Welcome to Yellowstone.
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Hi. I'm Alexandra.
And I'm Evan.
And we are Within Hiking Distance.
Today we're visiting Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park.
Mammoth Hot Springs is located in Yellowstone National Park just six miles pas the North Entrance.
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It is one of the most popular attractions in the park so be sure to visit early or late in the day.
Mammoth Hot Springs consists of many boardwalks that overlook several terraces
that have superheated water flowing out of them.
The springs and terraces are in constant change as earthquakes may stop or start water flows
which may affect the terrace's shape and color.
We noticed the difference in activity from when we visited three years earlier in 2017.
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We started the Mammoth Terraces Trail at
the parking lot on the lower level near Liberty Cap.
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Liberty Cap is an inactive spring and is 45 feet tall.
When we were there we walked 2.5 miles
but the distances can really vary depending on what route you take and how far you go.
As we entered the trail there's a boardwalk that takes us to our first of Palette Spring.
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This is one of the most colorful and
beautiful sections of Mammoth Hot Springs.
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Devil's thumb sticks out of Palette Spring and is a dormant hot spring cone.
The colors range from white, orange, brown, and yellow.
Retrace your steps onto boardwalk and start heading up.
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The next area we visited was the Minerva Spring and Terrace.
This terrace is known for its ever-changing features.
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The boardwalk circles the Minerva Terrace and it's possible to get many different views of it.
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There are years where this spring is not as active as others.
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The boardwalk also passes next to the Mound and Jupiter Terraces.
Mound Terrace was really colorful and nice to view when we were there.
You're able to get an up-close view of the water and algae as the water flows under the bridge.
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We continued past the Mound and Minerva Terraces and walked up the stairs to the Upper Terrace Drive.
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While walking onto upper boardwalk along the Main Terrace there are many
viewpoints and several springs along the way.
In 2017 the main terrace had a lot more spring water on it than when we visited in 2020.
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Grassy Spring was one of the larger springs and definitely the most colorful on the Main Terrace.
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"It smells bad here."
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At the end of the boardwalk is Canary Spring
which is an iconic hot spring with its white sediment.
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The water behind us is at 163 degrees.
We met a park volunteer who actually said the recent earthquake activity
stopped the spring water onto terrace for a while.
before it became active again just a few weeks before we arrived.
After viewing the canary spring we retraced our steps down to the Minerva Terrace
and took a boardwalk and dirt path below the Cleopatra Terrace.
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This path circles back above the Palette Spring and past the Minerva Terrace
From there we took the stairs back down to the parking lot.
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