| Note ID | Start Time (US/Mountain) | End Time (US/Mountain) | Entrant | Note |
| 16295 |
28 Sep 2020 @ 0834 |
28 Sep 2020 @ 0848 |
bbev |
1D, 22hrs PE; Quietly steaming on cool 20° morning. Cistern also steamy. Can hear water and only able to see vigorous boiling by standing on middle rail in front of the spring. |
| 16291 |
27 Sep 2020 @ 1605 |
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cb |
1D 5.5H PE. Steamboat is gently steaming and Cistern has completed drained. No sounds or steam on this chilly fall day! |
| 16277 |
26 Sep 2020 @ 1655 |
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cb |
6H 20M in the eruption. SB is still roaring steam, no water and not as powerful as I've seen in the past at this time. |
| 16253 |
25 Sep 2020 @ 0830 |
25 Sep 2020 @ 1745 |
cb |
2 nice minors that could have lead to an eruption but NV just doesn't have the juice/umph/upsie to push through a good vertical minor to take it all the way to eruption. One at 1133 that put a solid 4.5 (5 is eruption)down the runoff at the footbridge and had many up on their feet shouting! Another at 1418 that could have been a start but just didn't have what it needed! Both had tall vertical SV that put a raging river down its runoff channel. Cistern Spring is still VERY low and overflowing only out of the established channel to the south. The scalloped edges and biscuits are WAY exposed. (1.5") Very chilly and windy day. |
| 16247 |
24 Sep 2020 @ 0730 |
24 Sep 2020 @ 1900 |
cb |
A good concerted minor at 0808 this morning that put a raging river down SV. Some events during the day that were mediocre. Activity picked up at 1630 with tall vertical NV and good SV runoff. 1745 nice CNVVSVH++ and another around 1830 as I was getting ready to leave. Cistern Spring water level is very low. It is only overflowing from the established channels to the south and on the backside. Most of the platform is dry where is is normally wet with overflow. Scalloped edges and biscuits around the edge of the pool are exposed. hum.... |
| 16245 |
24 Sep 2020 @ 0700 |
24 Sep 2020 @ 1710 |
bbev |
Some improvement from yesterday. Concerted vertical with heavy runoff every 1-3 hours, but nothing following other than angled minors with weak runoff. |
| 16234 |
22 Sep 2020 @ 0900 |
22 Sep 2020 @ 2000 |
cb |
SB had a few nice minors at 1144,1542 and a nice thick minor at 1829. Alot of concerted play again today with decent water levels as the day progressed. |
| 16223 |
21 Sep 2020 @ 1715 |
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cb |
5D 5.5H. PE. SB SV runoff channel has water to Tantalus creek. Water has not reached the grassy knoll. Debris are still scattered all down SV channel. Frequent SV angled minors to 10'. NV angled and a few vertical bounces to 20'. A trickle of water down the back shoulder and the back runoff channel is damp. ~75% 0f the play is concerted. |
| 16216 |
21 Sep 2020 @ 0843 |
21 Sep 2020 @ 0903 |
bbev |
4D, 21hrs PE: very foggy this morning, SB grumbling, NV angled jetting to 20'. SV runoff damp. Can hear SV splashing with trickle coming down runoff. Trickle of runoff at bridge, with water making its way down middle channel below the bridge. Trough mostly clear of gravel, with some build up just under the bridge. Difficult to see, but l do not think there is any water on shoulder or back channel. Cistern just lapping at scalloped edges of pool. |
| 16204 |
20 Sep 2020 @ 0944 |
20 Sep 2020 @ 1030 |
cb |
3D 22H PE. Steamboat is lightly grumbling and steamy. SV runoff channel has a very thin area of dampness that extends about 10' from the vent. (most likely from rain last night) 1 NV splash during my observation. Nothing from SV. |
| 16190 |
19 Sep 2020 @ 0915 |
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cb |
2D21.5H PE. Steamboat is gently steaming and the platform is bone dry. (observed before the rain has started) Cistern Spring is overflowing to the south, backside and into the muddy pool but not to the NW toward Veteran. (looks to be in early overflow.) |
| 16140 |
15 Sep 2020 @ 1812 |
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Graham |
At least 4 vertical surges between 0715 and 1945 with the strongest activity ~1400. Runoff has been fine. It just hasn't erupted yet. |
| 16137 |
14 Sep 2020 @ 1941 |
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Graham |
Several good pushes and vertical. North vent dominated. It has potential to erupt whenever it wants or not. |
| 16124 |
14 Sep 2020 @ 0833 |
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bbev |
