Where is colters hell

Download this waymark:. GPX File. LOC File. Long Description: Colter's Hell John Colter, veteran of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, notably self-sufficient mountain man and indefatigable explorer, was the first white man known to have reconnoitered this locale. Also if you know of any additional links not already mentioned about this bit of Wyoming history please include that in your log. Try the Waymarkly app! Includes the ability to log visits, view logs, save and filter offline Waymarks and use beautiful offline maps!

William Clark's map, indicating the route of John Colter during the winter of Public domain. Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Cole Messa, Ph.

You would be unaware of what lay beyond the great plains of the American heartland and oblivious to the Rocky Mountains that would thwart your path. During your march west, you would find yourself alone at the doorstep of another world, the smell of rotten eggs in the air, game abundant, the ground soft but warm beneath your aching feet, and all around you are jets of steaming water and pools of colorful splendor.

Would anyone ever believe you if you told them what you saw? So goes the life of the first mountain man to see Yellowstone: John Colter. It was when John Colter, already a skilled hunter and scout, joined the Corps of Discovery — the Lewis and Clark expedition -- before it set out from St. More in Cody. Edit Place Force Sync. Add Review. Reviewed by Shortsaler. July 18, Rated 2. Reviewed by Austin Coop. April 03, Rated 3. Other early descriptions of Colter's Hell date back to the trapper Joseph Meek in the year of as well as to Plenty Coups, a chief of the Absarokee Indians, who camped with his tribe at the thermal area in Meek had seen geyser basin in Yellowstone and described Colter's Hell in similar terms, implying that there were active geysers at his visit.

Today the area consists of hot springs and steam vents. Several extinct geyser or hot spring cones stand up to 30 feet 9.