Cozy Critter Cabin

06/15/2024

Summer in the high mountains…it can keep you guessing!

06/09/2024

Guests wanting to visit the Tetons or Jackson, Wyoming please be aware of the road closure and pick a different path!

Update, 9:22 a.m.: The Wyoming Department of Transportation is shifting gears on Teton Pass. What was once a reconstruction fix at mile marker 12.8 will be a total rebuild, said

06/06/2024

We had a fun visitor at the cabin yesterday morning investigating the porch ❤️❤️.

06/02/2024

If you plan to travel to Yellowstone this summer, plan ahead to protect yourself and this wild and awe-inspiring place by following our top 10 tips!

Within the park’s 2.2 million acres, visitors have unparalleled opportunities to observe wildlife in an intact ecosystem, explore geothermal areas that contain half the world’s active geysers and view geologic wonders like the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River.

👉 Follow our top 10 things to know to enjoy your visit and protect the park for generations to come: go.nps.gov/visit-YNP

06/02/2024

(News Release) Yellowstone National Park is honored to host for a third year Yellowstone Revealed, a collaborative effort with Mountain Time Arts. The theme for this year’s experience is "How the Land Remembers Us: Tribal Tipi Lodge and Buffalo Stories."

From June 14 until Sept. 9, tipi installations will be on display at each of the park’s five entrances (North, Northeast, East, South and West). There will be information about Tribal Tipi and Buffalo Stories, and Art as Science elements at each tipi. Visitors can expect a thought-provoking and visceral experience that presents art and storytelling as a means to explore the significance of Tribal Peoples and their tipi lodges within Yellowstone. Visitors to the park are invited to participate in this free experience.

A sincere thank you to our event partner, Mountain Time Arts.

� View more opportunities to attend Indigenous cultural events during a park visit: https://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/attend-indigenous-cultural-events.htm

Photo: A foggy morning before sunrise at Madison Junction during Yellowstone Revealed 2023

04/12/2024

Our family has done a few of these and loved them!

We haven't been to Playmill Theater, but we have been to Yellowstone Playhouse in Island Park near our cabin and it's a hoot every time. The Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center is one of our kids FAVORITE stops every trip up to our cabin 😀, and I could spend all day just sitting watching the wolves. Earthquake Lake is a fascinatingly eerie place to visit, my grandparents were there just hours before the earthquake. My husband and I did a guided snowmobile tour of Yellowstone before we had kids and it's hands down one of my favorite memories of Yellowstone National Park because we got to see and learn so much from thanks to our guide!! Gear up to make some of your own family memories this year 😍.

Serving as the gateway community to the west entrance of Yellowstone National Park, West Yellowstone, Montana, is tailor-made for family trips. Fishing on Hebgen Lake, rafting on the Gallatin River, and hiking on mountain trails all draw families to the outdoors. And that’s before you even step fo...

04/12/2024

What's happening in Yellowstone National Park right now? Spring plowing. Yellowstone crews are out preparing the roads for when roads start to open to regular vehicles.

The West Entrance of Yellowstone Opens for the Spring Season on April 19!

📷: Yellowstone National Park / National Park Service

04/12/2024

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04/12/2024

It's been a LONG winter in Island Park and it's not over yet but summer will be here sooner than we realize! Our summer is filling up fast, so if you've been thinking about making that trip to Yellowstone National Park make your reservations soon. The WEST GATE to Yellowstone should be opening next week, on APRIL 19th. We still have lots of room in the month of May which is a great time to beat the crowds!! If you are interested in booking Cozy Critter Cabin check out the first link below for availability and rates for direct booking to save yourself a ton of money not paying a platform to book with us 😀. You can use the VRBO or AirBNB links to see pictures of our home away from home🙂.

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10/29/2023

Snow has begun falling and we have a new fox 🦊 visiting us ❤️❤️!! Click the ring link to see our fox!

Check out this video! I just captured it with my Ring Camera!

10/15/2023

October still holds so much to do and see!! We snuck away to our cabin for the kids Fall break and it didn’t disappoint 😎. One of our kiddos is in 4th grade this year so we stopped by the Ranger Station at the visitor center in West Yellowstone to get her 🔷FREE🔷 National Park pass for this year. Then we headed into Yellowstone and took the kids to see Gibbon Falls, visit Mammoth Hot Springs for the first time where we saw elk just hanging around, and our first time ever to the North gate to see Roosevelt Tower 🤩!! We passed nearly 100 elk on road between Mammoth and the north gate which was amazing. We ventured into Gardiner and found a restaurant for dinner and enjoyed the beautiful Yellowstone River running through town. Today we took a ride on our quads over to Elk Lake and Hidden Lake in Montana and had breathtaking views of the snow capped mountains 🏔️ ❤️❤️.

I love that every season up here has its own amazing beauty!! We have enjoyed the opportunity to explore so much up here since buying our cabin. There’s so much more here than I ever realized as a kid. We can’t wait to come back again between Christmas and New Years to enjoy the gorgeous winter wonderland ❄️ ⛄️ that is coming soon.

10/15/2023

We have beautiful snow capped mountains 🏔️ this week!! Winter will be here soon 😍 ❄️! Check out the picture of Henry’s Lake we took yesterday and Red Rock Pass today in the comments.

