Yellowstone in Winter (2017)

Greetings all,

Just returned from a week in the Park. Though I’ve spent over 100 days enjoying and exploring Yellowstone National Park, until now I’ve never experienced it in the heart of winter. (The prime catalyst for the trip was a 70^th Birthday present and a reunion of pals who last traveled together in 1969.) Now, I highly recommend visiting Yellowstone in winter! For numerous reasons Yellowstone is a very special place when hugged by snow: less people and iconic winter subjects. Beautiful! Below are a few photos.

West Fork trail, Old Faithful Area – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Bison, Firehole River – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Trumpeter swans, Firehole River – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Gibbon Falls – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Yellowstone River near the brink of the Upper Falls, entering Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Bison near Castle Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Old Faithful Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Bison crossing near Castle Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Bison near Crested Pool, Upper Geyser Basin – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Bison, Lamar Valley – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Firehole Falls, Firehole Canyon – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Lower Falls, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Trumpeter swans, Madison River – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Coyote, near Mammoth Hot Springs – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Coyote, near Mammoth Hot Springs – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Common raven and juvenile Bald eagle, near Madison River – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Bobby socks trees, thermal area near Lower Geyser Basin – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Palette Spring, Mammoth Hot Springs – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Snowcoaches – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Michael, Frank & Paul, Roosevelt Arch – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming