Mystic Falls
Mystic Falls is a pleasant cascading waterfall tumbling some 70ft on the Little Firehole River. While you can do a very long loop hike encompassing Fairy Falls, we did the more modest 4 miles out-and-back return hike from the Biscuit Geyser Basin (see driving directions below). Basically, we hiked the first 3/4-miles within the Biscuit Basin where we probably took much longer than we anticipated just being mesmorized by the color of the thermal pools and the hope of catching a geyser in eruption here. Right across from the Avoca Spring, the trail official begins.
Julie and I did notice some steam coming out of the upper tiers of the falls, which we reckon has to do with the presence of some geothermal activity in the area. However, we didn't go any further as this viewpoint was our turnaround point of the hike. [Back to top]  The Sapphire Pool in the Biscuit Basin Watching the Jewel Geyser trying to go off As far along the stream as we went before we realized the official trail climbed higher than where we deviated from it Ephemeral waterfall near Mystic Falls We encountered some foul conditions on this day, but this rainbow was the reward for that clearing storm. This was seen downstream from the falls One last look at the falls as we descended and headed back to the trailhead An elk we saw grazing across the riverView Larger Map TRIP REPORTSGUIDEBOOKS / OTHER RESOURCESNEARBY WATERFALLSHave You Been To This Waterfall?
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At this point, the trail gently climbs as it goes through a more forested scene (well, at least as forested as a burnt forest can be) before eventually getting close to the Little Firehole River on which the falls flows. We managed to get a subpar view from near the stream itself before we finally figured out that the official trail continued to climb higher up the steep hill eventually culminating in a nice top-down view of the falls (as seen in the photo at the top of this page).
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