There is no trail to Crater Hills. It's not illegal to go back there but I would not approach it from Grizzly Overlook where people could see you (is this the "trail"). I would definitely not go back there now with the bison rut going in full effect. On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 1:30 PM, JEFFREY CROSS <jeff.cross at utah.edu> wrote: > I'd be cautious about two things--first, you don't know who took down the > barriers or why, or whether it was official. Second, there's been a move > toward closing down unofficial trails. From your placement of the word > "trailhead" in quotes, and the NPS placement of closure signs there, it > sounds like this "trail" is one of those. > > Jeff > > ------------------------------ > *From:* geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu [ > geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu] on behalf of Karen Webb [ > caros at xmission.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 26, 2016 12:28 AM > *To:* Geyser Observation Reports > *Subject:* [Geysers] Crater Hills > > Is the path to Crater Hills legal again? We've been interpreting the > barriers across the "trailhead" to mean no but noticed in July that the > barrier just in front of the trail had been taken down with people > photographing the valley at the head of that first steep incline. > > Thanks! > > Karen Webb > > > ------------------------------ > [image: Avast logo] > <http://redir.aspx?REF=d1sXLGjGhDWHR4frqQeGzh7jbJ1mx_ztHUKoTZnYi5nqFzRRU7bTCAFodHRwczovL3d3dy5hdmFzdC5jb20vc2lnLWVtYWlsP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1saW5rJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1zaWctZW1haWwmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9ZW1haWxjbGllbnQ.> > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com > <http://redir.aspx?REF=d1sXLGjGhDWHR4frqQeGzh7jbJ1mx_ztHUKoTZnYi5nqFzRRU7bTCAFodHRwczovL3d3dy5hdmFzdC5jb20vc2lnLWVtYWlsP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1saW5rJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1zaWctZW1haWwmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9ZW1haWxjbGllbnQ.> > > > _______________________________________________ > Geysers mailing list > Geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu > > -- Franklin Hessler -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: </geyser-list/attachments/20160802/fa1b7104/attachment.html>