05-21-2026 Thursday, Mammoth Hot Springs, Roosevelt Arch, Grizzly Sighting
We woke up to SNOW!!! A lot of snow for us, 8-10 inches on top of the Jeep and all the RVs and vehicles in the campground. It snowed all morning. We spent some time trying to see the webcams and figure out if it was snowing in the Mammoth Hot Springs area. Most of the webcams were offline, but the Mammoth Hot Springs one was working. It looked like a nice spring day and no snow, so we decided to head out after breakfast burritos. We also made sandwiches for the day and packed our cooler. The Fishing Bridge area was so pretty. The Hayden Valley area was beautiful with Bison here and there. I was able to take some great photos of snow along the Yellowstone River. Driving over Fishing Bridge. Hayden Valley Yellowstone River Our first stop was just north of Norris at Roaring Mountain. The side of the mountain has fumaroles, which are steam vents. We could barely hear them, but supposedly they are really loud at times. The pine trees along our route were dusted with snow. Such a ...