Yellowstone · Old Faithful Inn

The world's first
wild idea
still erupts.

HATCH  ·  October 11–15, 2027

Discover

There is extraordinary power in bringing people from around the world to a place that changed how humanity thinks about what is worth protecting.

Yellowstone was not established for any one nation. It was set aside as a landscape held in trust for all future generations—the first act of its kind anywhere on Earth. To gather there is to step inside a living symbol of long-term thinking, shared stewardship, and the audacity to imagine institutions that had never existed before.

Grand Prismatic Spring aerial view
Firehole River at sunset
Elk in the Yellowstone forest
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone with rainbow

The Landscape

Where the earth is
visibly alive

Old Faithful Inn sits within the greatest concentration of geysers on Earth, minutes from the otherworldly colors of Grand Prismatic Spring and alongside waters that flow from the Firehole into the Madison, the Missouri, and eventually across the continent. Here, rivers are being born, heat erupts toward the sky, and one of North America's most complete communities of wildlife continues to move across an ancient landscape as it has for millennia.

From the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone to the headwaters of the Missouri, from Yellowstone Lake to the mountain valleys of southwest Montana, the region offers a succession of experiences that continually shift perspective. It is difficult to encounter this scale of time, beauty, and interconnectedness without reconsidering our own responsibilities.

Lone bison in a Yellowstone meadow

Yellowstone National Park  ·  Est. 1872

Belonging & Stewardship

"Before the first tourists arrived, before the idea of a national park existed, people were already in deep relationship with this place."

Yellowstone is part of the ancestral and living homeland of 27 Tribal Nations. This is a history that invites HATCH to explore not only conservation, but belonging, cultural memory, and whose wisdom shapes the future.

That history is not a prelude. It is part of what we gather to understand.

Old Faithful Inn · Est. 1904

A building that grew
from the wilderness itself

Old Faithful Inn rises from the ground in timber and volcanic stone—less a building placed upon the earth than one grown from it, as though the wilderness decided to make a room. Built in 1904 inside the world's first national park, it remains the world's largest log structure, its cathedral lobby shaped by the same forces that drive the geysers just beyond its windows.

Its vast, multi-storied lobby has welcomed generations of travelers, explorers, scientists, artists, and families into a shared experience of awe. It is difficult to remain confined by ordinary thinking in a place shaped by fire beneath the earth, water erupting toward the sky, and wilderness extending beyond the horizon.

Old Faithful Inn multi-story lobby
Old Faithful Inn dining room Old Faithful Inn entrance at dusk
Old Faithful Inn historic lobby, 1905 Old Faithful erupting beside the Inn
HATCH Old Faithful Inn — October 2027

The Gathering

Conditions for ideas that could not happen anywhere else

Transformative ideas tend to emerge when people encounter one another outside their familiar environments—when the scale of what surrounds them makes ordinary constraints feel temporary.

For HATCH, this setting is far more than a backdrop. Bringing extraordinary people together at Old Faithful Inn creates the conditions for relationships and collaborations that could not happen anywhere else.

In a moment when the world urgently needs renewed imagination, trust, and collective courage, Yellowstone reminds us that bold ideas can endure for generations—and that what we choose to protect, create, and set in motion together can become a legacy far greater than ourselves.

Who gathers

  • Leaders and founders
  • Creators and artists
  • Indigenous knowledge holders
  • Scientists and researchers
  • Entrepreneurs and builders
  • Storytellers and journalists
  • Emerging changemakers
  • Conservationists and stewards
  • Policymakers and public servants

HATCH is an invitation-only gathering. Attendees are drawn from across sectors, disciplines, and geographies—united by a commitment to ideas that matter.

The Grand Tetons from Yellowstone

HATCH Yellowstone 2027

This is the invitation.

Join us at Old Faithful Inn — October 11–15, 2027 — for five days of conversation, exploration, and the kind of thinking that only happens in extraordinary places.

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October 11–15 2027 · Yellowstone, Wyoming