Yellowstone National Park Winter Photo Tour
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VISIT YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK IN WINTERBy Linda Aksomitis
http://aksomitis.com
http://guide2travel.ca
Snow Coach Tours• Only authorized snowmobiles and snow coaches may
enter Yellowstone National Park during the winter• Winter travel is regulated to protect the environment• A final winter use policy is expected to be in place for
winter 2012/13 - http://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/winteruse.htm
Yellowstone Vacations/Buffalo Bus Tours
• Our snowcoach tour company • Guide – Doug Kiel – long time summer and winter guide
at Yellowstone• http://
www.yellowstonevacations.com/tours/yellowstone-national-park-winter-tours.aspx
• 1-800-426-7669• Tour name – Old Faithful Explorer
Leaving West Yellowstone at 8:30 a.m.
Riverside Road – see a bald eagle – pair has range in park
Following Madison River• Flows 180 miles to Three Forks, and joins with the
Gallatin & Jefferson Rivers to form the Missouri River• Madison runs for 19 miles through Yellowstone National
Park• Rivers don’t freeze over in the park• Water temperature upper 30s due to geysers• 70 to 100 million gallons of geyser water flow out of the
park each day
Firehole Falls – 40’ drop
Elk going down to Firehole River to drink
Elk on Firehole River
Lodgepole pine growing out of ryolite rock on Firehole River
Raven at the top of a dead pine
Nez Perce Creek followed by Chief Joseph in 1877
Lower Basin – 1st of 3 thermal basins – Fountain Paint Pots – some of hottest ground in park
Thermal kames – rounded piles of rock melted out of glacial ice over 40,000 years
Leather Pool (old name – White Sulphur Springs) – closed to walking due to bears
Fountain Paint Pots
Lodgepole pine dying due to changed flow of the hot water 150+ yrs ago
Roots pull in moisture and minerals from water, so trees whiten from silica in the water, then roots turn into “cement.” First stage of petrification or silacious forest – “bobby sox trees” and “silent dog forest.”
Whisky Flats – Bison grazing – 1st place in park that grizzles comes
Series of geysers: Rusty, Fountain, and Island.
Old Faithful Snow Lodge
Snowmobilers stopped at the lodge
Old Faithful erupting
Leaving Old Faithful – Black Sand Basin
Cliff Geyser
Excelsior Springs
Trumpeter Swans
Goodbye from Linda & David Aksomitis on our Yellowstone snowcoach tour!