Yellowstone National Park Tours

01/06/2024

Ridge runners, Yellowstone National Park,

While traveling over Dunraven pass in late May we encounter this small heard of female elk running the ridge and constantly on the lookout for predators.

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01/06/2024

26/05/2024

If you enjoy our freedom, please remember those that made it possible through their ultimate sacrifice

US Flag at Fort Yellowstone, Mammoth, Wyoming.

12/05/2024

Happy Mothers day to all

Protect them babies

06/05/2024

Soda Butte Cone.

Once an active geothermal feature in the Eastern portion of Lamar Valley, named by A. Bart Henderson, a Cooke City miner, in 1870. At one time this was a mail station in 1884 but later occupied by a detachment of soldiers until it was moved to Buffalo Ranch in 1938.

05/05/2024

First light at Mount Haynes.

Mount Haynes el. 8,218 feet (2,505 m) is a prominent peak adjacent to the Madison River in Yellowstone National Park.

The peak was named by then Yellowstone superintendent Horace Albright to honor Frank Jay Haynes (1853–1921), the first official photographer of the park.

14/03/2024

With the unseasonable warm weather over the past few months, bears are now starting to appear in Yellowstone and the surrounding areas. Please keep in mind that they are looking for food after their hibernation and can be at times somewhat grumpy.

09/03/2024

Often mistaken for a wolf, the coyote is about one- third the wolf’s size with a slighter build. Its coat colors range from tan to buff, sometimes gray, and with some orange on its tail and ears. Males are slightly larger than females.

During the 1900s, coyotes partially filled the niche left vacant after wolves were exterminated from the park. In Yellowstone, they lived in packs or family groups of up to seven animals. This social organization is characteristic of coyotes living in areas free from human hunting. With the reintroduction of wolves, Yellowstone coyotes have returned to a more typical social organization—pairs with pups.

Coyotes, also known as “song dogs,” communicate with each other by a variety of long-range vocalizations. You may hear groups or lone animals howling, especially during dawn and dusk periods. Coyotes also mark with their scent (urine and f***s) to communicate their location, breeding status, and territorial boundaries.

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05/03/2024

A juvenile from the Wapiti Lake Pack in Yellowstone National Park.

In 1995, gray wolves were reintroduced to the park. The wolf population quickly expanded, and packs established territories. Elk numbers dropped, which helped to restore vegetation.

The story of gray wolf recovery in Yellowstone is hailed as one of the world's greatest conservation success stories., but many fear that the population is once again threatened. A growing number of people are calling for federal protections.

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03/03/2024

Yellowstone epic moment.

01/03/2024

Happy leap year/day

27/02/2024

Yellowstone National Park is the only place in the U.S. where bison have continuously lived since prehistoric times.

What makes Yellowstone’s bison so special is that they’re the descendants of early bison that roamed our country’s grasslands.

In 2023, Yellowstone’s bison population was estimated at 4,800—making it the largest bison population on public lands.

This population is allowed to roam relatively freely over the expansive landscape of Yellowstone National Park and surrounding areas.

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23/02/2024

Lower Falls, the biggest waterfall in Yellowstone, is the most famous in the Park, hands down.

The canyon’s colors were created by hot water acting on volcanic rock. It was not these colors, but the river’s yellow banks at its distant confluence with the Missouri River, that occasioned the Minnetaree Indian name which French trappers translated as roche jaune, yellow stone.

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22/02/2024

A member of the Wapiti pack cross a meadow on a early February morning

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20/02/2024

Time to fly. This flock of Trumpeter swans along the Yellowstone River take flight.

Trumpeter Swans are the largest of the native waterfowl in North America, and one of our heaviest flying birds, the Trumpeter Swan was almost driven to extinction early in the 20th century.