<div dir="ltr">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.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 1:30 PM, JEFFREY CROSS <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeff.cross@utah.edu" target="_blank">jeff.cross@utah.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div style="direction:ltr;font-family:Tahoma;color:#000000;font-size:10pt">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. <div><br> </div> <div>Jeff<br> <div><br> <div style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:16px"> <hr> <div style="direction:ltr"><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu" target="_blank">geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu" target="_blank">geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu</a>] on behalf of Karen Webb [<a href="mailto:caros@xmission.com" target="_blank">caros@xmission.com</a>]<br> <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 26, 2016 12:28 AM<br> <b>To:</b> Geyser Observation Reports<br> <b>Subject:</b> [Geysers] Crater Hills<br> </font><br> </div><div><div class="h5"> <div></div> <div> <p><font size="-1"><font face="Comic Sans MS">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.</font></font></p> <p><font size="-1"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Thanks!</font></font></p> <p><font size="-1"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Karen Webb</font></font><br> </p> <br> <br> <hr style="border:none;color:#909090;background-color:#b0b0b0;min-height:1px;width:99%"> <table style="border-collapse:collapse;border:none"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border:none;padding:0px 15px 0px 8px"><a href="http://redir.aspx?REF=d1sXLGjGhDWHR4frqQeGzh7jbJ1mx_ztHUKoTZnYi5nqFzRRU7bTCAFodHRwczovL3d3dy5hdmFzdC5jb20vc2lnLWVtYWlsP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1saW5rJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1zaWctZW1haWwmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9ZW1haWxjbGllbnQ." target="_blank"><img src="http://static.avast.com/emails/avast-mail-stamp.png" alt="Avast logo" border="0"> </a></td> <td> <p style="color:#3d4d5a;font-family:"Calibri","Verdana","Arial","Helvetica";font-size:12pt"> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. <br> <a href="http://redir.aspx?REF=d1sXLGjGhDWHR4frqQeGzh7jbJ1mx_ztHUKoTZnYi5nqFzRRU7bTCAFodHRwczovL3d3dy5hdmFzdC5jb20vc2lnLWVtYWlsP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1saW5rJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1zaWctZW1haWwmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9ZW1haWxjbGllbnQ." target="_blank">www.avast.com</a> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> </div> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> Geysers mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu">Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu</a><br> <a href="https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Franklin Hessler<br></div></div></div> </div>