4D, 17.5hrs SV runoff a steady, light flow. Back shoulder and back runoff have water. Strong, tall, angled 25' NV when l arrived. SV active to 15-20'. Runoff at steerage is light and trough is unchanged from yesterday morning. Real smokey again today |
| 16114 |
13 Sep 2020 @ 1730 |
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cb |
4D2.5H.PE. SV runoff channel is damp and still has lots of debris scattered in the channel. Back shoulder/channel, Jabba, ET are bone dry. SV runoff channel at the foot bridge is dry as far up the channel as I can see. Some angled, wispy 15' - 25' NV jets. Occational SV angled, 10' jets. Some concerted but not much water in either. Cistern Spring is the same as this morning. |
| 16098 |
13 Sep 2020 @ 0831 |
13 Sep 2020 @ 0857 |
bbev |
3D, 17.5hrs PE: Some splashing from NV. Trickle coming down SV channel, with very little splashing out of the vent. No water on back shoulder or back channel. Channel is dry at steerage and trough is mostly empty of gravel. Cistern overflowing into muddy pool and just covering scalloped edges. Smokey today! |
| 16089 |
12 Sep 2020 @ 1700 |
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cb |
3D2H PE. No change since this mornings report. |
| 16087 |
12 Sep 2020 @ 1130 |
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cb |
2D20.5H PE. SB is gently huffing. Entire platform bone dry. Did see 1 very small SV splash. Cistern Spring is in overflow on all sides with a moderate boil. |
| 16051 |
11 Sep 2020 @ 0850 |
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cb |
1D17H PE. SB platform is dry. Cistern Spring is rising. Just starting to refill. water level still WAY down in the tube. Not visable because of steam and water depth so far down in the tube but I can hear the boil. |
| 16024 |
08 Sep 2020 @ 0630 |
08 Sep 2020 @ 1950 |
Graham |
Nothing exciting again today or rwported last night. South Vent did improve and join in with North after around 1600. Nothing vertical though. |
| 16025 |
08 Sep 2020 @ 0800 |
08 Sep 2020 @ 1930 |
cb |
NV seemed to dominate the day with nothing but angled jetting. No vertical play except for a very slight spray around 1700ish. SV was hard to view from any angle for most of the day due to the cold, snowy, steamy conditions that blew SB steam toward the platforms and down toward the foot bridge. SV play & runoff picked up around 1530 with some better runoff and loud percussive grumbling. NV continued its nearly constant play till I left at 1930. |
| 16026 |
08 Sep 2020 @ 1200 |
08 Sep 2020 @ 1900 |
underarockphoto |
You know the Fan and Mortar notes “angle never quit”?
North essentially didn’t stop for several hours. Nearly perpetual angled jetting that alternated between wispy and heavy. Pauses occasionally. One seasoned observer likened it to “wild phase” activity just bleeding energy off the system all day. Absolutely NO signs of a disturbance. |
| 16023 |
08 Sep 2020 @ 1220 |
08 Sep 2020 @ 1515 |
bbev |
Very little water out of SV. NV was all angled and l saw no vertical from either vent. Someone said, "lt looks like it is stuck"! |
| 16020 |
08 Sep 2020 @ 0945 |
08 Sep 2020 @ 1215 |
jkgood |
Didn’t observe anything truly attention grabbing all morning. Best wishes y’all! |
| 16016 |
07 Sep 2020 @ 0600 |
07 Sep 2020 @ 1800 |
Graham |
No minors strong enough to get anyone excited. Left before dark due to the snow. |
| 16011 |
07 Sep 2020 @ 1600 |
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Kitt B |
No Steamboat as off 1600. Weather started deteriorating around 1500 switching from rain to sleet to snow with steam from the geyser heading either toward the main platform or toward the bridge. Viability was poor most of the afternoon. Saw continuous line of vehicles from Madison intersection to Fountain Flats due to a small herd near the road plus one lone bison in the canyon. |
| 16014 |
07 Sep 2020 @ 0000 |
07 Sep 2020 @ 0630 |
underarockphoto |
Steamboat continued its activity over night. At 0047 and 0048 a large minor event got Ben and I’d attention. NV was vertical and sustained around 40’ with SV dumping enough water to move most gravel out of the runoff. This event repeated at 0114. Somewhere around 0420 while Hope Brooks and I were surveying baselines at Decker Island and Decker 2 another minor put enough water to cover the grassy knoll. At 0400 the wind shifted and I moved from the Upper platform to Steerage to avoid being clobbered by a surprise eruption. Runoff was a steady babbling brook from 0430 to around 0615 at which time it began slowly dropping to a trickle.
