Bozeman Chico Hot Springs
Mammoth Hot Springs
Norris Geyser Basin
Wyoming Montana
Lamar Valley
Hayden Valley
Old Faithful
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
Yellowstone Lake
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
Jackson Lake
Snake River
Idaho Wyoming Cooke City = Snowcoach Tauck
Find yourself someplace new!
Montana
EXCLUSIVE TO CULTURIOUS! Filmed vignettes by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan share their own personal stories and tell the stories of those who shaped the creation & preservation of America’s first national park
Travel by snowcoaches to the remote parts of Yellowstone, “coaches on skis” specially designed to glide over the snow – a mode of transportation that dates back to the 1930s
Maximum Elevation: 8,240 ft.
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK
National Elk Refuge
Jackson
in this place are wildlife magnets. A presentation tonight by Bob Landis, renowned Yellowstone wildlife cinematographer, gives great insight into their behaviors and lifestyles. Cozy up to a crackling fire at Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel for the next two nights. Meals BLD
3. LAMAR VALLEY AND THE WOLF PACKS Witness great herds traversing the white plains of Lamar Valley in the early morning light. Winter drives the grazing animals, like elk, bison, bighorn sheep, and pronghorn, down from the mountains to lower elevations where the snow and ice are thin. The herds draw packs of grey wolves (reintroduced to the park
Attend a special farewell cocktail reception and dinner in Jackson at The National Museum of Wildlife Art; travel by sleigh into the National Elk Refuge
Winter activities in Yellowstone (some at additional cost) – hiking by snowshoe, ice skating, cross-country skiing, and snowmobiling
Airport transfers upon arrival and departure as noted
19 meals (8 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 7 dinners); service charges, gratuities to local guides, admission fees, taxes and porterage
in 1995) and the predators in turn draw hopeful scavengers like coyotes and bald eagles. Wolves, usually invisible in the summer months, are easy to spot in the barren winter landscapes. Find your own sustenance in the civilized warmth of Cooke City, once a mining camp in the foothills beside the Snake River. An early winter sunset paints the sky and mountains with soul-stirring light and color on the return trip to the lodge. This evening, you can take your choice of activity – perhaps a ranger lecture, or a turn on the ice skating rink under magnificent stars. Meals BD
Bob Landis, Cinematographer
Recording remarkable wildlife behavior on motion picture film and video is the hallmark of noted cinematographer Bob
Landis, who has filmed wildlife in Yellowstone – a place very dear to his soul – for over 40 years. He shares his experiences and insights with Culturious guests on this trip. Bob is a Wisconsin native who taught high school math in Billings, Montana, before deciding to focus solely on filmmaking. He now spends day after day filming in Yellowstone, living out of an old log cabin that has been updated with some modern amenities. He has created more than 20 wildlife films, many of which have won awards and aired on television around the world; his long list of credits includes NATURE’s In the Valley of the Wolves – some of his footage of wolves appeared in The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.
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4. GEOTHERMAL PHENOMENA Yellowstone is a hotbed of geothermal spectacles. Superheated groundwater erupts from the earth in boiling springs, fumaroles, mud volcanoes, and geysers... In the crisp cold air of winter, the thermal features are all the more present – billowing steam, hissing water, and spume that encrust trees with frost and paint white masks on the faces of bison. A pilgrimage to the most famous geothermal wonder, Old Faithful, includes stops at Gibbon Falls, the Norris Geyser Basin, and the aptly named Fountain Paint Pots, oozing pools of reds, yellows, and browns. Arrive at the Old Faithful Snow Lodge... warm up, settle in, then walk outside to witness the eruption (on average every 94 minutes) with no crowds between you and the legendary clockwork geyser... a sudden burst of boiling water that hisses upward to 180 feet for one to five minutes, drifting a curtain of steam in the icy air. Meals BLD
5. INSIDE AND OUTSIDE YELLOWSTONE Days are exquisitely short this time of year, and this one is yours to spend as you wish. Explore the Upper Geyser Basin at your leisure... or take a guided tour. Rent cross-country skis to cover more ground, or take a snowshoe stroll off-trail. There are about 300 geysers in Yellowstone Park (more than in all the rest of the world combined),
Wyoming Idaho
Wyoming Montana
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