A wide grassy marsh blankets the west end of Shoshone Lake, just south of the geyser basin. The low ridge in the background is the eastern edge of the Pitchstone Plateau, with Lewis Lake lying just on the other side of the ridge.

A Backpack trip into the Shoshone Lake Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
I made this solo trip into the geyser basin in mid-September, 2005. It had been snowing off and on for several days at the higher elevations, so I looked forward to a relatively warm, dry trip into the remote backcountry that lies at the western end of Shoshone Lake.


DeLacy Creek


Path along the north shore of Shoshone Lake.


The views from the shore of Shoshone Lake, about 1.5 miles west of DeLacy Creek. Bottom photo looks south towards the snowy Red Mountains.


Campsite 8R5, across from the Shoshone Lake Geyser Basin.


View towards the geyser basin, and the cook site at 8R5.


Sunset at 8R5, and doing laundry at Shoshone Lake.


Two bull elk battle for possession of a harem of cows on the shores of Shoshone Lake.


The Escape!


The fleeing elk pass close by my camp.
Fleeing elk splash past Big Agnes.


The elk cows make good their escape, joining the challenger at last.


Defeated bull and the Shoshone Lake geyser basin.


Inside the Shoshone Lake geyser basin.


Dantes Inferno, Yellowstone style.


Shoshone Creek and 'hotpotting'.


Views of the shoreline at campsite #8R3.


Hiking out - two paddlers meet on Shoshone Lake.

 


A Grizzly encounter.

 


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