The Firehole river is the first thing you encounter along
Fairy Falls Trail. This river get a
quarter of its water from hot springs as can be seen as water tumbles over its
banks. The trail is located in the Midway geyser basin. The trail head is about four and a half miles
north of the Old Faithful area along the road between Old Faithful and
Madison.
The trail continues along the remains of the historic
Foutain freight Road. The road skirts
the base of the Madison Plateau as you approach the Midway Geyser Basin. This area was once known as hell’s Half
acre. This area contains the Grand
Prismatic Spring, a most colorful thermal feature. The Fairy Falls Trail makes a left turn off
the Frieght road and continues through an area burned out by the 1988 fire
storms. There has been substantial
recover from those fires and this can be witness along this trail.
The trail is relatively flat and it is an easy 2.6 mile
walk. You are rewarded by a 197 foot
waterfall and cascade into a small pool at the bottom.
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