Dizzy heights
Scenic beauty
Vistas of wonder
A modern spectacle of nature, snow covers the steep walls of this classic V-shaped valley. Roughly 20 miles long, the present canyon is a very recent geologic phenomenon caused by 10,000 years of Yellowstone River erosion.
“There are perhaps other canons longer and deeper than this one, but surely none combining grandeur and immensity with peculiarity of formation and profusion of volcanic or chemical phenomena.” – Gustavus C. Doane