YELLOWSTONE IN WINTER
also featuring
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK
27 February to 4 March, 2012
With park roads closed to auto traffic, access to Yellowstone National Park in winter is restricted to snowcoaches and snowmobiles. Those few who make the extra effort to visit Yellowstone in winter gain a perspective of the park denied to summer visitors. Accented by crisp winter air, billowing clouds of steam rose from boiling ponds and geysers; waterfalls are frozen into giant ice sculptures; trees are frosted with elegant ice crystals formed from frozen steam. In the solitude of this winter landscape wildlife congregates near the thermal areas: bison, elk, bighorn sheep, otters, coyotes, swans and more.
Teton Range and National Elk Refuge
HIGHLIGHTS
• Three nights in Yellowstone: two nights at Old Faithful and one night at Mammoth
• Travel by snow coach through Yellowstone
• Full day Lower Loop snowcoach excursion including Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Hayden Valley, West Thumb geyser basin (see photo above), Mud Volcano, Lake Yellowstone and more
• Visit Fountain Paint Pots, Norris Geyser Basin and the Terraces at Mammoth.
• Free time to explore Old Faithful geyser basin
and view Old Faithful geyser
• Lamar Valley wolf-watch excursion
• Drive the entire length of Grand Teton National Park
• Sleigh ride through the elk herd at the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole
• Free time to explore Jackson Hole and Teton Village
• Originates in Salt Lake City.
• Optional Amtrak rail package from California including daytime travel through the Colorado Rockies and the Sierras.
• Escorted by an experienced tour manager
Cost: $1595 per person, based on double occupancy. Additional for single occupancy of hotels (6 nights) $180. Price includes transportation from Salt Lake City and return, snowcoach tours of Yellowstone, 6 nights lodging, 10 meals, luggage handling, admission fees, taxes.
Request a detailed brochure with daily itinerary
Snowcoach, 9 passengers Sunset at Fountain Paint Pots