[1. 簡介] [2. 旅遊建議/食宿交通] [3. Sightseeing] [4. Winter Activities] [5. Wildlife Watching] [6. Day Hiking] [7. Other Activities] [8. Who's Who in the Park] [9. More about the Park] [10. 感想]
6. Day Hiking
[6-1. Mount Washburn] [6-2. Artists Paintpots] [6-3. Trails at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone] [6-4. Natural Bridge] [6-5. Ranger-Led Hike: Lupine Loop Walk] [6-6. Mystic Falls] [6-7. Bunsen Peak] [6-8. Beaver Ponds Loop] [6-9. Lone Star Geyser] [6-10. The Hoodoos] [6-11. Petrified Trees of Specimen Ridge] [6-12. Pelican Creek Nature Trail] [6-13. Cascade Lake] [6-14. Monument Geyser Basin] [6-15. Fairy Falls/Imperial Geyser] [6-16. Elephant Back Mountain] [6-17. Hellroaring Creek] [6-18. Yellowstone River Overlook] [6-19. Trout Lake] [6-20. Riddle Lake] [6-21. Point Sublime] [6-22. Storm Point] [6-23. Lake Overlook] [6-24. Wraith Falls] [6-25. Little Gibbon Falls] [6-26. Osprey Falls] [6-27. Narrow Gauge Terrace] [6-28. Slough Creek] [6-29. Harlequin Lake]
6-24. Wraith Falls
Figure 6-24.1: Wraith Falls的步道口。
Figure 6-24.2: 沿路是典型的郊遊類型景觀，天空因為森林野火而有些灰濛濛。
Figure 6-24.3: 這個橋跨過的小溪是Lupine Creek，雖然沿路沒看到太多lupine。
Figure 6-24.4: Wraith Falls離步道終點有一段距離，只能遠遠欣賞。
Figure 6-24.5: 這瀑布的水比較是滑下而不是自由落下。
Figure 6-24.6: 步道沿路有不少野花，這是步道終點看到的fireweed。
Wraith Falls是離Mammoth Hot Springs不遠的一個瀑布，往Tower Junction這個方向開個約十分鐘就會在馬路上看到這個步道的指示。步道口的停車場不算小，而這步道也不算熱門，應該不太會有停車的問題，我早上不算早的時間到只看到一台還是二台車。
公園Northern Range這區的步道景觀都非常類似，大都是大草原加上樹林，屬於踏青郊遊的類型。來回Wraith Falls的距離只有1 mile，整段路大致是平的，只有在最後到達瀑布前要稍微往上爬一小段距離。如果隨隊有年紀還小的小朋友，這會是個很適合的步道，只要當時不要太熱，小朋友自己應該可以順利完成整趟來回。這次在七月中走原以為會很乾，但比想像中好很多，沿路的野花狀況還不錯。
不確定當時的人為何以幽靈為這瀑布命名，今人只能猜測。Wraith Falls的類型跟Norris Junction附近的Gibbon Falls類似，水比較是滑下而不是以自由落體的方式落下，不過瀑布的規模以及水勢沒Gibbon Falls那麼大；此外，Wraith Falls離步道終點還有點距離，只能遠遠觀賞，隨身帶個望遠鏡還是長鏡頭會有幫助。
這不是個非走不可的步道，一開始也只被我列為optional。因為公園外的森林野火使得這時候的天空受到很大的影響，原本計畫在Beartooth Highway的一些有開闊風景的hiking活動因此取消。我估計Wraith Falls這步道受到的影響較小，所以走這一趟，完成後我覺得這是個好決定。
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[6-1. Mount Washburn] [6-2. Artists Paintpots] [6-3. Trails at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone] [6-4. Natural Bridge] [6-5. Ranger-Led Hike: Lupine Loop Walk] [6-6. Mystic Falls] [6-7. Bunsen Peak] [6-8. Beaver Ponds Loop] [6-9. Lone Star Geyser] [6-10. The Hoodoos] [6-11. Petrified Trees of Specimen Ridge] [6-12. Pelican Creek Nature Trail] [6-13. Cascade Lake] [6-14. Monument Geyser Basin] [6-15. Fairy Falls/Imperial Geyser] [6-16. Elephant Back Mountain] [6-17. Hellroaring Creek] [6-18. Yellowstone River Overlook] [6-19. Trout Lake] [6-20. Riddle Lake] [6-21. Point Sublime] [6-22. Storm Point] [6-23. Lake Overlook] [6-24. Wraith Falls] [6-25. Little Gibbon Falls] [6-26. Osprey Falls] [6-27. Narrow Gauge Terrace] [6-28. Slough Creek] [6-29. Harlequin Lake]
[1. 簡介] [2. 旅遊建議/食宿交通] [3. Sightseeing] [4. Winter Activities] [5. Wildlife Watching] [6. Day Hiking] [7. Other Activities] [8. Who's Who in the Park] [9. More about the Park] [10. 感想]
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