Great summary, nice photos, and good information for people looking to visit. I've been there 4 times and still looked forward to seeing your pictures and hearing what you enjoyed seeing.
Spent 32 days In the back country there this year! Got the most lost I ever had starting near the canyon! On A day-hike from camp down to the remote pellican valley & back up pellican Creek trail which was very faint & dissapeared in places. Ended up a couple miles east of the trail & used compass to bushwack back, making it to trail minutes before darkness! Then after dark almost back to camp I had a dangerous grizzly encounter, being growled at for hundreds of yards though I never did spot it. It was a fun day. Good video 👍
Great job, Thank you. I took my children age 6 and 10 years old, 27 years ago. They cried when we were leaving the park. It was a fantastic trip and magical place I still remeber. We hike up to the top of Mt. Washburn and I can never forget my children made it to the top. I am planning to take off on the road again, have a plan to revisit the park, Grand Teton as well. We are so blessed with this beautiful earth.
This presentation is playing a big role in our planning our upcoming trip to Yellowstone park.We have already added extra two days in our schedule for the Yellowstone Park. Great presentation; any one planning this trip must see this before you finalize your trip.
I wish we would have given 2 full days to Lamar Valley. Make sure you bring binoculars and a great camera. The wildlife is something I'll never forget.
Just came across this video, and loved it! You did such a great job pointing out the must-see places, and I'm hoping we can hit them all on our trip there summer of 2020. And yes, we've booked our hotels (a year in advance of the trip) in the park. So glad we did!
Another MUST is bear tooth pass. It’s past the NE entrance and is one of my favorite places on the planet. If you’ve never seen mountains the perfect way to come in is from the NE, it goes from regular flat Montana to being on top of the world. The views are unbeaten. I’d say it rivals or even beats the Tetons for the best entrance
Very cool and informative video! We are heading out in a week to sightsee and film RU-vid videos as well. This was helpful! Thank you for sharing your experience!
I've been going to Yellowstone sense 1967 and I can tell you that no matter how many times you go you will never see it all and it has changed so much in the time I've been going that even seeing the same places isn't seeing the same thing it changes day to day and will never be the same twice. My last trip was labor day weekend 2018 and I don't care where you live, drive to Yellowstone because there is so much to see in getting there, for instance this last trip out we went to Mt Rushmore and around thru Custer state park in SD, thru Sheridan WY and up the Bighorn Mt to Greybill WY and then in the east entrance to Yellowstone. We also went up to Missoula MT before going home. Also if you want to see wild life go in the spring around mid-May or June most of the animals will have had there babies and they lay about and you will see plenty, I have a lot of video of bighorn sheep, buffalo, mule deer, elk and bears both black and grizzly. Three years ago when I was out there I drove thru a blizzard in July, so be prepared for any weather as well. And "DO NOT" think you can just go strolling in the woods either, Yellowstone is natural and a "very" dangerous place, read and follow all the signs and brochures because not only are the animals dangerous but you will be walking on the mouth of one of the worlds largest volcanoes, THATS WHAT YELLOWSTONE IS!
I really liked your presentation which was made better through your exuberance and use of the park map. I have to agree with your 10 places, but it could easily be 20. It is too bad that you did not get to go up over the Dunraven pass at Mt. Washburn. The view there is spectacular, and on a clear day (which is what you seemed to have gotten during your visit) the Grand Tetons are clearly in view from that point.. Some other honorable mentions (maybe you got to some of these): The wildlife - even in Yosemite I have not seen a collection like in Yellowstone Fountain Paint Pots Artist Paint Pots Roaring Mountain the hike up the hill overlooking Old Faithful and the upper geyser basin Firehole Canyon Drive Biscuit Basin The drive to Cooke City, MT and the NE park entrance The east drive toward Cody, WY and the east park entrance You and your family will need to come back and visit again! I have been there 3 times and still there are more places to explore.
