JACKSON HOLE, WYO – Steamboat Geyser is at it again. The unpredictable feature in the Norris Geyser Basin area of Yellowstone National Park is on a spewing spree like maybe never before in its history.
The world’s tallest active geyser has been very active, erupting again this morning at 9:04am to the delight of dozens of onlookers.
After being dormant since 2014, the sleeping giant awoke March 15, 2018 at 5:30am. No one saw it. Park roads were closed for spring plowing. There were maybe a dozen park employees patrolling the 2.2 million acres of Yellowstone at the time. A data sensor caught the phenomenon.
That was the first eruption of Steamboat in three and a half years. Since then, it’s become ‘old faithful.’ The geyser that has been so erratic in its timing it once went some 50 years between water shows (1911-1961) has now popped its cork six times (April 19, April 27, May 4, and May 13, and May 19) since the March wakeup call, and appears to be on a 6-8 day schedule of sorts.
