Yellowstone-Winter

This page is one of three devoted to photography in Yellowstone National Park in winter.The other two pages are...Yellowstone Winter WildlifeandYellowstone Winter Landscapes
The Park In Winter
Geyser Glow‚ Yellowstone Feb. 2002Pentax 67II with Pentax 55~100mm f/4.5 lens on Provia 100F
Yellowstone was the world's first National Park. It's still one of the most remarkable. It is located in the northwestern United States, straddling Montana and Wyoming, and covers some 2.2 million acres. The geothermal activity here is unique, as the park features areas where the Earth's molten core is the closest to the surface of anywhere on the planet.
In the summer it is very crowded. Unfortunately America's National Parks are being loved to death‚ there are simply too many visitors during much of the year. For this reason I never visit them between May and September. But in the winter months they are relatively deserted. Accommodations are easy to find, and the roads and trails relatively uncrowde...