This Week in Yellowstone National Park
Jun 25, 2026 · 42 min · 15 segments
This week in Yellowstone National Park, from June 25th to July 1st, 2026, I will encourage you to catch sunrises and sunsets, tell you about bison funeral processions, and give some tips on dealing…
So honestly, it's been a really slow news week.
There hasn't been much going on.
The thermal area at Biscuit Basin erupted again, but that's not really news at this point.
It's been doing that quite a bit.
The thing that I do want to talk about with that is there are some...
I was going to say news agencies, not really any news agencies, just some YouTubers, people on social media really freaking out about this.
It's perfectly normal.
There is no elevated eruption cycle.
There's no imminent danger.
There's nothing like that.
If there was, you'd hear about it from more reputable sources.
Again, this is perfectly normal, and I have to say that every so often because...
People love anytime something happens in Yellowstone with the thermal areas to jump to the, you know, logical conclusion that, well, not logical, but they think it is, that the whole thing is going to erupt.
Like it may someday, but not anytime soon.
So don't worry about it.
It's perfectly fine.
And I know like that would be what someone from the inside would say.
Don't worry about it.
But really, like, it's fine.
Other than that, no real news to speak of.
I've been doing a lot of tours the last week, so I'm pretty exhausted and tired.
So I'm just going to jump right into this.
I wrote this a little while ago so that I could just sit and record it after I get back from a tour.
And it is currently, you know, I think this is going to be dropping in less than 12 hours.
So honestly, it's been a really slow news week.
There hasn't been much going on.
The thermal area at Biscuit Basin erupted again, but that's not really news at this point.
It's been doing that quite a bit.
The thing that I do want to talk about with that is there are some...
I was going to say news agencies, not really any news agencies, just some YouTubers, people on social media really freaking out about this.
It's perfectly normal.
There is no elevated eruption cycle.
There's no imminent danger.
There's nothing like that.
If there was, you'd hear about it from more reputable sources.
Again, this is perfectly normal, and I have to say that every so often because...
People love anytime something happens in Yellowstone with the thermal areas to jump to the, you know, logical conclusion that, well, not logical, but they think it is, that the whole thing is going to erupt.
Like it may someday, but not anytime soon.
So don't worry about it.
It's perfectly fine.
And I know like that would be what someone from the inside would say.
Don't worry about it.
But really, like, it's fine.
Other than that, no real news to speak of.
I've been doing a lot of tours the last week, so I'm pretty exhausted and tired.
So I'm just going to jump right into this.
I wrote this a little while ago so that I could just sit and record it after I get back from a tour.
And it is currently, you know, I think this is going to be dropping in less than 12 hours.
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