Hiking Yellowstone National Park, 2nd Edition Book

	Legend	viii
	Acknowledgments	ix
	Preface: What It's Really Like to Hike in Yellowstone	x
	Introduction: Bears, Bison, and Bugs	1
	Planning Your Trip	3
	Using This Guidebook	10
	Zero Impact	16
	Make It a Safe Trip	18
	Be Bear Aware	24
	Be Mountain Lion Aware, Too	33
	Yellowstone Trail Finder	35
	The Author's Favorites	41
	Northwest Section
	Short Hikes
1.	Boiling River	46
2.	Wraith Falls	47
3.	Grizzly Lake	48
4.	Artists Paintpots	50
5.	Harlequin Lake	51
6.	Ice Lake	52
7.	Little Gibbon Falls	54
	Moderate Hikes
8.	Bacon Rind Creek	55
9.	Fan Creek	57
10.	Upper Gallatin River	59
11.	Gneiss Creek	61
12.	Purple Mountain	64
13.	Grebe Lake	65
14.	Monument Geyser Basin	67
15.	Solfatara Creek	68
16.	The Hoodoos	70
17.	Osprey Falls	72
18.	Bunsen Peak	75
19.	Terrace Mountain	77
20.	Cache Lake	78
21.	Beaver Ponds	80
22.	Lava Creek Canyon	82
23.	Rescue Creek	85
24.	Crevice Lake	86
25.	Cygnet Lakes	88
	Long Hikes
26.	Sky Rim	90
27.	Crescent Lake	95
28.	Big Horn Peak	99
29.	Sportsman Lake	101
30.	Electric Peak	106
31.	The Gallatin Skyline	109
32.	Fawn Pass	117
33.	Bighorn Pass	121
34.	Chain of Lakes	125
35.	Mount Holmes	129
36.	Sepulcher Mountain	132
37.	Black Canyon of the Yellowstone	135
	Backcountry Campsites	141
	Northeast Section
	Short Hikes
38.	Trout Lake	148
39.	Yellowstone River Picnic Area Trail	149
40.	Lost Lake	151
41.	Tower Fall	152
42.	Ribbon Lake	154
43.	Canyon Rim South	156
44.	Uncle Tom's Trail	158
45.	Canyon Rim North	159
46.	Brink of the Lower Falls	160
	Moderate Hikes
47.	The Thunderer	161
48.	Wahb Springs	163
49.	Garnet Hill	165
50.	Hellroaring Creek	167
51.	Tower Creek	169
52.	Mount Washburn	170
53.	Sevenmile Hole	173
54.	Cascade Lake	175
55.	Observation Peak	177
56.	Clear Lake Loop	179
57.	Wrangler Lake	181
58.	Alum Creek	183
	Long Hikes
59.	Republic Pass	185
60.	Pebble Creek	188
61.	Slough Creek	191
62.	Bliss Pass	193
63.	Lamar River	196
64.	Specimen Ridge	199
65.	Agate Creek	202
66.	Bull Mountain Loop	204
67.	Dunraven Pass to Canyon	208
68.	Wapiti Lake	212
69.	Mist Creek Pass	215
70.	Hayden Valley	219
71.	Mary Mountain Trail	222
	Backcountry Campsites	226
	Southwest Section
	Short Hikes
72.	Sentinel Meadows	232
73.	Fairy Falls	234
74.	Mystic Falls	236
75.	Upper Geyser Basin	238
76.	Robinson Lake	240
	Moderate Hikes
77.	Mallard Lake	241
78.	Nez Perce Creek	244
79.	Lone Star Geyser	246
80.	Divide Mountain	247
81.	Beula Lake	248
82.	Bechler Short Loop	250
	Long Hikes
83.	Summit Lake	252
84.	Fairy Creek	254
85.	Shoshone Lake	256
86.	Lewis Channel Loop	260
87.	Union Falls	262
88.	Pitchstone Plateau	265
89.	Bechler River	268
90.	Falls River Basin	275
91.	Bechler Meadows	278
92.	Buffalo Lake	281
	Backcountry Campsites	284
	Southeast Section
	Short Hikes
93.	Pelican Creek Nature Trail	290
94.	Storm Point	291
95.	Natural Bridge	293
96.	Riddle Lake	294
	Moderate Hikes
97.	Elephant Back Mountain	296
98.	Turbid Lake	297
99.	Avalanche Peak	299
	Long Hikes
100.	Fern Lake	301
101.	The Thorofare and the South Boundary Trail	305
102.	Yellowstone Lake to Heart Lake	315
103.	Two Ocean Loop	320
104.	Heart Lake	325
105.	Mount Sheridan	328
106.	Heart Lake Loop	330
107.	Heart Lake and the Snake River	336
108.	Heart Lake and the Two Ocean Plateau	340
109.	Snake River Loop	345
	Backcountry Campsites	348
	Epilogue: The Value of Guidebooks	353
	Checklists	355
	The Team Approach	357