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Inspiration Point and Seven Mile Hole, WY
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| Hiking | 5.08 Miles |
695 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.08 Miles | 2 Hrs 2 Mns | | 2.58 mph |
| 695 ft AEG | 4 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | We had a half day of driving ahead, so we picked a short hike for the morning, our last one in Yellowstone. We hadn't seen the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone up close, so the plan was to hike Seven Mile Hole, though we knew we wouldn't have time to hike down to the river at the end. Glacier Boulder Trailhead is just up the road from Inspiration Point, so we made a quick stop at the overlook before going back and starting toward Seven Mile Hole.
There's a little bit of up and down early on the trail, but it flattens out pretty quickly and generally follows the north rim of the canyon. We smelled the sulfuric odor of geysers early in the hike but didn't see any nearby, just steam rising on the opposite side of the canyon in a few places. There are a several spots where the trail is close to the edge and provides access to some viewpoints looking down to the river, but much of the trail is through dense forest with obstructed views. There's one unsigned viewpoint just over a mile into the hike that looks across at Silver Cord Cascade, a tall, narrow waterfall on the far side of the canyon that was impressive but a little hard to see in the shadows.
We hit our turnaround time about halfway to Seven Mile Hole, so we didn't get close the interesting part, but we could see the lookout tower on Mt. Washburn through the trees. Just before turning around, we passed three backpackers hiking out and saw two more people hiking in soon after that, and those were the only five people we saw during the hike. Back at the trailhead, we checked out the giant glacial boulder, complete with NPS sign, that gives the trailhead its name...then the long drive south began. |
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Steady flow viewed from across the canyon