We begin our 2009 season with our tour to Yellowstone in the winter. Our tour visits the Grand Teton National Park and Jackson Hole area before making our way north through Idaho to West Yellowstone. Here we join our own snow coach and spend five full days exploring many aspects of the park. During our five days we will visit numerous great locations in the park giving everyone the opportunity to see Yellowstone gripped in winter conditions. During our time in the park we will see many of the famous thermal basins and features. We will also visit places such as Tangled Creek, Tire Pool and Hayden Valley, areas made famous by images from previous Photoventures tours. We will also visit Mammoth and the Northern section of the Park along the Lamar Valley, where we may spot the grey wolves that live here.

Yellowstone in the winter is unique with its sub zero temperatures and steaming hydrothermal features. The park also has very limited access confined to over snow vehicles such as snow coaches and snow mobiles operated by specialist companies. This results in very few people accessing the park during these cold winter months. In addition to this the animals usually become more approachable as they seek to survive the harsh winter conditions and this usually results in more encounters with bison, coyotes and other park wildlife. During our stay in Jackson you will also have the opportunity to visit the National Elk Refuge, home to as many as 8,000 wintering elk. This is a unique opportunities to view hundreds of majestic bull elks as they congregate together on the refuge, something infrequently seen in the wilderness.