Yellowstone’s Geyser Display

Much like a firework display with its explosions of colorful sparks, geysers capture our attention with their spectacular showers of water and steam. Old Faithful, Grand, Grotto, Lone Star and many others are featured in our YouTube Yellowstone…

Landscape Ecology and Unearthing the Past

Although this TED talk is about the development and underlying ecology of Manhattan, it made me think of Yellowstone and Grand Teton and how lucky we are that some of our most beautiful and breathtaking landscapes are preserved for future generations…

Camouflaged Wildlife Hiding in Plain Sight

Do you ever wonder how many animals are observing you when all you see is the road ahead? When we take guests out on tours of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, we often come across wildlife. There are squirrels running up and down…

Mountains & Men Part 2: Albright Peak

Often the lesser peaks of the Teton Range are overlooked, but many are named for the people who shaped this area as we know it today. One of those peaks is named Albright Peak. Horace Albright was the second National Park Service superintendent…

Remajestification of the Parks – Belly Laughs compliments of The Onion

This hilarious article from The Onion makes me glad that Mother Nature provides all the majesty of the parks for free, as long as we take care of her! “The grizzlies reek of hibernation, there’s no fog left in the gorges, and the buffalo…

Mountains & Men Part 3: Mount Wister

Some of the most classic and beautiful peaks of the Teton Range aren’t the most famous. Mount Wister, hidden in the southwestern corner of Avalanche Canyon, is a classic pyramidal peak often overlooked by the casual observer of this iconic…

The Wonders of Wonderland

When people think of the hydrothermal features of Yellowstone, they often think of one or two iconic features like Old Faithful or Grand Prismatic Spring. So visitors on our tours are often overwhelmed and surprised at the massive scale and…

Naturalists of the Tetons

When visitors come to the national parks, like Grand Teton and Yellowstone, they often want to learn more about their surroundings. How did the mountains form? What are the names of the wildflowers? How do the animals survive in the winter?…

Winter Is Coming

As an avid “Game of Thrones” watcher, I relish any opportunity to use that line. But it’s true! In the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, like in Westeros, winter is indeed coming. But unlike Westeros and the dreaded White Walkers, we…

Bring your kids to the national parks in 2017!

Many of us who love the outdoors as adults have at least one defining memory of nature from when we were children. Whether it was a school trip to the local park, or going on a boat ride for the first time, or using our first camera to capture…