Hiking to Grand Prismatic
Posted: Fri May 21, 2021 8:28 pm
Hello all,
My sisters and I will be in the Park very soon, and I am looking for some information. None of us are great hikers (older, bad knees, bad hips, etc.), but we do like to get around a little if we can.
I was wondering if I could get some information about the new Grand Prismatic overlook. How long and how difficult is the hike? The best measure for "difficult" that I can think of is that two of us hiked to Trout Lake a couple of years ago -- it was logged as an "easy" hike (other than the first little bit out of the parking lot), but we certainly didn't find it easy! It seemed like all of it was like the "first little bit out of the parking lot." We both made it to the lake, but I was the only one who went down to the lake. The hike around the lake (I only went part way) was what I classed as easy.
So, is the trail really steep? Are there any places to rest? And how long is it.
And the other question is, what is the best time of day to go (in other words, if there IS sun, what's the best time to have a good sun angle? Don't want to be staring into the sun and be unable to see the springs.
We aren't really planning to do this, but would like to know a bit about it in case we decide we'd like to. We spend most of our time looking for wildlife, but there are times we want to do some of the thermal features!
Thanks in advance for any help.
My sisters and I will be in the Park very soon, and I am looking for some information. None of us are great hikers (older, bad knees, bad hips, etc.), but we do like to get around a little if we can.
I was wondering if I could get some information about the new Grand Prismatic overlook. How long and how difficult is the hike? The best measure for "difficult" that I can think of is that two of us hiked to Trout Lake a couple of years ago -- it was logged as an "easy" hike (other than the first little bit out of the parking lot), but we certainly didn't find it easy! It seemed like all of it was like the "first little bit out of the parking lot." We both made it to the lake, but I was the only one who went down to the lake. The hike around the lake (I only went part way) was what I classed as easy.
So, is the trail really steep? Are there any places to rest? And how long is it.
And the other question is, what is the best time of day to go (in other words, if there IS sun, what's the best time to have a good sun angle? Don't want to be staring into the sun and be unable to see the springs.
We aren't really planning to do this, but would like to know a bit about it in case we decide we'd like to. We spend most of our time looking for wildlife, but there are times we want to do some of the thermal features!
Thanks in advance for any help.