Grand Geyser

This place is amazing in the winter. Not as crowded.

at approximately 8:30 am, I walk up to this geyser. the sign says it may go off between 8:00 and 12:00. I begin reading the sign that says that the geyser begins to gurgle and push waves over the basin before it goes off. as I read this, the geyser begins to gurgle. I’m not too excited, as I know other geysers can give such indications for hours before they actually go off. But then I read the next sentence on the sign, which goes something like “within seconds the geyser explodes” happily I stand back, and no sooner than I can tell my husband, “it’s gonna go” than boom! water and steam shoot high into the sky. Incredible. Incredible luck.

One of the best shows in the Geyser Basin below the Old Faithful Inn. Pack a lunch AND a book and wait for the Thumper! You can feel the earth move when it goes. THUMP, thump…THUMP, thump. It’s not what you expect, it cycles and gets progressively bigger and louder. Quite different and more memorable than the fountain style geysers.

Grand Geyser, the largest predictible geyser in the world, is worth waiting for. Its eruptions are truly spectacular, and its very satisfying to wait patiently for Mother Nature to put on her best show for you…there’s something wonderful about the way we have no control at all over what these natural wonders do.

Find out when it’s predicted, pack a snack and some water, and go.