The behavior pattern where SV would build in size and volume over the span of an hour, ending in a large concerted minor eruption (usually angled but sometimes vertical) happened four times with the ending minors happening at 0048, 0213, 0330, and 0430. By 0700 this pattern seemed largely gone. It was very easily noticeable from the upper platform by watching the steam in SVs runoff gradually increase in volume and length towards steerage.
On a tangential note: the night sit was wonderful, warm and dry. The moon lit everything up, and some passing meteor shower produced large and slow fireballs once every ten to twenty minutes. |
| 16015 |
06 Sep 2020 @ 0800 |
06 Sep 2020 @ 2359 |
underarockphoto |
At 0800 runoff at Steerage was barely a trickle and the runoff only went a few yards past the bridge. By 0900 the runoff had widened considerably and around 1100 there was finally a minor which fully wet the runoff channels and moved debris. NV rapidly began producing large minors with semi-frequent thick and vertical minors - but SV was no where to be found. SV slowly began increasing in volume throughout the day. A cycle developed where NV appeared to be in control, dragging SV along with it. This cycle ended abruptly around 1900 when SV apparently decided it was ready to play and there were three consecutive minors where SV was fountaining up to 35’ and North had repeated vertical surges. Ben and I moved to Decker after this to be in position to measure the starting surge just in case. For the next five hours minors were well defined and promising enough that we stayed well after dark. The cycle of NV pulling along SV ended after the minors of 1900 and it appeared SV was in control and dragging along NV with it in a cycle that progressed in definition over the next several hours. Minors that appeared capable of initiating an erupting occurred around 1900, 20:35, and 23:00. None had any follow ups.
The observations in these comments are entirely my own and do not reflect the observations of all present obsevers. They are posted solely for historical documentation. Any use by the reader is solely at their own discretion and choice. |
| 15996 |
06 Sep 2020 @ 0700 |
06 Sep 2020 @ 0715 |
SteveO |
Weak jetting from NV & SV. Runoff channel wet to 20' past the bridge, just a little trickle coming down. |
| 15986 |
05 Sep 2020 @ 1914 |
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cb |
3D22h40M. PE. SV runoff is damp 30' down the channel from the vent. DAMP is the key word here. SV channel at the foot bridge is DRY! Back shoulder is dry as is the back channel, ET & Jabba. Some occasional minor splashing out of both vents. SV 5' wispy splash. NV Angled 10' - 15' wispy jet. Sounds very "airy" much like this time last interval. Cistern Spring is overflowing on all sides with a weak (flooded) boil. |
| 16010 |
05 Sep 2020 @ 0904 |
05 Sep 2020 @ 1007 |
underarockphoto |
SUMMARY: Steamboat is slowly waking up with wispy angled North Vent jets to 20-40' and South to 6'. Minors are distinct with periods of quiet between them. Minors tend to begin with grumbling huffs. Water is slowly starting down the runoff channel. No signs of a disturbance.
Original Notes
0904, Emerald, clear and calm
0907, NV, angled and wispy, 10ft
0913, NV, wispy and angled, 10ft
0914, Cistern, light boil overflow on all three sides
0916, NV wispy jets. Again at 0917, 0920
0918, Crater Spring, clear and calm
0919, Tantalus, clear and calm
0926, SV 2ft wisp
0929, NV angled to 20ft and SV to 3ft
0935, SV wisp
0940, water slowly going down runoff channel
0941, angled NV to 10ft
0947, NV vertical to 40ft no SV
0954, angled NV to 30ft SV to 4
1007, NV angled to 40ft SV to 8ft runoff 'front' pushed a foot. |
| 15968 |
05 Sep 2020 @ 0850 |
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bbev |
3D 12hrs pe: SB quiet, only spritz jetting from NV seen once during brief observation. SV channel bone dry. |
| 15961 |
04 Sep 2020 @ 1934 |
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cb |
2D23H PE. Steamboat is gently steaming. Entire platform is dry. Cistern Spring is overflowing on all sides. |
| 15942 |
03 Sep 2020 @ 1805 |
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cb |
1D21.5H PE. Steamboat is gently steaming. Platform completely dry. Cistern Spring is filling and the water level ~1.5' below the inner tube rim. It has a 1 point blue-ping :) (blooping) boil! |
| 15926 |
31 Aug 2020 @ 1950 |
