Yellowstone's geysers ate 280 hats this year. Blame wind

Name: Why Yellowstone’s hot springs have become a hat graveyard
Uploaded: 2026-09-23T14:57:35.342Z
Duration: 33 s
Channel: The Weather Channel
Description: Wind blew 20,100+ pieces of trash and 280 hats into Yellowstone's thermal areas. Here’s why geyser basins are so gusty:

ByMike Ellis,Jenn JordanandRob Shackelford•

September 24, 2026

Updated: September 24, 2026, 6:26 am EDTPublished: September 23, 2026, 10:57 am EDT

Yellowstone’s windy geyser basins are sending hats, trash and some seriously strange items into the lost-and-found. Here’s what’s blowing away (and why).