The Bechler River lava is estimated to have spread into the region about 117,000 years ago. Consequently, the Bechler and Falls rivers have not had enough time to wear the lava layers smooth. After ...

At one point along the Bechler River Trail, there is a fork offering three different directions hikers can travel. A sign points to destinations in two different directions. Take the third option, an ...

Yellowstone National Park staff is proposing to upgrade its employee housing, parking and visitor center at the Bechler River Administrative Area in the southwest corner of the park. Details of the ...

Bechler died of heatstroke Monday, less than 24 hours after a spring training workout that sent his temperature to 108 degrees. He was an overweight athlete pushing himself in warm, humid weather much ...

The ranger warned us before we attempted to enter the “zone of death.” Millions of people visit Yellowstone National Park each year, but one of the least visited parts of the park, the so-called zone ...