Osprey

Ospreys: The True ‘Flying’ Fishermen

Driving around the Jackson Hole valley, you see many tall poles with platforms at the top erected in open fields—these are artificial nesting platforms built for Ospreys which are beautiful raptors, birds of prey. Ospreys are excellent hunters…
Elk Winter

Elk Winter Migration in the Tetons

With temperatures already below freezing in Grand Teton National Park, wildlife is on the move to locations where they can survive the cold winter. For example, elk herds are migrating to areas where they have the best opportunity to find food…
Wildflowers

Wildflowers in Grand Teton and Yellowstone Parks

The wildflower season throughout the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has been incredible this year! A long runoff of snow melt and occasional rain throughout the early summer combined with warm temperatures has created the perfect conditions for…
Berry Season

Berry Season in the Tetons

Late summer is berry season in the Tetons. Guests on our Grand Teton National Park tours often ask us - are those berries okay to eat? Many people who visit the Greater Yellowstone Area have seen, or even tried, the many products made with…
Wildlife

National Park Wildlife. Wild or Not?

Many visitors to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks comment that the wildlife seem so comfortable with human presence. How does this happen? Does that still mean the wildlife in the parks are wild? And how should we respond to this behavior? We…
Groundhog

Groundhog Day & The Harbingers of Spring

The groundhog (Marmota monax) is also known as a woodchuck, whistle-pig or land-beaver in some places. However, the groundhog’s cousin who lives in the Jackson Hole mountainous area is a yellow-bellied marmot. February 2nd is Groundhog…
Winter Survival

Winter Survival in Grand Teton and Yellowstone High Mountains

One adaptation for animals to live the Grand Teton and Yellowstone high mountain area in the wintertime is migration, or moving from one area to another for survival. In the greater Yellowstone/ Grand Teton ecosystem, winter is a great challenge…
Sense of Sight

Experiencing Yellowstone & Grand Teton Without the Sense of Sight

It was a true pleasure to visit and explore Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks with Mind’s Eye Travel group—a blind or visually impaired tour group of 12 fantastic guests and three super trained guide dogs! There is plenty to…
Sherpa

Everest Mountain Guide Apa Sherpa Explores Yellowstone and Grand Teton with Buffalo Roam

While Buffalo Roam Tours gets to share our national parks with people from all around the world, on a few occasions we are able to gift back and share our mountain town with other GUIDES from around the world. Apa Sherpa is a world-renowned…
Early Spring

Signs of Early Spring in the Park

Spring comes relatively late to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Park. You can’t always tell the season by the weather around here – especially in the mountains. However, one of the telltale signs of early spring is when the birds begin…