Re: Yellowstone in Winter?
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:33 pm
I did a yurt trip to Yellowstone in January of 2010 and it was absolutely spectacular!!! Yellowstone Expeditions was a great outfitter (Check out their link: http://yellowstoneexpeditions.com/ ) Arden, the owner of the company, has been a geologist in the park for 30+ years, and the other guides are biologists/ adventurists of sorts, and they are not only knowlegable, but know all sorts of great places to go and can cater to your comfort level/ experience... My friends and I still consider it a "5 star camping experience," as they prepare all of your meals, guide you on amazing outings, and at the end of the day, you get to sleep in a cozy warm "yurt-let."
They pick you up in West Yellowstone, and you arrive to the camp (which is smack in the middle of the park) via snowcat... We were lucky enough to watch a pack of wolves hunt and take down an elk (And our guide happened to be a wolf biologist!), by far, one of the coolest things I've ever seen... We spent the rest of the week cross country skiing across calderas, checking out frozen waterfalls, thermals and hot springs, and seeing lots of wildlife (bison, elk, eagles, otters, coyotes, etc.) AND we walked right up to Old Faithful at the end of the week, as there were no people in the park...
I can't say enough good things about the experience, and I would go back in a heartbeat (And I thought the cost was more than reasonable for the accomodations and experience as a whole)
Even if you don't book a trip through them, I would say Yellowstone is spectacular in the winter and in my opinion, is the absolute best time to visit...
Enjoy your trip!!!
They pick you up in West Yellowstone, and you arrive to the camp (which is smack in the middle of the park) via snowcat... We were lucky enough to watch a pack of wolves hunt and take down an elk (And our guide happened to be a wolf biologist!), by far, one of the coolest things I've ever seen... We spent the rest of the week cross country skiing across calderas, checking out frozen waterfalls, thermals and hot springs, and seeing lots of wildlife (bison, elk, eagles, otters, coyotes, etc.) AND we walked right up to Old Faithful at the end of the week, as there were no people in the park...
I can't say enough good things about the experience, and I would go back in a heartbeat (And I thought the cost was more than reasonable for the accomodations and experience as a whole)
Even if you don't book a trip through them, I would say Yellowstone is spectacular in the winter and in my opinion, is the absolute best time to visit...
Enjoy your trip!!!