Trip Reports

There is a reason that winter is the time of year that draws more photographers to Yellowstone than any other. Winter is a time of extremes, when the landscape is covered in a calming blanket of white and all of the wildlife is pushed to the limits of survival. Winter is drama, and trying to…

To learn the story behind the photos, check out Evan’s full trip report HERE!  All photos and text courtesy of Yellowstone Wild Photo Naturalist Evan Watts. Due to high demand, Evan is offering 2 workshops in winter 2026.  There are still a few spots left!  Learn more and book your spot HERE. To learn more…

TRIP REPORT: 6-Day Winter Wolf Watching Package Feb 2-7, 2025 Our adventure together began and ended with some epic winter weather.  After picking up the group from the hotel in Bozeman and maneuvering the van through semi-plowed streets, we began our journey—driving with minimal visibility— south towards Yellowstone National Park. Our hopes were high;…

TRIP REPORT: Wolves & Winter Wonders January 2025 Day 1: The guests arrived in Bozeman, where they had what I can only imagine was an exciting and memorable evening. I didn’t know this absolutely as I didn’t join the adventure until Day 2, but Bozeman is a great town, and the guests were about…

  Whoosh. I pull into a roadside pullout to let yet another tailgating vehicle pass. “Everyone is in such a hurry,” I chuckle to myself as I return to the road, and we continue on our way. It is common for visitors to Yellowstone to try to pack as much as possible into one trip…

Enjoy the magic of winter in Yellowstone.  All video footage captured while on tour with guests.  

Quiet. Solitude. Wilderness. As I tightened the last few straps on my backpack and hit the trail for three days deep in the backcountry of Yellowstone, I contemplated these three words and what they mean to me. It is becoming increasingly challenging to find quiet, solitude, or wilderness in our ever-modernizing world. But in places…

This winter an incredible event unfolded here on the Northern Range of Yellowstone National Park. In late January a wildlife guide was watching a lone mountain goat high on a cliff band above the Lamar Valley. The goat stomped repeatedly while looking intently at the rock wall in front of it, or at least that…

Photo courtesy of NPS – Yellowstone. We kicked off our Yellowstone adventure with a mesmerizing exploration of the Mammoth terraces in northern Yellowstone National Park. The intricate formations of travertine created a surreal landscape as if we were wandering through a scene from another planet. The geothermal activity was captivating, with steaming pools and colorful…

For most of the afternoon the large, tan-colored cat was basically impossible to see, bedded down behind a boulder high on the cliff ledge. Occasionally, it rolled over or repositioned, briefly revealing its foot or head from behind the rock, and if you looked really closely you could see the black tip of the lion’s…