West Yellowstone Montana, recreation information, trip planning

West Yellowstone, Montana is the western gateway to the world’s first national park, Yellowstone. West Yellowstone nurtures the charm of small western town snuggled into a spectacular Rocky Mountain setting. Snowmobiling outside of West Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park West Yellowstone is the perfect vacation destination for the nature lover and outdoorsman. West Yellowstone has a wonderful sense of history and prides itself on the way they have taken care of Yellowstone Park visitors since Yellowstone Parks founding n 1872. With all that experience, West Yellowstone has the lodging, restaurants, and services to show its guests a real good time.

West Yellowstone is also the gateway to National Forests of the Greater Yellowstone Eco-systems western flank offering almost every activity imaginable nearby in every season.Golden aspen and cottonwood ushering the fall season to the sounds of bugling elk and the mood is relaxes as summer crowds depart. Wildlife comes out of hiding, elk bugle, and trout jump high for the last hatch (calabatis) of the season. Fall days around West Yellowstone are perfect for wildlife viewing, a guided float trip, hiking and biking, fall fishing and floating, and just plain relaxing. Yellowstone Snowcoach

Winter in West Yellowstone is spectacular and one of the best times to visit West Yellowstone and Yellowstone National Park. Getting around is a real adventure whether by ski, snowshoe, snowcoach or snowmobile. Snow fills the purposefully unplowed streets to better accommodate the snowmobiling visitors. Cross country skiers take over the Rendezvous Ski Trail, and over-the-snow vehicles like snowmobiles and snowcoaches head into Yellowstone where an incredible wintry wonderland awaits. Experienced guides offer their insights into the mysteries of Yellowstone in winter. And a day or days of activity outside of the Park in our “cold smoke” snow makes an adventurer out of every visitor. If your snowmobiling don’t miss out on the world-famous Two Top Mountain or the 600 miles of Montana and Idaho snowmobile trails. Environmentally clean and quiet snowmobiles or the more adept mountain machines are all here. Whether scenic winter wildlife and photography, snowmobile trail tours or extreme mountain powder riding is your thing we have it all for you - even if you are sled head or a sledneck! madison river fly-fisherman netting fish

In the spring, West Yellowstone is the expeditious route to see baby animals, bird migrations, and mountains bursting with wildflowers. Hebgen Lake and the Madison and Gallatin Rivers all come alive with the legendary hungry trout of the Madison, Gallatin and Henrys Fork Rivers. Warm days and crisp night make the perfect combination for any activity from birding to biking, horseback riding to hiking, wildlife viewing, photography, or just enjoying spring in the park. Summer brings an abundance of Yellowstone sights and sounds, activities, programs, and tours. Daily wildlife adventure and geyser gazing tours, or a backcountry hike, explore all that Yellowstone has to offer. Don’t miss the local rodeo, parades, plays and movies, rendezvous, museum and our “painted buffalo” that roam the streets.

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Boy, snowboarder, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort

Snowboarding Jackson Hole Wyoming

What you may not know about Wyoming skiing…

Elk graze along the roads, snow sparkles on The Grand Tetons, and cowboys driving pickups greet us as we arrive in Jackson Hole for our ski week. Why go to Wyoming for skiing, you ask?...................First, there is the snow.............................. the unrivaled ski resort renowned for its 4,139' vertical of steep and deep served by this legendary base to summit lift. Only in Europe do you find comparable aerial lift access and high alpine terrain..................................After a head-rushing 4,000' vertical run off the "Big Red" Tram, we explore more of Jackson Hole.................Rest of Story

Elk herd, Jackson Hole Wyoming

Jackson Hole's National Elk Refuge

When the sun peaks over the Gros Ventre Mountains east of Jackson Hole, and its light creeps slowly across valley, light creeps over bundles of fur and antlers starting to stir from a cold winter night. As the sun reaches the base of the Grand Teton, orange and yellow light bathes the landscape and 6,000 wintering elk. By ten o'clock, adventurous visitors braving the winter cold venture out on the refuge in horse drawn sleighs to get an up close view of these majestic animals.

In the pre Columbian area elk ranged from the eastern states through central and western North America. They grazed the open prairies, mountain valleys, and foothills. As settlers pushed slowly westward, the distribution of the elk was rapidly reduced to the western mountains. By 1900, elk had disappeared from more than 90 percent of their original range.

When settlers arrived in Jackson Hole................................. rest of story

Utah slide kills Jamie Pierre

Pierre was a professional skier known for making huge leaps when he came to Grand Targhee to attempt what seemed impossible. Photos and video of him making his 245-foot jump circulated around the globe.

"It wasn't just some yahoo stunt," Pierre said in an interview published in the Jackson Hole Daily. "I chose to do it so it would open up doors, so I could witness my faith in Christianity.".........................rest of story

Snowmobilers, Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone to open on time for 2011-2012 winter season

Yellowstone National Park officials announced that they plan to issue a Final Environmental Impact Statement that ensures the park will open for motorized oversnow travel as scheduled on Dec. 15. The Final EIS will only apply to the transition year and not to the preferred alternative that was discussed during public comment periods earlier this summer. The next step will be to publish and implement a One-Year-Rule, issued by the National Park Service, for the upcoming 2011-2012 winter season. "We decided that we needed to answer some questions that were raised during the public comment period," .......................rest of story

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