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Walk on a Yellowstone Hot Spring, Go to Jail. A Texas Man Just Learned This the Hard Way.
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (565+ words) Prosecutors in Wyoming'sentenced a Texas man to five days in jail after he pleaded guilty to walking off the designated boardwalk at one of Yellowstone National Park's thermal areas. A federal judge sentenced Eric Bedient, 50, on March 31. Court documents show…...
The World's Largest Acidic Geyser Is Erupting in Yellowstone After Years of Silence
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (345+ words) Steamboat Geyser, which shoots water 300 feet skyward'higher than from any geyser on earth'oftentimes steals the show at Norris Basin in Yellowstone National Park. But a few hundred feet away is Echinus Geyser, the largest acidic geyser in the world. And…...
National Parks Reservations May Soon Be a Thing of the Past
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (707+ words) The Trump administration is ditching the timed-entry reservation systems at some of our most popular national parks. In light of these closures, Outside asked the National Park Service'whether these changes were part of a broader shift away from timed-entry programs…...
Yellowstone's Most Active Pool Just Erupted in a Violent Blast. Scientists Filmed It.
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (480+ words) One of Yellowstone's most active hydrothermal pools has exploded again, and the eruption was captured on video. The U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently'shared footage of a mass of mud and water blasting out of Black Diamond Pool in Yellowstone National Park....
The World's Tallest Geyser Usually Blasts Water Hundreds of Feet High. Now, It's Gone Silent.
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (453+ words) Steamboat Geyser is the world's tallest active geyser, and it used to be really active. For the past several years, the feature blasted steaming hot water hundreds of feet into the air above Yellowstone National Park, sometimes dozens of times…...
What I Saw in Yosemite Says Everything About the Future of Our National Parks
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (1767+ words) FIND A SHOW NEAR YOU Kick off winter with Warren Miller! YOUR MEMBERSHIP TO WINTER 50% off articles, streaming & more with Outside+ How a long weekend in the park revealed the uncertain future of America's public lands This story was produced…...
What It's Really Like to Visit America's Most Crowded National Park
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (897+ words) This story was produced in partnership with RE: PUBLIC Lands Media, an independent, nonprofit news organization. During my visit, it seemed like most of those people were on the road ahead of me. But that's why I was there: to…...
The State of Our National Parks
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (224+ words) When we first started talking with the team at RE: PUBLIC about collaborating on a public lands package, we were circling the same question: What does it actually look like when America's park system starts to crack? Not in abstract…...
A Snowstorm Hit Yellowstone. Chaos Ensued.
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (532+ words) All roads leading in and out of Yellowstone National Park were reopened on October 29 following a mass closure of roadways that occurred earlier this week. A snowstorm that blew through the area on October 26 caused a staggering 30 vehicular incidents in…...
This Week in News: Death in the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone's New Threat
7+ mon, 1+ day ago (431+ words) Geysers in Yellowstone National Park are facing a new, unassuming threat. Plus, a 30-year-old woman has just broken the speed record for the Grand Teton trail. Outside has you covered in this edition of our news roundup for the week…...