Boardwalk in Yellowstone closed after geyser blows up

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It was at Biscuit Basin maybe a few miles away from the Old Faithful area. Apparently it just completely went and started throwing out rocks.

https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/240723.htm
The parking lot and boardwalks at Biscuit Basin, located north of Old Faithful, are temporarily closed due to a hydrothermal explosion that occurred July 23. Park staff will reopen the area once deemed safe. The Grand Loop Road remains open.

 
Surprising how many people stayed behind and didn't run. Maybe they didn't think much about the falling rocks and scalding water being ejected nearby?
 
I'll just clarify without modifying the topic title. Apparently this wasn't any known geyser. It was a hot spring where it's likely that steam built up and then it went kablooey. Obviously this is what happens over the years - these features are constantly changing.

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Owen Lucas said:
Surprising how many people stayed behind and didn't run. Maybe they didn't think much about the falling rocks and scalding water being ejected nearby?
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The water may not be that bad because it cools quickly. I've actually been near a large geyser erupting, and nobody was getting scalded although it was basically only a mist where people were watching.

But rocks expelled into the air are still rocks. I'm still wondering what happened here. I'm hoping it wasn't a result of debris thrown into the pool, which is a pretty common thing although there's natural debris that ends up in pools.
 
clinebarger said:
Highly recommend it....Went to Yellowstone last October....500 miles plus within the park over 3 days.
If I had to do it over.....Lodge in different spots as I had to drive back to West Yellowstone, MT everyday.
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Last time I visited we stayed in three different locations in the park. One of them is gone. The cheapest location was $74 a night. I think the cheapest was maybe $52 a night, although for that we managed to get a cabin on short notice rather than driving all the way to West Yellowstone for our last night in the park. Some of them didn't have an included bathroom, and it wasn't that great going out early morning, especially with all the mosquitoes active. But overall the shared bathrooms were nicer than the ones inside the cabins. The ones in our cabins looked old, while the shared ones looked like they were constantly updated.
 
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