Trip Report: Yellowstone backpack- Heart Lake to South Entrance
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Yellowstone backpack- Heart Lake to South Entrance By Michael* Budig |
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| HIKE | 09/22/2025 | MOD- |
| This year's Yellowstone backpack enjoyed exceptional weather and was accentuated by elk bugling throughout each night. As we started our eight-mile trek to Heart Lake the rainstorm- which dominated the previous night- ended, and the weather became fairly ideal for hiking. We reached Heart Lake and set up camp in a beautiful area near a thermal basin with a geyser- and at the base of a 10,313 ft peak, Mt Sheridan. We camped around Heart Lake for three days in weather which made swimming inthe lake tempting for some. Lubica discovered that Heart Lake has leeches, which she apparently did not care for. On the second day. we all hiked the 3,000 ascent up Mt Sheridan, where we enjoyed great views in all directions, surveying out over the Tetons as well as most of Yellowstone Park. From there, we hiked around Heart Lake and then followed the Heart River and the Snake River to the South Entrance Trailhead, where we forded the Snake River at the trail's end. Trip participants: Larry Hall, Mark Bloomenthal, Lubica Skumatova, Greg Clark, Patrick Watson, John Gould, Lou Melini, Julie Melini, Michael Budig. |
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