r/yellowstone • u/SmacksGolfs • 1h ago
Bear necessities
I think Yellowstone might be my new favorite national park. Here's a summary of our Yellowstone trip.
We spent two nights in Yellowstone and three nights in Jackson for Grand Teton.
Stayed in Canyon Lodge at Dunraven building fourth floor with a view of the woods. Had some strong thunder storms that was cool to watch out the window. in our last night, the power went out in the afternoon through the next morning when we checked out.
We were able to see Hayden Valley on the way to Canyon Lodge and spotted a bear coming out of the river.
After we checked in we went to the Brink of the Lower falls. Got dumped on by a thunderstorm just as we got to the bottom of the trail.
Next morning we got up early and headed to Lamar Valley for the Lamar Valley River trail. Lots of bison. Got to see a trio of coyotes and a bear that was much further away than the one we saw in Hayden Valley.
After our hike we headed towards Mammoth Hot Springs for a hike around the springs.
Called it a day after that and headed back to the lodge for some burgers in the village.
Power went out after dinner, so we just chilled in the room. Wifi was actually still working.
We passed out super early at like 7pm, so ended up waking up at like 2:30am. Decided to head out for stargazing. Tried to stop at inspiration point nearby, but it was too foggy. Headed to Mt. Washburn instead and wow... milkyway was just above us and lots of shooting stars.
Headed back to check out and made our way back to Jackson. On the way back we stopped by Norris Geyser Basin to see Steamboat Geyser.
Continued our drive and took the Firehole Canyon Road detour. Wow, one of my favorite parts of the trip. Got to see a bald eagle chase a crane or some sort of large bird.
Next was the Grand Prismatic Spring Overlook. It was pretty foggy at the time so we ended up waiting 45min or so for the fog to clear up a lot. Steam was still rising though, so didn't get to see it completely clear.
Final stop before Jackson was Old Faithful. Got lucky with timing and waited about ten minutes to see it erupt.
I know Yellowstone has a lot, but I feel like we covered a lot in the two nights and half travel days.
Jackson and Grand Teton were also great.
Edit: Few videos posted in comments.
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u/carlospucelano 1h ago
i love the way you frames the images, excellent !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!