[Geysers] Steamboat Geyser

[Chase Ellison]

I was able to go down and spend 3 hours in Norris today. The pictures  
I have are identical to Bill Warnock so I wont post them.  Just some  
things I noticed.

The North Run off channel was filled with snow and there were two  
very large ice cones near the north vent that were there two weeks  
ago. Now after reading Ralph Taylors report I'd believe that  
steamboat probably had two aborted starts. (silverbullets or otherwise).
Also, Echinus looked about the same as I saw it  few weeks ago a foot  
or two below overflow.
Green Dragon sounds to be more active but I was unsure do to the  
amount of steam.
I did get lucky and see veteran start a major standing near corporal.
Monarch does not seem to have done anything in quite sometime (I  
noted this only because I was asked to check on it for some freak  
chance monarch broke Steamboat)
  I did not go into porcelain basin as no one had been to Back basin  
in two or three days (or it seemed like it and I had been breaking  
trail in knee deep snow drifts all through back basin and was tired  
and ready to get back to Mammoth.
On a quick note from mammoth a new spring broke out on the hill side  
between devils Thumb and Liberty Cap a week ago. Also, it appears  
that Jupiter Terrace is re activating in some sections.

Chase Ellison