by admin | Dec 26, 2011 | Yellowstone National Park Winter
Up late this evening…..tying up loose ends. Apparently, there is a storm coming sometime tomorrow afternoon that might actually require the use of a snowblower. While we are saving gas in that realm, we are buring the shit out of the firewood. Warmer weather...
by admin | Dec 21, 2011 | 11. JOE'S VAULT - Ramblings of a Fly Fishing Guide, Yellowstone National Park Winter
This morning we woke to a fresh white layer, but not as deep as was hoped for. Snow piled up through out the day, however it didn’t ever add up to much on the west side of Yellowstone National Park. It all helps, but a good winter storm would be a wonderful...
by admin | Dec 19, 2011 | Yellowstone National Park Winter
Cruising through YNP again today….the season is here. Yellowstone Alpen Guides is busy even though our bombardiers are parked…..wheeled vans are getting us in the Park, which, thankfully, is the only way until more snow graces the mountains. Will the...
by admin | Dec 18, 2011 | Yellowstone National Park Winter
YNP is open for winter travel, but we are running wheeled vehicles on mostly snow packed roads. The bare spots are plenty and with this bleak forecast, we could be driving vans for another couple weeks. Once on top of Firehole hill, the snow pack is thin, but then...
by admin | Dec 12, 2011 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, Madison River, Yellowstone National Park Winter
There has yet to be much white stuff fall from the skies this winter. A skiff here and there since before Thanksgiving, but all in all, the snow has yet to come. Looking around on the web, one can quickly find reports which say that December will continue to be cold...
by admin | Apr 23, 2011 | Yellowstone National Park Winter
This morning’s cold temperatures, 5 degrees, would make it a tough time to be a bison calf. These little ungulates can be up and walking with in 2 hours of birth. Rumor has it that this little calf was born on the road. I saw another calf at Old Faithful...