I knew after 6 days in the park that we missed a number of great places. My wife and I agreed we will go back again in a few years -- thanks for the new list of places to check out next time -- maybe another video in the future! ;-)
It’s a great video! Great help with the map and the description. Would love to see the places you stayed along the route, what worked and what would be better. Thanks!
We actually stayed at three of the different lodges -- Old Faithful, Canyon, and near Lake Yellowstone -- one night each -- it was all we could get even booking a year out! We also stayed just outside the park in Afton, Wyoming the night before our first day in the park, and in Bozeman, Montana the night after (we wanted to also see Montana State University.) We then came back in from the north gate in Gardiner, MT, to visit the north area of the park. If you can get in the lodges, do so, as they are so nicely positioned near some of the key features, and they were clean and nice (if a bit sparing). We even got woke up one morning by something scratching on the outside of the cabin, and fearing a bear, instead looked out to see a bull elk scratching the velvet off his antlers on a tree just outside the door.
I went through the grand teton entrance and it was so beautiful. I actually had to go pee in the bush and got a great view of the creek early in the morning.
It wasn’t cheap, but also not the most expensive trip I have taken either. We did the whole trip in 8 days, spending all or part of 6 days in the park itself. Biggest tip - get reservations for in-park lodging EARLY.
My web site for my business is www.randalldean.com. I'll probably be posting more travel-related videos in the near future. Have been taking pics and video -- just been a bit busy to put together some new ones together.
HI Randy, this is a great informative video and I love how you incorporated the maps for the location of all the sights. How did you split up your lodging locations based on the sights. If you wouldn't mind sharing the stays based your travels that would be helpful. Appreciate it
Well, because we booked with less than a year, we had very few options in the park. We stayed our first night in Afton, WY on our way up. The next day, we went through Jackson Hole and then up through Grand Tetons -- we entered Yellowstone from the south entrance and drove up to Canyon Lodge and stayed two nights there. We spent the next day exploring the whole Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone area, before heading down for one night at Lake Yellowstone. (Both nights in private separate family units). We wandered near the lake, the Hayden Valley to watch wildlife, and the south part of the lake with the geysers in the water (Grant Village/West Thumb). Third night in the park was at Old Faithful Lodge in the lodge. We hit Grand Prismatic, Lower Geyser Basin, and of course Old Faithful. We did a big hike near Lower Geyser -- lots to see there. That was our last night staying in the park. We actually wanted to go visit Montana, so the next day we did Tower Falls, Lamar Valley and Roosevelt Lodge and hiked up to hidden lake before driving out of the park's north entrance to stay in a hotel in Bozeman. We spent one day out of the part exploring the University and resting up a bit, before heading back in for another day at Mammoth Hot Springs. We ended up basically staying 4 full nights in the park, and 3 nights near the park (outside hotels) moving each day. At first, we didn't really like the plan, but then we realized that moving around each day actually put us closer to all of the different places to see, so I'd actually recommend it again. Although if we could have had 2-3 nights at each lodge instead, that would have been much preferred. We drove A LOT.
I personally would love to visit in EVERY season, including winter. However, in May, it might STILL be wintry in Yellowstone -- the majority of the park is over 8,000 ft. elevation if I'm not mistaken, and winter weather can even happen in June and August. If you don't mind braving the elements a bit though, the crowds will be much less and the wildlife might be much more visible.
We stayed down near Jackson Hole, Wyoming near the Grand Tetons on our first day, then did 3 days at the different lodges in the park, then spent the last day up near Gardiner, Montana near the north gate. If you want to stay in the lodges, you really need to book early. We booked a year in advance, and we could only find a few ad hoc rooms at three different locations (near Yellowstone Falls, Old Faithful, and Lake Yellowstone), but that actually worked great, as it positioned us near different parts of the park each day. And the day we were at the lodge near the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, we were woke up by a large bull elk rubbing the velvet off his antlers right outside our window. Pretty cool.
