Yellowstone Winter - A Private Excursion

Service Description

Trip Highlights - Experience the magic of Yellowstone cloaked in winter - See Bison, coyotes, elk, and a myriad of other wildlife in the snow - This time of year, the crowds are scant as only parts of the park are open for visitation - Grand, snow-covered landscapes are on the docket as well. The wind has a distinct bite as it howls across the open prairies of the expansive Hayden Valley. While the thermometer says it's 8 degrees outside, the reality of the meteorological measurement known as windchill makes standing out here tricky. While modern textiles and insulating materials make the weather more bearable, it's still no match against the cold. Winter's bone is harsh and unrelenting. Winter in Yellowstone is a sensorial experience:  the scent of the land, the sight of the barren, snow-covered landscape, the feel of the cold, and the sounds of the wind and bisons all interconnect into an experience that can't be replicated elsewhere. From a sheer mathematical standpoint, Yellowstone National Park is hard to comprehend. We are taught in elementary school that no two snowflakes are alike. When you consider, however, that all 2.2 million acres of this park are covered in a foot or more of snow - each meadow spangled with a deep accumulation of powdery precipitation and each tree bough weighted by winter's chilly offerings - the sheer mathematics of the variety of snowflakes that lie before us challenges the mind. In each square foot of snow lies an estimated 10 million snowflakes. The sheer number of individual snowflakes is unfathomable when you consider that there are 43,560 cubic feet in an acre-foot. It equates to more stars than you'll ever see in the night sky.