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Yellowstone
Winter 2011 We begin our 2011 season with our very popular tour to Yellowstone in the winter. Previous tours have been so popular that it has been 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. The 2011 tour will be the fourteenth 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 utilise 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 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 such places as Tangled Creek, Tire Pool and Hayden Valley, areas made famous by images from previous Photoventures tours. We will photograph Mammoth and the Northern section of the park along the Lamar Valley where we may spot the grey wolves that live here. Having led so many trips to Yellowstone, you can be assured that we will visit the very best locations for photography during the trip. 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. On the 2009 tour there was a very close encounter with the Canyon grey wolf pack as they fed on an elk kill and this offered some of the most spectacular images of wolves that have been captured by our clients. Whilst no one can guarantee these sightings, we are able to offer you something special during our stay in Jackson. Here you will 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 and if you’re lucky you may get close to the resident bald eagles that live here. Perhaps one of the greatest places on earth, Yellowstone
has so much to offer the photographer at all times of the year.
However in winter it is very special indeed with its extreme temperatures,
rising steam and open waterways there is nowhere quite like it.
To visit here is a real experience but to be able to capture the
winter conditions, frozen wildlife and boiling pools is like no
other photography you will find. Yes it may be cold, you have to
wrap up warm and look after your cameras but these difficulties
will soon be forgotten as you immerse yourself in this very special
photographic location. |
