Yellowstone

SCHEDULE FOR YELLOWSTONE PARK TOURS # 1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #7.    

Day one

Begins as you arrive at Bozeman, MT Gallatin Field (code BZN) where the included Karst Stage shuttle service will transport you to West Yellowstone, MT. You will be welcomed to The Conference Hotel which will be our home base for the next few nights. Bozeman is serviced by Northwest, Delta, United, Horizon and Frontier Airlines. After check in and getting settled in to your comfy room, you go to the snow desk in the hotel to sign your snowmobile rental agreement contract. After getting your snowmobile clothing you can enjoy the many amenities of the hotel or go check out the town and what it has to offer. Dinner will be at The Conference Hotel’s, Oregon Shortline Dining Room.  Shortly after, we will have a meeting to cover the why’s and wherefore’s of safe snowmobiling.

Day two

The next morning we are suited and booted along with our signed snowmobile contracts, we receive our sled
assignments. After a safety and operational briefing we are off for our introduction day of riding to get you acclimated and comfortable with the operation of the snowmobiles. We will have lunch at one of restaurants in West Yellowstone and then return to the trails for afternoon riding. With
the days ride behind us we are back to West Yellowstone for a great dinner. After dinner we have the option to go to the I-Max Theatre to catch one of their action movies on the big screen and then returning to the Hotel for a good nights rest.

Day three

We ride to the Yellowstone Park gate and enter the park to begin our tour of our first and greatest National Park. As we follow the awesome Madison River Valley you will see bison, elk, eagles, coyotes and a lot of beautiful scenery as we ride to Madison Junction warming hut for a brief stop. From there we go south following the Firehole River as we see and experience the Geyser Basins; eventually ending up at Old Faithful where we have lunch and watch the eruption of the ever popular Old Faithful Geyser. A short ride to Kepler Cascades and we are heading back into the Geyser Basins with stops at Black Sand Basin, Midway Geyser, Fountain Paint Pots, Firehole Canyon and lots of awesome sights. Soon we are back at Madison Junction and then West Yellowstone, MT in time for dinner. After dinner we pack our travel bags for the two upcoming overnights at The Best Western in Gardiner, MT. We will vacate our rooms and take our leave behind baggage to a storage room at the Hotel before leaving the next morning.

Day four

With the travel bags packed in the tote sled we are off to visit The Grizzly Discovery Center where we will see the grizzly bears, wolves and a neat museum. Lunch will be at one of the restaurants in West Yellowstone, MT before going into the Park. As we ride from Madison Junction following the Gibbon River we will stop at Gibbon Falls, Beryl Springs, Norris Geyser Basin, Roaring Mountain, Obsidian Cliff, Sheepeater Cliff, Swan Lake Flats and Mammoth Hot Springs Trailhead. We leave our snowmobiles at the trailhead and take a 10 minute van ride following the Gardner River to the town of Gardiner, MT for our overnight at Best Western Motel with the Yellowstone River out your window. Dinner will be at The Yellowstone Mine Restaurant.

Day five

With lunches packed the next morning we board the van to begin our wildlife tour of the beautiful Lamar Valley. The Lamar Valley is a low snow area that is home to a lot of wildlife: elk, bison, eagles, otters, coyotes and last but not least wolves. There are several wolf packs that reside in and hunt the Lamar Valley due to the high population of elk and bison in the valley. The awesome scenery of the Lamar Valley will be topped off with a visit to The Yellowstone Park Museum and Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces before returning to Best Western Gardiner and dinner at the Yellowstone Mine.

Day six

A short van ride takes us to the trailhead and our waiting snowmobiles for the ride to Norris Geyser Basin. The ride from Norris to Canyon Village does not give a hint to our next stop and the awesome beauty of The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. With stops at Artist Point and the Uncle Tom’s Trail, the upper and lower falls views are breathtaking. As we leave the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, the trail follows the Yellowstone River and takes us to the former lake bed that is now the Hayden Valley. As we ride across the valley it is hard to perceive what it must have been like as a lake. At the lower end of the valley we stop at the Mud Volcano and then follow the Yellowstone River to Fishing Bridge for a lunch stop and a scenic view of Yellowstone Lake. From here we ride back to West Yellowstone and the end of the tour of our First and Greatest Park: Yellowstone National Park. The schedule of stops will be mingled with numerous sightings of bison, elk, coyotes, eagles, otters, trumpeter swans and wolves.

All Snowmobiling Tour

For those of you who would rather snowmobile another day instead of going to the Lamar Valley wildlife tour we have Tour number 6 designed for you. This tour will base out of The Conference Hotel in West Yellowstone, MT.

Day one:

Will be your arrival day at the Bozeman, MT airport where transportation will bring you to The Conference Hotel (Holiday Inn Resort) for check in and the beginning of your tour. After check in you go to the snow desk at the hotel to handle your paper work for the snowmobile rental agreement and also get your snowmobile clothing for the tour. A safety and introduction meeting will be held after dinner.

Day two:

Is your introduction to snowmobiling where we will ride some of the many trails in the National Forest in the area. Upon returning to West Yellowstone for a lunch break we make a visit to the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center. From the Grizzly Center we go on the trail for another ride and then return for dinner. After
dinner we have the opportunity to see one of the big screen movies at the I-Max Theatre.

Day three:

We are in Yellowstone Park visiting the Geyser Basins on the west side of the park with stops at Firehole Canyon, Fountain Paint Pots, Midway Geyser, Black Sand Basin, Kepler Cascades and Old Faithful where we have lunch and see the eruption of the
spectacular Old Faithful Geyser. Each days ride will be highlighted with bison, elk, coyotes, eagles, trumpeter swans and a lot of awesome scenery on our way back to West Yellowstone Conference Hotel.

Day four:

Our day begins as we ride through the beautiful Madison Valley on our way to Madison Junction for a brief stop. As we leave Madison Junction we follow the scenic Gibbon River on our way to Norris Junction. We make a stop at Norris Junction as we head to the beautiful Grand Canyon of The Yellowstone River. After viewing the canyon we ride to Hayden Valley which is a dry lake bed that is home to bison, coyotes, eagles and wolves. Following the Yellowstone River the trail takes us to Fishing Bridge for a lunch stop and a visit to Lake Lodge with awesome views of Yellowstone Lake and the Absaroka Range. We will make scenic stops at Tuff Cliffs, Gibbon Falls, Beryl Springs, Artist Point, Uncle Tom Trail, Mud Volcano and numerous wildlife stops. The ride back to West Yellowstone shows more of the scenic beauty that our first and greatest National Park is known for.

Day five and six:

We will snowmobile in Montana and Idaho on the Beaverhead and Gallatin National Forest groomed trail systems. The trail system is very scenic with some very awesome views of the Snake River Valley and the Rockies. Lunches will be at restaurants along the trail and then returning to West Yellowstone for the night.

Day seven:

Will be your departure day.