With the snowfall from early June a distant memory, this was one of the nicest weekends so far this year. It’s warm summer weather with wildflowers down in the valleys.
Continue reading Yellowstone June 24: Wapiti Wolves and Wildflowers
With the snowfall from early June a distant memory, this was one of the nicest weekends so far this year. It’s warm summer weather with wildflowers down in the valleys.
Continue reading Yellowstone June 24: Wapiti Wolves and Wildflowers
The days leading up to this weekend was very wintery. Thursday morning Teton Valley had several inches of snow on the ground. It’s pretty, but I’m sort of over it.
Continue reading Yellowstone April 29 – 30: Lamar Wildlife, Tower Bears, and Canyon Snow
We were able to secure a permit in late February this year. A group of six traveled on three sleds, two of us were on the trip last year with four new people.
Continue reading Yellowstone February 24 – 26: Interior Snowmobile Trip
Traveled from Victor to Gardiner Saturday. The temps were moderate enough to pitch a tent in Mammoth. 20s at night is about the same as Canyon Village in June.
Continue reading Yellowstone February 18 – 19: Northern Range
The weather has been so nice this late in the season, I decided to camp the last weekend the south roads were open. I wanted to hike around Lamar Valley on Saturday, so I stayed at Mammoth instead of Lewis Lake, which was also open. Last time I stayed up here was in February. I made it to a site at around 8:30.
My parents are in town, so it’s a rare occurrence to take the time off work and enjoy a few midweek days in the park.
Continue reading Yellowstone August 2 – 4: Hot Summer Days in Hayden Valley
I planned an extra-long weekend in the park – most offices frown on people sneaking a Friday off before a holiday weekend. But hey, it was my b-day Friday so I have a legit reason to not work. 🙂
Continue reading Yellowstone May 27 – 31: Bears, Bison, and Variable Weather
I was super excited for this trip, first one with my 7D II and Tamron 150-600 :D. Since only commercial tours are allowed in the winter, I figured I’d go all out and do a photo workshop with an area photographer. It really was a great time going in with other people learning and enjoying photography.
On Feb 18, Yellowstone announced that they are going to start plowing between West Yellowstone and Old Faithful due to poor snow conditions. This changed our plans slightly, and actually for the better.
Continue reading Yellowstone Feb 19 – 20: Snowcoach and Bombardier Tour