Winter in Yellowstone
During the winter of 2023-2024, I was working with Scenic Safaris as a tour guide and photographer leading small groups through Teton National Park and the south gate of Yellowstone National Park.
Below is a collection of photos provided to guests on some tours that I joined in on and led.
A candid moment of a guest photographing geothermal steam rising through the forest canopy near Firehole Canyon, Yellowstone National Park.
A couple poses in front of Old Faithful during an active eruption.
Two couples pause for a photo at an overlook above Lewis Canyon.
A group of snowmobilers has a close encounter with a small herd of bison near Midway Geyser basin.
A couple stands beside the tour's snow coach, remarking on its “monster truck” proportions.
A bison traffic jam brings the tour to a halt on Grand Loop Road near Midway Geyser Basin.
Two young bison play fight while their mother grazes nearby outside Midway Geyser Basin.
A solitary bull bison roams along the Firehole River near Biscuit Basin.
Steam rises from Sapphire Pool into the cold winter air in Biscuit Basin.
A devious raven attempts to break into a snowmobiler’s backpack in search of an easy meal.
A tour group stops for a photo at Isa Lake along the Continental Divide, where water flows toward both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
Afternoon light sets the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone ablaze as the Lower Falls thunder through the deepening winter ice.
A coyote finds a snack in Hayden Valley along the banks of the Yellowstone River.
Lodgepole pines killed by silica-rich geothermal runoff slowly fossilize upright, forming what are known as “bobby sock trees.”
A partially blind fox cautiously approaches our group in Grand Teton National Park, just south of the Yellowstone South Entrance.
Just south of Yellowstone, clouds billow over the Teton Range in Grand Teton National Park as the day’s tour draws to a close.