These shots are from a tour we did with a company called Off the Beaten Path in Bozeman MT. www.offthebeatenpath.com Visit the website and, if you have the chance, tour with them.
Our tour guides were Kurt Westerberg and his wife Eve Willis. Kurt has been doing tours like this all over the west for 30 years: Zion, Bryce, Arches, Capitol Reef, Grand Staircase Esclante, Yosemite, Glacier, and of course Yellowstone. Eve works for the US Department of Agriculture as a soil scientist. Between the two of them, they know an amazing amount
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Elk herd
The first day of our trip consisted of being picked up at our motel in...
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Pronghorn
While we didn't see any bears or martens, we did see these guys, wolves...
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solo elk
This was on the morning of our second day - our guides told us that...
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Roaring Mountain
A thermal feature near Mammoth, this mountain has several steam vents.
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Lower Geyser Basin
On the first day of our trip, after arriving at our hotel our guides...
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First bison
At the end of our walk in the lower basin at Mammoth we spotted these bison...
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Snowcoach Deluxe
This was our transport in the park. Each Bombardier held six group members, a...
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Bighorned sheep
My camera lens wasn't long enough to do these guys justice. I had brought...
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Foolin' around in Cooke City
Our group had just finished lunch in beautiful downtown Cooke City MT and we...
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A spring
We saw so many thermal features that I fear I forget what this is....
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Steam
Thermal features abound. This is not far from Old Faithful. Our walk was...
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More bison
I was surprised at how many bison we saw. Every day we saw another few herds.
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Falls of the Yellowstone
Part of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, but I forget if this is...
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The Yellowstone River
The winter world in Yellowstone is almost monochromatic. You barely...
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The other falls
Again, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
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Yellowstone River again
Looks peaceful when not in the falls area.
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Old Faithful
Old Faithful is going off in the background. We were on a tour around...
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Castle Geyser
This wonderful formation is within a couple of hundred yards of Old Faithful.
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Old Faithful
another view. The whole area is woven with boardwalks ilke you see...
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Acid or base?
The minerals come from from the water's acidity - or lack thereof.
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Another one
Not the closest we got to one of these fellows, but pretty close.
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Gibbon Falls
There are several rivers in the area; these falls are on the Gibbon.
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Bison, maybe?
As we left the park on our last day, there was a herd of bison near -...
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On the road again
Taken from inside our van (we had already switched from snowcoaches)...
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