Mammoth Hot Springs

MAMMOTH HOT SPRING

FORT YELLOWSTONE

Yellowstone’s first superintendents struggled with poaching, vandalism, squatting and other problems. In 1886, US Army soldiers marched into Mammoth Hot Springs at the request of the Secretary of the Interior and took charge of Yellowstone. Soldiers oversaw Fort Yellowstone’s construction—sturdy red-roofed buildings still in use today as the Albright Visitor Center, offices, and employee housing.

MAMMOTH HOT SPRING TERRACES

Walk on boardwalks above the steaming hydrothermal features or take a drive around the vibrant travertine terraces. In the winter, ski or snowshoe among the whiffs of sulfur along the Upper Terraces.