09/03/2023

08/26/2023

08/09/2023

Had a visitor last night!! We’ve owned the cabin for just shy of 4 years and this is the first bear we’ve ever caught on camera. We had a black bear go through our property a few years ago in the middle of the day when our septic system was being installed and got a picture of it from our installer. We are in BEAR COUNTRY here and this is a good reminder of that!! Always keep food in the cabin and not outside. Lock your vehicle. Take a quick look out the windows before exiting the cabin, especially at night. Make sure your kids make noise when playing outside, which isn’t hard for most kids 😂😂. We’ve even attached a bear bell to our youngest when he’s outside just to make a little extra noise.

08/03/2023

On Monday, July 31, a Teton Valley man was attacked and injured by a sow black bear with a cub as he opened the garage door of his home in the Henderson Canyon area near Victor.

08/03/2023

A sow with cubs was spotted again yesterday at Harriman 🐻🐻🐻🐻

BE EXTRA BEAR AWARE
Make noise
Be mindful
Carry bear spray
Never hike alone
Watch for signs of bears
Avoid recreating around dawn and dusk

Reminder, bikes are there before their sound is!

Photo Credit: Austen Michael Stevens

08/03/2023

Join us for our upcoming events!

⭐️ Friday, August 4 from 11am-12pm: Ranger Story Hour, at the Island Park Library

⭐️ Friday, August 4 from 9-11pm: Full Moon Guided Hike, meet at Ranchview parking lot. 3 mile loop

⭐️ Saturday, August 5 from 1-2pm: Wildlife Talk with local author Terry Thomas, at the Boys’ House

⭐️ Sunday, August 6 from 1-1:30pm: Life on the Ranch, at the Ranchview Shelter. Learn about life at the Ranch before it was a state park.

⭐️ Friday, August 18 and Friday, September 1 from 7:30-8:30pm: Bat Program at the Boys’ House with Jericho Whiting from BYU-Idaho. Come learn about local bats and see them firsthand!

Reminders:
- $7 Motor Vehicle Entrance Fee is required.
- Harriman State Park is a waterfowl and wildlife refuge. Dogs are not allowed beyond the parking lots.

07/17/2023

The portage steps at Leigh Lake.

To get to these steps, you walk along String Lake, for about a mile.

This is a good place to turn around for some hikers.

Note: The other day I saw two otters here!!! In all my years I have never seen otters at Leigh Lake!!!

07/17/2023

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07/03/2023

(News Release) To protect wildlife, park officials ask visitors and local residents to practice vigilance and slow down while driving in Grand Teton National Park. Seeing wildlife in their natural habitat is one of the many unique opportunities that make the park a special, awe-inspiring place. With the Fourth of July weekend approaching, one of the busiest times of the summer, motorists are urged to do their part to protect these animals.

On Wednesday, a yearling male black bear was struck by a vehicle along Highway 89 in the northern part of the park and had to be euthanized due to the extent of its injuries. The young bear was likely one of the triplets recently weaned from a family group many visitors had the opportunity to observe this spring. The individual(s) who hit the bear fled the scene.

In the last week alone, three deer and the yearling black bear were hit by vehicles traveling on park roads. About 75–100 large animals are struck by vehicles each year in Grand Teton.

Wildlife are often active near park roadways, difficult to see and can cross the road unexpectedly. Visitors and local residents are reminded to:
•Obey the posted speed limit and maintain a safe following distance from other vehicles.
•Use caution and slow down, especially at dawn, dusk and at night when visibility is reduced.
•Follow the nighttime speed limit of 45 miles per hour on U.S. Highway 26/89/191. The reduced speed limit gives drivers and wildlife more time to react.
•Pay attention to your surroundings. Speeding is not the only cause of wildlife collisions; park wildlife are often hit because drivers are distracted.
•Call Teton Interagency Dispatch Center at 307-739-3301 to report wildlife-vehicle collisions, or harassment of wildlife in the park.

Don’t kill your wildlife. Park staff work tirelessly to preserve the diversity of animals found within Grand Teton. So, join us in protecting the wildlife that visitors come from all over the world to see by slowing down, keeping alert, and saving a life.

NPS Photo/P. Waite

07/03/2023

Oh!! Looky, looky! Dates and bands for the summer concerts, what a fantastically beautiful place to take in the music.

06/17/2023

We just had to share this artwork created by a 12-year-old park visitor who shared it with one of our rangers this week - how amazing is this?!

Thank you, Kylie, for finding inspiration in Yellowstone and making us smile! 🥰

06/14/2023

In partnership with Yellowstone Forever this summer, 37 presenters from 18 of Yellowstone’s 27 associated Tribes will directly engage with visitors at the Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center in the Old Faithful area. Presentations will include photography, beadwork, moccasin making, dancing, storytelling, quillwork, and more.

Learn more at: https://www.yellowstone.org/yellowstone-tribal-heritage-center/

06/14/2023

This is still fresh on the minds of those who love and visit Yellowstone National Park regularly!! They did an AMAZING job getting the park reopened as quickly as possible.

06/14/2023

We are excited to have Tail Hooked Wh**ey here at Lakeside Lodge on Saturday June 17th 8pm-12am! Its going to be a fun weekend that you won't want to miss! Come out and enjoy delicious food and awesome music with us!

05/30/2023

05/26/2023

Earthquake Lake Visitor Center is open for the season! Hours are 10 am to 5 pm 7 days a week through September 15th. The Yellowstone Forever Forest Store is currently open 5 days a week, Thursday through Monday.

Stop in to learn about the history of the 1959 Hebgen Lake Earthquake, the most severe earthquake on record in the Rocky Mountains. The earthquake resulted in a massive landslide blocking the flow of the Madison River and creating Earthquake Lake.

05/26/2023