hiking in yellowstone
 

will be arriving in yellowstone via north enterance. we plan to spend 5 days in yellowstone and 2 days at grand teton and continue from their south (to visit family at teluride).
we want to do hiking and treking and plan to do camping. looking for recommendations regarding hiking and camping areas.
we received a recommendation to: to spend the first day at main attractions of waterfalls and geisers and then to drive to the shoshone lake and hike for 4 days there.
any other ideas or recommendations?
thanks
lori

There's great hiking right outside SilverGate--West entrance to the park. You should do the Loop of Yellowstone and hit all the high points.

There are some great hiking opportunites around jenny lake(tetons).

We did it earlier this year and enjoyed it.

Hi Lori,
I would suggest that you click on Wyoming on this site and then type in Yellowstone and or hiking. You will find lots of info on past discussions on this topic. It helped alot in our planning. We got back two days ago.

Our favorite hike (we only did three as it was our first trip to YNP and Teton) was the Fairy Falls hike. The highlight was not Fairy Falls, but the two geysers beyond. Imperial and another one. The other one had a few great mudpots going, too. It is 6 miles RT and very easy. The view of grand prismatic spring from the early portion of the hike was awesome, if the sun is shining. If it's windy, watch for falling trees! They were snapping enough that I'm sure the bears were kept away. LOL

I second the Jenny Lake hike. We took a short boat ride across the lake, then hiked up for about an hour, then back and boat back across. It was beautiful and got great pics of lake. In Yellowstone you can stop along the loop every 15 minutes and do a short hike to see geysers, mudpots, pools, etc. The lower loop is the best IMO. The hike to the brink of the lower falls is great. If you want to do more serious hiking, I am not much help but there is a lot you can see in Yellowstone doing very short hikes.