September and October are hands down some of the best times of year to hike in Yellowstone. The air is crisp and cool, the ground cover shimmers with fall color, elk are bugling, and the crowds have dwindled. We always feel a sense of urgency to get as many hikes in...
I’m always amazed at what it takes for plants and animals to survive in the Beartooths. Summer up here at 10,000 feet is fleeting, if it arrives at all. In early September, the high plateau is already bracing for the impending transition to winter and the trials that...
We had just a few more days before Little George came home from Grandma’s, so we loaded up the camper and drove to Pebble Creek. We spent the next four days rising with the sun and staying out until dark, wildlife watching in Lamar Valley, and hiking in between. The...
We recently encountered multiple sets of grizzly bear tracks on a hike in Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley. Here’s how we interpreted the signs they left behind. We decided to climb out of the river corridor to give these bears as much space as possible, for...
Yesterday was one of the most amazing mornings I’ve ever had in the park. On my way through Swan Lake Flats at sunrise, I stopped and watched a cow elk and calf trotting through the sagebrush, backlit by the golden hues of the rising sun. I was thinking that was a...
The wildlife is exploding in the park… Once mid-May arrives, it’s as if a light switch has flipped on. It’s time for everyone to raise babies, much to our viewing pleasure. Bison calves skip and hop along with the herd, the first bear cubs follow along with mom,...