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cb |
5D2H15m PE. Steamboat has improved a bit from this morning. SV runoff channel has water flowing to the footbridge. The debris has moved ~10' down from the vent and is in small groupings directly across from the middle platform. Not enough strong minors to push them down to the trough yet. SV had a few 5' splashes and NV had some angled 25' jets, some that were "airy" and others that had more water in them but all in all the platform was not very impressive tonight. See what tomorrow brings! |
| 15907 |
31 Aug 2020 @ 0916 |
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cb |
4D15H40m PE. SV runoff channel is wet but no water running down the channel and it still has lots of debris in it from the last eruption. The rain/snow had just started when I arrived. Looks like some overnight minors have dampened SV channel yet I didn't see much out of either vent in the 15 minutes I was there. SV had 1 small splash and one NV 10' angled, airy, mostly steamy jet. |
| 15900 |
30 Aug 2020 @ 1721 |
30 Aug 2020 @ 1741 |
cb |
4D PE. So...Platform and all vents, runoff channels, ET, Jabba are all bone dry! Some mild grumbling with an occational SV puffball, airy, 3' splash. Nothing out of NV but occational airy, wispy pushes of steam. |
| 15896 |
30 Aug 2020 @ 1006 |
30 Aug 2020 @ 1040 |
cb |
3D16.5H PE. SB is starting to grumble with occational huffs of steam. no water in either vent yet. Entire platform is dry. @ 1032 there was a small angled jet from NV & @ 1035 a concerted 15' angled jet from NV with 5' SV. Again @ 1038. Water is back into the system! Cistern Spring is overflowing on all sides with a vigorous boil. It is an opalescent turquoise blue color. |
| 15799 |
29 Aug 2020 @ 1320 |
29 Aug 2020 @ 1436 |
cb |
2D 21H PE. Platform and vents are dry. Cistern Spring is overflowing on the south end (toward Echinis) and over the blackside. Just BARELY a trickle over NW side (toward Veteran). Pool is clear blue in color with a moderate boil. |
| 15764 |
28 Aug 2020 @ 1136 |
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cb |
1D18H PE. STEAMBOAT is gently steaming. Platform is dry. Cistern Spring is on the rise. water level is not visable yet, (~9' below the rim of the inner tube.) It is very steamy and has an audible roiling, vigorous boil that is putting up an impressive steam cloud. |
| 15735 |
26 Aug 2020 @ 2112 |
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hurleyintjl |
Left at 2045, no pauses or restarts observed |
| 15728 |
25 Aug 2020 @ 2045 |
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Tara |
NO Steamboat yet as of this time. Many isolated strong minors throughout the day, many folks left at 2030 as a storm moved into the Norris area. |
| 15721 |
23 Aug 2020 @ 1700 |
23 Aug 2020 @ 1715 |
cb |
SB platform is still dry as a bone! Some very weak angled play from both vents. SV - 5', NV - 8'. No water in SV runoff channel at all. Cistern Spring is in overflow with a mediocre boil. 1815 walked by again and SV has 5' thin trail of water/dampness that is just starting to extend down from the vent. Back Shoulder, back channel, Jabba all bone dry. |
| 15694 |
23 Aug 2020 @ 0623 |
23 Aug 2020 @ 0634 |
ypcaribou |
Two whispy, short, angled, random NV. Mostly just huffing. Vents just barely wet. channel bone dry. Cistern in overflow and a milky blue. |
| 15683 |
22 Aug 2020 @ 1549 |
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cb |
2D13H PE. Platform is dry and SB is gently steaming. no water or sounds. Cistern Spring is in overflow with a weak boil |
| 15674 |
21 Aug 2020 @ 2004 |
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cb |
1D17H PE. SB is gently huffing. Cistern spring is 6' below overflow |
| 15660 |
20 Aug 2020 @ 1724 |
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cb |
14H 24M PE. SB is huffing steam from both vents. no water and platform is completely dry. Cistern Spring's pool is down ~1.5' from the rim of the inner tube. The pool is calm and a opalescent steel blue color. |
| 15654 |
19 Aug 2020 @ 1000 |
19 Aug 2020 @ 2000 |
cb |
5D5H PE. Water levels improved exponentially overnight and we had some nice minors with good runoff throughout the day. One minor that started just as a thunderstorm was passing us and it got many of us up on our feet coaching it to start but alas, it did not. Good minors after that but "no Steamboat yet". |
| 15638 |
18 Aug 2020 @ 1000 |
18 Aug 2020 @ 1030 |
cb |
