Winter
in Yellowstone
Friday 27th January – Sunday 12th February 2023
Tour Cost: £3,925 (Plus Flights)
We
begin our 2023 season with our popular tour to Yellowstone in the
winter. Photoventures always includes the following year’s
winter tour to Yellowstone as places are limited and quickly filled.
If you are considering joining us on this special tour you have
ample notice if you wish to reserve your place. This will be the
28th tour we have organised to photograph Yellowstone in the winter,
and it continues to offer some of the most exciting and unique photographic
opportunities to be found in the USA.
Our tour visits
the Grand Teton National Park and Jackson Hole area before we make
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
giving everyone the opportunity to see Yellowstone gripped in winter
conditions. While we are in this section of the park we will see
many of the famous basins and thermal 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. Having
led so many trips to Yellowstone you can be assured that we will
be visiting the best locations for photography during the trip.
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, elk, coyotes, and other park wildlife. On previous tours
we have also experienced close encounters with the grey wolf pack
as they fed on an elk kill and this offered some spectacular images
for our clients. Whilst no one can guarantee sightings of wolves
we are able to offer you something special during our stay in Jackson.
Here you will have the option to visit the National Elk Refuge,
home to as many as 8,000 wintering elk. This is a unique opportunity
to view hundreds of majestic bull elk as they congregate together
on the refuge, something infrequently seen in the wilderness and
if you are lucky you may get close to the resident bald eagles that
live here.
Perhaps one
of the greatest places on earth, Yellowstone has so much to offer
the photographer at all times of the year. However, in winter it
is spectacular with its extreme temperatures, rising steam and open
waterways there is nowhere quite like it. To visit Yellowstone at
any time is a real experience but to be able to capture the winter
conditions, frozen wildlife and boiling pools is like no other photography
you will find. Yes, it may be cold, you have to wrap up warm and
look after your cameras, but these difficulties will soon be forgotten
as you immerse yourself in this special photographic location.
Detailed
Itinerary
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