Yellowstone has one mobility accessible back country campsite. It is at Ice Lake. From the entrance to this back-country site you can use a wheelchair to get to the site. This makes this path popular with families with small children because you can also use a stroller. The campsite and the lake are about .5 mile from the entrance of the trail. Most folks stop at this point. We keep going around the lake to the junction to see Little Gibbons Falls. There is a chain of lakes that you can hike to from this area (Ice, Grebe, Wolf and Cascade) depending on how long of a hike you wish to take. There are two fords. Be ready to cross over a lake by a log or cross in the water if you want wet feet. Once you past the first ford the log pole pines become very dense. Be on the lookout for animals. We saw many different types of scat on the trail. Animals are not dumb; they will also use the path of least resistance. We were glad not to run into any large animals on the trail.
This is one of my favorite finds. The bugs eat off the bark. The trails left look like tattoos on the bark.
We would hike this area again. Next time we will bring more bug spray. The mosquitoes were very thick.
