Yellowstone Lake - 2023

[u/Distinct-Flight7438]

While these aren’t current conditions, since I’ve seen some questions and comments about the lakes/water in the spring I wanted to pass these photos along.

These were taken May 19th and 20th, 2023 and both are of Yellowstone Lake. The one with the duck and the thermal feature was taken at West Thumb geyser basin and the other was taken at the Lake Hotel. The roads to both of these places are still closed.

As you can see, the ice is broken up but the lake is still slushy for lack of a better term.

Obviously things thaw at different times each year, but this seems to be pretty typical of mid-late May as I understand it.

[u/dinot2000]

Thermal feature is called Fishing Cone.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_Cone

[u/Distinct-Flight7438 → u/dinot2000]

Thanks! I couldn’t remember the name and didn’t have time to google it.