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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Near Canary Spring at Mammoth Hot Springs
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Near Canary Spring at Mammoth Hot Springs

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  • A lone bison at the edge of the forest
  • A female bighorn sheep near Soda Butte Creek
  • The winter colours in Yellowstone are dramatic
  • Lamar Valley scenery
  • There was a bison carcass near the road in the Lamar Valley, food for this red fox as well as ravens and magpies
  • Chasing the birds away
  • Ethereal light at Mammoth Hot Springs
  • The traventine terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs were obscured by steam when we visited
  • The upper terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs  - Canary Spring
  • Near Canary Spring at Mammoth Hot Springs
  • Glimpses of the travertine terraces
  • A detail of the formation of the limestone travertine structures at Mammoth Hot Springs (the image shows an area less than a metre across)
  • Travertine limestone structures near the lower levels of Mammoth Hot Springs
  • A mean look
  • On the coldest morning of our trip to Yellowstone we found a small group of frosty bison
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