Yellowstone National Park

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Summertime in West Yellowstone revolves mainly around Yellowstone National Park. However, don't miss out on the abundant activities and attractions on the rest of Yellowstone Country. Just a few miles west of town, you'll find some of the best trout fishing lakes imaginable. Farther afield, the rough and tumble towns of Virginia and Nevada Cities preserve the aura of nineteenth century frontier mining towns. To the north, the Gallatin River Canyon offers heat relieving splahes and thrills galore to whitewater enthusiasts and neophytes alike. Take the tram to the top of Lone Mountain at Big Sky Ski and Summer Resort to see views that go on forever. Or, escpase to the links at Island Park Resort's 9 hole golf course. Be sure to enjoy all that West Yellowstone and Island Park have to offer.

Hebgen Lake/Quake Lake
Ten miles west of West Yellowstone you’ll find Hebgen Lake - the best brown trout fishery in the state. Just a bit further along is Quake Lake, formed during the disastrous earthquake of 1959. On August 17 of that year, a quake that registered 7.1 on the Richter scale caused a mountainside to slide into the Madison River. Water backed up behind the natural dam forming the lake which is now famous for its brown and rainbow trout.


Virginia and Nevada Cities
Drive past Ennis a few miles and you’ll find these prototypical mining towns where murderers and thieves were dealt frontier justice by fed-up townspeople turned vigilantes. Catch “gold fever” panning for gold in Alder Gulch where over $130 million in gold (over $1 billion in today’s dollars) was removed during its heyday. See the recreated town of Nevada City with over 100 restored buildings. Be sure to visit Virginia City’s famous Boot Hill Cemetery and the infamous Robber’s Roost, hideaway in the 1800’s for notorious highwaymen and thieves.

 

Rafting the Gallatin
A scenic drive through the northwest corner of Yellowstone Park will take you along the Gallatin River Valley. Tributaries join the river as it makes its journey towards the canyon where it makes its final, dramatic descent to the plains below. Thousands of guests each year enjoy scenic or whitewater stretches where you’ll find rapids with names like “Screaming Left” and “House Rock”. If you look carefully, maybe you’ll see deer, Big Horn sheep, moose, bears, or river otters along the steep mountain sides and cliffs. Incidentally you may have seen this stretch of the Gallatin in the movie “A River Runs Through It”.

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