SB is just starting to get water into the platform. Only 1 CNVSV minor that had a small amount of water discharged @ 1024. SV runoff channel is damp ~30' down the channel as viewed from the middle deck. SV channel is bone dry at the foot bridge looking up the channel toward the vents. Back shoulder and back channels are bone dry. @ 1330 SV water had still not reached the foot bridge. @1712 SV runoff channel has a THIN trickle of water at foot bridge. At middle deck some CNVSV minors that put a wee bit of water down the channel but not enough to move the small rocks and debris at all. Back shoulder has a few thin, damp areas but not much and zero water in the back channel. **FYI the Norris basin, parking lot and road will be closed at 1800 tonight thru ~1000 tomorrow morning to move new exhibits into the museum. Please be considerate of this closure! |
| 15630 |
17 Aug 2020 @ 1927 |
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cb |
3D 4H PE. Steamboats platform has not changed much since yesterday evening. Some wispy minor play from NV (one 5' angled jet) and 1 SV 2' spray. The whole platform is completely dry! Cistern Spring is overflowing in all directions with a vigorous boil |
| 15617 |
17 Aug 2020 @ 0749 |
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bbev |
2D, 16hrs PE; Quiet and steaming on cool morning. Runoff channel bone dry, no water seen. |
| 15612 |
16 Aug 2020 @ 1859 |
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cb |
2D3.5H PE. SB is quietly steaming. A faint gurgling sound from NV. No water in the platform yet. Cistern Spring is in overflow with average boil and it is a cloudy turquoise color. FYI, the no-see-ums and deer flies are out in force! |
| 15594 |
16 Aug 2020 @ 0840 |
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cb |
1D17H PE. STEAMBOAT is gently steaming away. no water yet. platform dry. slight grumbling. Cistern Spring is refilling and the pool is ~1' below the inner tube rim. It has a vigorous boil. |
| 15572 |
14 Aug 2020 @ 1945 |
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ypcaribou |
4h 15m PE (approx) - Steam cloud barely visible above ttees from Elk Park. |
| 15500 |
10 Aug 2020 @ 1500 |
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William |
16h PE: Steadily billowing fluffy steam with occasional weak puffs out of NV. Some water still pooled in the runoff as viewed from middle deck. Cistern is 1.5-2' below the inner tube, with a bright blue color. Wind direction caused the area of boardwalk between Cistern and the bench before Steerage to be coated with .25" of pine needles and dirt. Muddy pool is particularly full with water. |
| 15498 |
10 Aug 2020 @ 0800 |
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KarlH |
9 hrs post eruption, constant water erupting to 50-70 feet from NV, 20-30 feet from SV. |
| 15468 |
09 Aug 2020 @ 0600 |
09 Aug 2020 @ 1230 |
jkgood |
Activity seems largely the same as yesterday so far. A single nice minor at ~11:30, and seemed to perk up a bit afterward, some good grumbles and pops. Had to head out hope it lights up for y’all! |
| 15453 |
07 Aug 2020 @ 1200 |
07 Aug 2020 @ 2110 |
cb |
Steamboat was really lackluster this afternoon. SV had not moved the small piles of pepples down the SV channel that were from the previous eruption. Play from both vents improved around 1600. Taller more sustained jetting from both vents, a few were vertical, that produced some babbling brooks. Cistern Spring has a VIGOROUS boil and overflowing on all sides. |
| 15456 |
07 Aug 2020 @ 0900 |
07 Aug 2020 @ 2000 |
KarlH |
Overall a quiet day at Steamboat. The quiet overflow previously reported was the rule of the day, with some activity picking up around 1400 and about every two hours after that. Between 1600 and 1700 there were some minors that started to move a little of the gravel at the top of the runoff channel, but even that remained when the Hoppes left around 2000. Best activity of the day to that point was the last hour, but vertical activity was essentially non existent today. |
| 15422 |
07 Aug 2020 @ 0620 |
07 Aug 2020 @ 0740 |
Suzanne |
South Vent minors producing light runoff in the channel. Occasional angled thin splashing from North. Nothing voluminous yet. |
| 15420 |
06 Aug 2020 @ 1500 |
06 Aug 2020 @ 1700 |
KarlH |
Runoff channels dry. I would describe minor activity as quite whispy. |
| 15393 |
05 Aug 2020 @ 2003 |
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cb |
