Distance: Fairy Falls - 5 miles, Monument Geyser Basin - 1.8 miles, Ice Lake - 4 miles Rating: Fairy Falls - easy, Monument Geyser Basin - strenuous, Ice Lake - moderate Day three in Yellowstone saw us returning to the heart of the park and several interesting locations inside the caldera region. Our itinerary included Fairy Falls, Monument Geyser Basin, and Ice Lake. All told, we covered about 12 miles between three different hikes on a day that saw some wild variations in the weather. We woke up to a thunder storm (something we don’t usually experience in Denver) which continued on through about the first mile of our hike. In the afternoon, warm conditions prevailed just in time for the steepest hike of the day. Another storm whipped up in the afternoon, creating one of
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