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Beaver Ponds Loop Trail Review
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Beaver Ponds Loop Trail
- Address: Grand Loop Rd. at Old Gardiner Rd., Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, WY | Map It
- Category: Geological Sites
- Location: Mammoth Hot Springs
Fodor's Review:
The hike to Beaver Ponds is a 2 1/2-hour, 5-mi round-trip starting at Liberty Cap in the busy Lower Terrace of Mammoth Hot Springs. You enter Yellowstone backcountry within minutes as you climb 400 feet through spruce and fir, passing several ponds and dams, as well as a glacier-carved moraine, before emerging on a windswept plain overlooking the 45th parallel (Montana/Wyoming border), Boiling River, and the North Entrance. Look up to see Everts Peak to the east, Bunsen Peak to the south, and Sepulcher Mountain to the west. Bear, elk, bighorn sheep, coyote, and fox may frequent the area. Your final descent into Mammoth Springs offers great views of Mammoth Springs.
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