
- Phone 2:
- 801-487-7200
Basics
- Activity Type:
- Rafting,
Wildlife Viewing,
Hiking / Walking,
Biking - Length:
- 6 days
- Difficulty:
- Low to Medium
Description
Adventuring in the World’s First National Park
Yellowstone National Park is home to more geysers, hot springs, bubbling mud pots, fumaroles and steam vents than the rest of the world has combined! Along with its geologic treasures, Yellowstone boasts a wonderfully diverse animal population. Bison, black bears and elk are just some of the creatures you’re likely to spot during your visit. By bike, on foot and on the water — experience one of America’s favorite destinations with Backroads.
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Hotel Info:
Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel - Mammoth Hot Springs (2 nights): You’re likely to see elk grazing on the grounds of this simple hotel.
Canyon Lodge - Canyon (1 night): Sleep comfortably here in modest accommodations.
Grant Village - Grant Village (1 night): A welcoming motel situated near the shore of Yellowstone Lake named for Ulysses S. Grant, who signed the law establishing Yellowstone as the world’s first national park.
Stage Coach Inn - West Yellowstone (1 night): This classically Western inn features guest rooms decorated in American West themes.
Additional Details:
Days 1-2 Mammoth Hot Springs
Meet in Bozeman A half-Day white-water rafting excursion on a Class II-III section of the Yellowstone River offers an ideal introduction to the region’s stunning beauty Hike to Mammoth Hot Springs’ famed terraces — dramatic steaming limestone formations in vibrant shades of pink, yellow, orange, green and brown.
Day 3 Canyon
On foot, explore Norris Geyser Basin, home to Steamboat Geyser whose plume has been known to reach 300 feet Bike to Canyon, passing open meadows where bison and elk can often be viewed.
Day 4 Grant Village
Hike through open meadows and stands of lodgepole pine to one of the park’s most dramatic features, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, formed about 10,000 years ago by volcanoes, glaciers and the relentless flow of the Yellowstone River.
Days 5-6 West Yellowstone
Shuttle to the Upper Geyser Basin, home to the world’s largest concentration of geysers, including the granddaddy of them all, Old Faithful Pedal alongside the Firehole River, whose steamy waters are warmed by hot springs near its banks and below its surface En route, choose to stop at thermally active Biscuit Basin and Fountain Paint Pots Go for a morning spin around Earthquake Lake, named for the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck the area in 1959.