2D10H PE. SB platform is completely dry. Some gentle grumbling with some huffing. Cistern Spring is in overflow with a vigorous boil. |
| 15358 |
04 Aug 2020 @ 0857 |
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cb |
23H PE. SB is gently steaming. Cistern Spring is empty, no steam (on this chilly morning) no sounds. |
| 15139 |
01 Aug 2020 @ 1814 |
01 Aug 2020 @ 1904 |
cb |
2D 17H PE. Water has really NOT come back into the system. Platform is dry! 3 SV 4' spritz. 2 NV 8' wispy, angled jets. All channels + back shoulder, Jabba is DRY! ET is moist. Some very faint grumbling. Cistern Spring is in overflow on all sides with a mediocre boil. It is a opalescent, cloudy, turquoise color |
| 15102 |
25 Jul 2020 @ 1303 |
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cb |
1D PE. SB is quiet, just gently steaming. platform dry. Cistern Spring is Drained (pool empty). No water, no sounds, no steam. |
| 15094 |
24 Jul 2020 @ 1845 |
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cb |
5H 50M in the eruption. Both vents are still forcefully in steam. NV has a wisp of water/steam mix. NV runoff channel has a nice stream of water flowing to the foot path. SV runoff channel is mostly dry as is the back shoulder and the back runoff channel. Cistern Spring has dropped ~2' below overflow. pool is clear and calm. |
| 15089 |
23 Jul 2020 @ 1157 |
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cb |
4D PE. Improved activity from last night. Mostly concerted activity with some NVV w bounce and SV has had some fountaining with babbling brook down its channel. Back shoulder is wet with a trickle of water into the back channel. Fairly consistent runoff at the foot bridge. |
| 15087 |
22 Jul 2020 @ 1955 |
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cb |
3D18H15M PE. At noon the SV channel was dry according to a trusted friend. Water came into the SV channel at about 1730 with 10' - 25' splashes from SV. NV 25' - 30' angled jetting. 2000 channel is wet with a trickle of water and lots of debris still on SV channel. 2009 NVV with a bounce and V jet. Back shoulder has a very thin area of moisture. No water in back run off channel. Very thin trickle of water in SV channel at the foot bridge. |
| 15071 |
21 Jul 2020 @ 1940 |
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cb |
2D8H PE. No water yet. Platform, channels dry. |
| 15062 |
21 Jul 2020 @ 0810 |
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cb |
1D 20.5H PE. Steamboat is gently huffing big billows of steam, no water, channels dry. 41° this morning. Cistern Spring is in overflow. To steamy to see the pool. |
| 15044 |
20 Jul 2020 @ 0750 |
20 Jul 2020 @ 0811 |
bbev |
20hrs PE; Heavy steam on cold morning, quiet, with no water seen. Runoff is now dry! It was not dry at 1800 yesterday as reported. |
| 15041 |
19 Jul 2020 @ 1840 |
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cb |
7H Into the eruption. SB is in mixed water steam phase. NV mix of steam and water 40' continuously. SV is huffing tall billows of steam also continuously. SV runoff channel is wet with lots of pooling water in low depressions and a thin trickle of water all the way down the main channel to the foot bridge. Cistern Spring's pool has dropped ~2.5' below overflow. Pool is clear and mostly calm with the exception of 1 point of small ping pong ball sized bubbles that occasionally break the surface. |
| 15025 |
17 Jul 2020 @ 1830 |
17 Jul 2020 @ 2045 |
cb |
SB water levels have improved somewhat from this morning. There is a thin river of constant water at the foot bridge and water in the main channels extending into the delta beyond the bridge. Play is mostly all angled minors from both vents. Some concerted play. Some SV fountaining. NV ~35' - SV ~20'. 1901 stronger CNVSV with a weak babbling brook. 1920 NVV bounce. 1940 NVV bounce. Some better CNVSV from both vents in the 1920 - 2030 hour that was taller and thicker with bounce. |
| 15020 |
17 Jul 2020 @ 1154 |
17 Jul 2020 @ 1230 |
bbev |
3D, 16hrs PE; Barely a trickle of water at steerage. Some concerted play, nothing vertical seen. Back shoulder has start of a trickle, but not making it anywhere near far runoff channel. Noticeably quiet with no huffing or rumbling accompanying minor play. |
| 15011 |
16 Jul 2020 @ 2006 |
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udo |
