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 from Gardiner, and the altitude is 7,330 feet. A general store is located here near the hotel. The road leaves the basin south of the Old Faithful for the West Thumb, 19 miles away. There are camp sites south of Old Faithful for a half mile or as far as the first wagon bridge across Firehole River. The forage, however, is scarce at these sites. The next camp site is 4 miles farther, on the branch road to the Lone Star Geyser, which is three-quarters of a mile from the main road.

Shoshone Lake and Geyser Basin. — Four and one-half miles by road via Lone Star Geyser, thence 8 miles via trail. Union Geyser, 100 feet high; Bronze Geyser. Guide needed. Fishing for Loch Leven, lake and eastern brook trout.

As the road leaves Upper Geyser Basin it begins its long climb to the Continental Divide, first along Firehole River and then up Spring Creek Canyon. Two miles from Up-