Jenny Varley

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Yellowstone in winter, 2019

We visited Yellowstone National Park in February 2019 on a tour organised and led by the excellent Nick Garbutt, and booked through Wildlife Worldwide. Yellowstone is a truly stunning place and is fascinating for its geological history, its scale, climate, geothermal activity and of course its wildlife. Winter is a wonderful time to visit, although it can be brutally cold. As most roads are closed there are relatively few visitors and although wildlife is not as abundant as during the summer months the sightings can be spectacular. Winters in Yellowstone are harsh and can be unforgiving and it was humbling to learn how wildlife survives in such conditions. We travelled with Yellowstone Expeditions and their organisation was first rate, as was our stay in their Yurt Camp in Canyon Village. Thanks to all our guides (Joe, Alice, Ben-Cheetah, Ben, Monica, Roston and Brian, as well as Connie for her superb cooking at the Yurt Camp.

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Fumaroles everywhere in Porcelain Basin
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Fumaroles everywhere in Porcelain Basin

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  • Checking what was flying above...
  • Our last view as it wandered off along the Madison River
  • Crested Pool in the Upper Geyser Basin.  It crackles and bubbles and regularly gets quite active
  • Sadly a young boy died after falling into this geyser, resulting in robust boardwalks being installed
  • The colours of geothermal activity near the Firehole River
  • The aptly named Punchbowl Spring.  Ribbons of bright green and orange cyanobacteria line the run-off channels
  • Grotto Geyser, a bizarre geothermal feature which regularly spurts water from various orifices!
  • Morning Glory Pool.  Apparently a shadow of its former self as over many years people have thrown items into it which have disrupted the inflow of water
  • A panorama of part of the Porcelain Basin at Norris Geyser Basin.  The remarkable colours are due to the presence of blue-green algae but also colloidal silicates
  • Fumaroles everywhere in Porcelain Basin
  • The whole area was like a scene from an old  episode of Star Trek, truly other-worldly!
  • An amazing shallow stream coloured with a thick growth of Cyanidium caldarium which likes warm acidic water where little else will grow
  • A pair of American river otters in the partly frozen Yellowstone River
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