[Geysers] Geyser Report 4-8-07

[Matthew McLean]

Short Report for the day . . .
 
Julia and I went into the basin around 1600.  
 
-Little Squirt was active on Geyser Hill but little else was going on.
 
-There are trees down over the boardwalk between Lion and the Solitary Geyser wash area.
 
-Sawmill appears to be the main show in the Sawmill Group right now.  It has been erupting every time I have passed over the last few days.
 
-Chromatic appears to be fighting back into overflow (water is working its way down the channel and it wasn't two days ago) but Beauty is still up as well.
 
-When we reached Chromatic we noticed that Grotto Fountain was in eruption.
 
-Walked up on a Bijou pause - Mastiff filling - Hot period start at 1652. Approximate duration 5 minutes.  Mostly flat Mastiff (only splashing near the beginning). Feather, shortly followed by Satellite, Southwest Vents, Rust.  Some heavy water in the cone but nothing too exciting.
 
-Grotto was 1658 near start - hard to tell exactly because we were leaving Giant after the Hot Period when it started.  Seemed to be a long time between when we first saw GF and Grotto.
 
Bear info - tracks near F&M and the pit toilet - I don't remember them a few days ago.  When driving in from West yesterday a Grizzly ran out in front of our vehicle about a mile west of Madison. Very scary in the dark!!
 
That is all for now.
 
-Matthew
_________________________________________________________________
Your friends are close to you. Keep them that way.
http://spaces.live.com/signup.aspx
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: </geyser-list/attachments/20070409/b53c440f/attachment.html>