Yellowstone Treasures Blog

I recently came across a blog with some interesting posts maintained by an employee of Yellowstone General Stores, who worked at Canyon during the summer and is now at Mammoth for the winter. Robyn gives us lots of information about and pictures of anima… more »

Things are off to a slow start this year, with snow cover just sufficient to open the roads to over-snow vehicles on December 15. As of Dec. 27, Old Faithful and the West Entrance had 15 inches of snow on the ground, the East Entrance had 14, and Mammoth… more »

There's not much snow yet, but the southern part of the park could get three to six inches this weekend, and visitors who want to enter on snowcoaches or snowmobiles on opening day, December 15th, may be in luck. Or they may have to go the only way allow… more »

As of this morning all interior Yellowstone roads are closed, with the exception of the lowest elevation road—the one between the North and Northeast Entrances, which is kept open all winter for the convenience of residents of Gardiner and Cooke City. No… more »

Behold! Another mode of transportation I didn't know existed: a snow bicycle, in particular one made by Surly Bikes. This is not a commercial, and I know very little about bikes, but it seems like an interesting idea to me. Here's what I read about it:… more »

Much has been written in the past few weeks about Yellowstone’s bison and their brucellosis problem. I will not go into details here, which are much too complicated to be dealt with effectively in a guidebook writer’s post, but I will send along the URL… more »

Wanting to keep my readers informed, I’ll pass on the fact that you have only six more days this season to enjoy going through Yellowstone by snowcoach or snowmobile. All such travel ends at 9 pm next Tuesday, March 15, and plowing the roads will begin w… more »

I find it ironic that on the very first day of road closure, the most snow I've seen on the Old Faithful Webcam all winter has piled up around the Old Faithful Geyser sign, and it's still coming down in mid afternoon! This has been a spectacular wint… more »

Carolyn Loren, a Yellowstone Park interpretive ranger who keeps excellent tabs on the geysers and is spending this break at Old Faithful—when almost nobody is there and the roads have not yet been plowed—posted this today, answering questions others had… more »

Fifty-eight thousand people were interested enough in how future winter travel in Yellowstone will be managed to write comments on the latest draft plan. Their issues needing further analysis include air and sound quality measurements, cost of avalanche… more »

As Hallowe’en excitement draws to a close, I’ll pass on to any of you thinking of visiting Yellowstone soon that you have only one more week before almost all the roads close for the autumn break. From 8 am Monday, November 7, until December 15, the road… more »

The eight-day countdown has started for my winter trip to Yellowstone, and my excitement is building! For a devoted fan like me, each trip is as fulfilling as the last, but it’s been six years since I got to go in winter.I was getting a little worrie… more »

Not having the time quite yet to post my pictures and reactions to the wonderful winter tour I took last week, today I'll just essentially quote what I wrote to Brenda and Randy, the leaders of my Tauck tour.What I liked about the Tauck Winter in Yel… more »

Having thought I would write an illustrated post about my recent winter visit, I did not realize how longggg my report was going to be—totally unsuitable for this blog. I chose the highlights, but even so it needed to be put on my website instead of here… more »