3D 0H water levels high everywhere except SB, which was huffing with totally dry runoff channels and not even spritzing. Crater Spring and Root Pool are high and hot. Tantalus hitting 6" or so. Cistern Spring boiling vigorously and overflowing in all directions even filling the left overflow pond. Despite decent breeze H2S odor was often strong. |
| 15009 |
16 Jul 2020 @ 2004 |
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cb |
3D PE. SB is very quiet. Just gently steaming. Platform and channels are completely dry. Cistern Spring is in overflow with a very vigorous, blooping boil! |
| 14977 |
14 Jul 2020 @ 0936 |
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cb |
13.5H PE. SB is still fotcefully huffing steam. no water in either vent. Cistern Spring water level has dropped ~1' below the inner tube rim. pool is a opalescent blue color and calm. |
| 14975 |
13 Jul 2020 @ 2038 |
13 Jul 2020 @ 2210 |
Ben VL |
We had left around 1945 as a rainstorm came in. We got a pretty sunset with deep red and gray all around us. Arrived about 2038 with NV bursting dirty water. Wind shifted to the platforms and back away again. We got restarts at 2122, 2128, & 2139. Wind shifted back to the platforms at 2140. Wind shifted back to the restart area just after we walked away. One more restart seen from the dip at 2159. We left shortly after that. |
| 14974 |
13 Jul 2020 @ 0930 |
13 Jul 2020 @ 1600 |
cb |
SB had some nice concerted minors this morning that had NVV with a SV babbling brook. One at 1219 that had 3 consecutive, back to back, CNVV minors with a SV babbling brook. Nothing much after that and very little consistent water flowing down the SV runoff channel the rest of the afternoon. ** 1700 I went back down to check on SB and still not much water consistently running down SVRO channel, weak minors with hardly any runoff. SB proves me wrong! |
| 14970 |
13 Jul 2020 @ 0735 |
13 Jul 2020 @ 0800 |
bbev |
3D, 21hrs PE; Improved from last night, more concerted play with some vert from NV. Better SV runoff. Difficult to see if there is any water coming down back shoulder. |
| 14963 |
12 Jul 2020 @ 1910 |
12 Jul 2020 @ 1943 |
bbev |
3D, 8.5 hrs PE; very light SV runoff and minimal play from either vent. Not much change from this morning other than very slight increase in SV runoff IMO. Some better play just as we were leaving, very little bounce. |
| 14959 |
12 Jul 2020 @ 0736 |
12 Jul 2020 @ 0803 |
bbev |
2D, 21 hrs PE; Concerted minor as l walked up, with NV jetting 20'. Very light, steady runoff in SV and on back shoulder. Very steamy on a cool morning. Fairly quiet with an occasional huff proceeding a wispy NV minor. CS is high, water level just over scalloped edges. Trickle of runoff at steerage which is just clearing the milky water in trough. Here we go again! |
| 14956 |
11 Jul 2020 @ 1830 |
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cb |
2D 17H 45m. SB is still just gently steaming with a low grumbling. 1837 wispy and airy NV 5' jet. All channels, Jabba, ET are dry. |
| 14944 |
11 Jul 2020 @ 0920 |
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cb |
1D 22.5H PE. SB is huffing billows of steam from both vents. SV has tiny bit of water in it, just enough to dampen ET. All other areas, channels are dry. Cistern Spring is in overflow in all directions. |
| 14929 |
10 Jul 2020 @ 1854 |
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cb |
1D 8H PE. SB is steaming. 1 big SV huff of steam at 1856, but no water, dry channels. Cistern Spring ~ 1.5' below the rim of the inner tube with a vigorous boil. |
| 14923 |
10 Jul 2020 @ 1210 |
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bbev |
1D, 1hr PE; SB quiet and steamy. Trough empty of gravel except in channel just under bridge. CS appears mostly drained. Water barely visible from lower boardwalk. No steam no sound. What water that is visible appears clear, light blue. |
| 14917 |
09 Jul 2020 @ 1048 |
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Kelsey (Kelsie Frey) |
I was there and recorded the whole thing. Will be putting it on YouTube. |
| 14912 |
08 Jul 2020 @ 0630 |
08 Jul 2020 @ 2250 |
Ben VL |
Activity started out poorer than yesterday evening. Picked up after noon. Several nice minors throughout the afternoon with sustained, thick and sometimes tall vertical out of NV and 4-5 runoff out of SV. Large event at 2041 with heavy sustained NV vertical and 5 runoff. |
| 14906 |
07 Jul 2020 @ 1650 |
07 Jul 2020 @ 1734 |
cb |
