This popular hikes provides an outdoor experience which takes you to two of Yellowstone's most epic destinations!
Any Yellowstone visitor can walk the boardwalks at Grand Prismatic Spring. This hike takes you to an overlook of Grand Prismatic up a hill, way across the thermal waters from the hot spring!
And then, in addition, you get to hike to one of Yellowstone most spectacular waterfalls, Fairy Falls, which plunges 200 feet (61 metres) down off a plateau! All of this in one awesome hike with a skilled guide!
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Water
✔ Lunch
✔ Services of a skilled guide
✖ Bear spray
✖ Gratuities
✖ ParkEntry - $20 (exempted if you have NationalPark/Veterans/Senior/Military/6dayYellowStoneCar Pass)
What To Expect
Fairy Falls and the Grand Prismatic Springs overlook in one hike! The Fairy Falls trail is Yellowstone's most popular hike. Grand Prismatic Spring is one of Yellowstone's most iconic sights. This hike combines both of these into a 4 to 5 hour excursion, from West Yellowstone, which is not to be missed!
We can either pick you up in West Yellowstone or you can meet us at the trailhead. Your guide will lead you over a bridge across the Firehole River, and into the Midway Geyser Basin, one of Yellowstone’s three main geyser basins.
You’ll pass a few smaller hot springs, until steam coming off Excelsior Geyser Crater comes into view. Just to our left of it, we’ll soon see the steam rising from Grand Prismatic Spring, and with any luck it may be blue or orange!
A secondary path to the Grand Prismatic overlook leads off the trail, and we’ll head up there to an overlook of this splendidly colorful pool.
We’ll return to the main trail and continue through a new forest of lodgepole pines to Fairy Falls itself. The hike is approximately 5.6 miles (9 km) long. The trail is mainly flat, except for the walk up to the Grand Prismatic overlook. At least half the group must have bear spray.
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Additional info
• Service animals allowed
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Qualified service animals assisting people with disabilities are allowed and must be leashed. A service animal is defined as a dog that performs some of the functions and tasks that the individual with a disability cannot perform such as carrying a pack for persons with mobility impairments, assisting persons with balance, or alerting medically-dependent persons of specific conditions such as oncoming seizures. Companion dogs that are used only to provide comfort or emotional support (“therapy animals”), or other pets are not allowed in buildings, the backcountry, on nature trails, or on boardwalks. Please review the information in the Park's website: https://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/serviceanimals.htm.
