Yellowstone Winter 2010
29th January - 14th February 2010
Tour Cost: £2,350 (Plus flights)

We begin our 2010 season with our very popular tour to Yellowstone in the winter. I have included the 2010 winter tour to Yellowstone in this brochure as places are very limited and are quickly filled. The 2009 tour was so popular that it was necessary to operate two tours consecutively. If you are considering joining us on this special tour you will have ample opportunity to reserve your place on the next available tour. The 2010 tour will be the thirteenth we have organised to photograph Yellowstone in winter and it continues to offer some of the most exciting and unique photographic opportunities to be found in the USA.

Our tour visits the Grand Teton National Park and Jackson Hole area before making our way north through Idaho to West Yellowstone. Here we join our own snow coach and spend five full days exploring many aspects of the park. During our five days we will visit numerous great locations in the park giving everyone the opportunity to see Yellowstone gripped in winter conditions. During our time in the park we will see many of the famous thermal basins and features. We will also visit places such as Tangled Creek, Tire Pool and Hayden Valley, areas made famous by images from previous Photoventures tours. We will also visit Mammoth and the Northern section of the Park along the Lamar Valley, where we may spot the grey wolves that live here.

Yellowstone in the winter is unique with its sub zero temperatures and steaming hydrothermal features. The park also has very limited access confined to over snow vehicles such as snow coaches and snow mobiles operated by specialist companies. This results in very few people accessing the park during these cold winter months. In addition to this, the animals usually become more approachable as they seek to survive the harsh winter conditions and this usually results in more encounters with bison, coyotes and other park wildlife. During our stay in Jackson you will also have the opportunity to visit the National Elk Refuge, home to as many as 8,000 wintering elk. This is a unique opportunity to view hundreds of majestic bull elks as they congregate together on the refuge, something infrequently seen in the wilderness.

The current tour prices reflect the huge drop in the exchange rate of the US Dollar as of November 2008. Should the exchange rate improve in the future then tour prices will be reduced accordingly.