4D 3H PE. SB is much more active this afternoon than yesterday afternoon. Nice concerted minors. NV 40'+ & SV 25'+. SV channel had some babbling brooks. 1 CNVV at 1700 that had some nice volume to it. The back shoulder is mostly dry with a few fingers of moistness at the top. Cistern Spring is lower (by a hair) than yesterday and it has a average boil. it is lapping at the scalloped edges. |
| 14897 |
06 Jul 2020 @ 1915 |
06 Jul 2020 @ 1950 |
cb |
3D 5H PE. SB has improved slightly (SLIGHTLY) from this morning. Minors are sporadic, wispy and airy. NV to 15' and they are mostly steam with a thin vail of water. SV 4' splashes. Jabba, ET, Back shoulder are all dry. SV runoff channel has a thin, barely damp finger of runoff that only reaches 10 yards down from SV. From steerage looking up toward SB the channel is completely dry. Cistern Spring pool is high and overflowing in all directions. It has a vigorous blupping boil. |
| 14893 |
06 Jul 2020 @ 0736 |
06 Jul 2020 @ 0747 |
bbev |
2D, 17 hrs PE; Soft deep rumble, very steamy. Both runoff channels dry. Back shoulder dry. Spritzy jetting from NV. One small splash from SV during short observation
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| 14890 |
05 Jul 2020 @ 1815 |
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cb |
2D 4H PE. SB's platform is dry. Water has not come back into Steamboat yet. All channels are dry, as is ET and Jabba. SB is still gently steaming. Cistern Spring's pool is high, over the scalloped edges, and is overflowing on all sides. It has a vigorous boil and the water is clear and blue. |
| 14882 |
05 Jul 2020 @ 0745 |
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bbev |
1D, 17.5 hrs PE; Quiet and steamy, no water in either channel or on shoulder. CS in overflow, barely covering scalloped edges, and trickling into muddy pool. Trough and channel at steerage almost entirely cleared of gravel. |
| 14869 |
04 Jul 2020 @ 0952 |
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cb |
19H 40M PE. SB platform is guiet and dry with the exception of some pooling from the rainstorm last night. Some bubblers in the NV runoff channel are active as observed from the middle platform. Cistern Spring's pool has dropped about 5' - 6' below the inner tube rim. It has a 6" bathtub ring above the water level. Water is just at the entrance to "the cave" on the south side. color is a milky blue. The trough is mostly clear of debris. The channel is half full (empty) of small rocks. |
| 14862 |
02 Jul 2020 @ 1548 |
02 Jul 2020 @ 2002 |
bhoppe |
Activity waxed and waned throughout the afternoon and evening. Push from 1607-1642 with a lot of NV vertical and good runoff from SV. Lull until next push at 1911. Concerted minor with good bounce and runoff at 1919. Additional push at 1954 very wide and vertical. Still some gravel hanging on in the runoff channel waiting to be washed into the Trough. Trough still somewhat clear of gravel with wires visible. |
| 14858 |
02 Jul 2020 @ 1530 |
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Graham |
3d14h PE. Some nice water and some vertical. Runoff from south is not as strong as the day before last eruption. |
| 14848 |
02 Jul 2020 @ 0749 |
02 Jul 2020 @ 0819 |
bbev |
3D, 6hrs PE; Both vents active, NV jetting 30' with slight "bounce". SV more voluminous, approaching vertical, with light, steady runoff. Back shoulder has moderate runoff with little water making it into far channel. CS pool is high, lapping over scalloped edges, with light dribble into muddy pool. Moderate boil. Trough is mostly clear of gravel with both wires exposed. Nice NV with some bounce as l left. |
| 14843 |
01 Jul 2020 @ 1915 |
01 Jul 2020 @ 1951 |
cb |
2D 18.5H PE. Water is back in the platform. Sporadic minors and the few i saw were not concerted. Most all were angled. SV ~5' and the channel is wet to the foot bridge. NV ~30' angled jetting. Cistern Spring is much like last night. In overflow with a average 2 point boil |
| 14816 |
30 Jun 2020 @ 1930 |
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cb |
1D 18.5H PE. SB is gently huffing steam. No water. ET, Jabba and both channels are very dry. Cistern Spring is in overflow, scalloped edges are just barely covered and it has a weak boil. Pool is an opalescent blue color. |
| 14795 |
29 Jun 2020 @ 1900 |
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User34 |
17.5H P.E. Billowing steam with some more forceful huffs from N.V. Cistern about 1 1/2 feet below inner rim. Calm and beautiful opaque blue. |
