[Geysers] Memorial Day Trip Report - Norris

[Pat Snyder]

Here's a photo of the ice at Guardian.
Pat Snyder

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On Jun 2, 2008, at 9:11 AM, David Monteith wrote:

> Sorry for being late on this but I thought it was still worth posting.
>
> A couple quick observations from our Memorial Day trip.  We spent a  
> couple
> hours Sunday at Norris.  I didn't make it to the back basin but  
> still saw
> some fun stuff.
>
> The big news from Porcelain basin was Blue Geyser.  It was active and
> overflowing.  Bursts were variable but included some respectable  
> 10-12 foot
> nicely domed eruptions.  They were spaced 10-20 minutes apart.  I  
> haven't
> seen so much water in Porcelain basin since the mid to early 90s.   
> In the
> hour and a half I was there I saw 13 geysers (Blue, Constant and  
> Arsenic are
> the only ones I can name.)  I also saw a twenty foot geyser in the  
> general
> area of Graceful.  The nice but steamy eruption lasted 4-5 minutes.   
> Lastly,
> Guardian was active as a loud forceful steam vent that overpowered  
> the volume
> of Black Growler.  Even though it had melted considerably, he  
> remaining
> icecone above Guardian was still impressive.
>
> Forgotten Fumarole was active.  Tara saw a number of eruptions.   
> Eruptions
> occurred about every few minutes (Tara's in Denver and I can't  
> remember the
> intervals she got but I think they were in the 5-10 minute range.)   
> The
> height and strength was quite variable with eruptions of very black  
> muddy
> water from a few feet to about 12 feet.
>
> Dave
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