Hike into Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is a trip through history
– At the turn of the 20th century, visitors here arrived via train at the Northern Pacific Railway station in Gardiner. They came in great numbers from St. Louis and Boston and San Francisco, across the country and beyond, to witness the marvels of the world’s first national park.Many visitors would spend the night at Mammoth Hot Springs before boarding a stagecoach that took them on a tour of the park’s natural wonders. And a few of those lucky visitors crossed paths with a man named H.F. Richardson.
A former Bozeman resident, Richardson – known to his contemporaries as “Uncle Tom” – pioneered a trail into the heart of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River. Today, Uncle Tom’s Trail is a precipitous route that offers immense views of 308-foot Lower Falls and an intimate perspective from inside the confines of the canyon.
On Monday afternoon, Ray and Sheila Stormo of Campbell River, British Columbia, found themselves on Uncle Tom’s Trail during their first trip to Yellowstone.
One of the most dangerous ways to climb, and highly popular in Europe, via ferrata is an "iron road": a fixed ladder system that allows climbers to scale rocks with little or no ropes, cables, or harnesses. The one at Nelson Rocks is 3.5 miles long and