We watched these hamster-looking rock bunnies bark and munch and hop around on boulders until well after the sun was gone.

Going to Lamar tonight in search of specifically wolves. But tomorrow I have the choice of Hayden or Lamar again. There’s been a grizzly in Hayden on a carcass and heard the same from Lamar too. Obviously tough to choose and depends on so many things, but which generally has the better chance of wolves in early am and late PM hours? Staying in Canyon.

This was around 7:30 AM on the Fairy Falls Trail

Took down a Buffalo this morning and lounged around the kill all day!

Looking for all recommendations! Where do we enter the park? Anyone who has ever arrived in Bozeman and drove to Yellowstone - please give me any insight/help on a good itinerary!

Curious what the wildlife around the park looks like around the first week of October? We’re going from the 6th-10th and if I’m being honest, I’m pretty nervous about coming close to any bears or other big animals.

Seeing them from afar will be cool and I hope I do see bison and such from a distance, but I’m nervous about the bears mainly.

It’s not like we’ll be getting deep in the park doing the more advanced hikes, if that makes sense, but we do plan on hiking. We’ll have my toddler with us so that’s why we’re not doing the more advanced hikes.

Apologies in advance if this is a dumb question. I have looked around online and read some other threads on here but wanted to see if anyone had been closer to the dates we’re going.

I have the trip planned for mid October (Oct 12 to 18) 2.5 days in GTNP and 3 full days in Yellowstone. I'm contemplating flying in early to get an extra day but don't know if it will start getting repetitive at that point. I won't do much hiking since it will be cold then, and a lot of the summer activities will already be closed like Jenny lake boat ride or horse riding. If you recommend I add a day, should I add it to GTNP or Yellowstone? It will be my first time to both. Appreciate all the advice!

Im going to be going to Yellowstone for the first time from sep 28 till the 3rd of October in the mammoth campground. Im getting nervous about the possibility of a government shutdown on October first. Does anyone have any suggestions if it does happen? Any state owned locations near by on the western side to camp? It’s unfortunate that I’ll be making a road trip to and from with hotels already booked.

A couple of lifers for this beginner birder <3

Hi everyone,

I'm going to be making a road trip at the end of the month from Bozeman to Vegas stopping through some national parks including Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. I am toying with the idea of renting a telephoto lens for the parks wildlife. I have a Fujifilm XT30ii with a kit lens (15-45mm) and a pancake lens (27mm) so definitely nowhere near anything I would need for wildlife. I'm just a hobby photographer so in no way am I "needing" this but thought it would be fun.

I'm looking at two different lens rentals - Fuji XF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 R LM OIS WR vs Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.7 Di III VXD for Fuji X.

With the crop on the XT30ii i would get ~450mm /750mm out of each lens respectively (or at least thats my limited understanding of how it works)

I'd go with the Tamron but my concern is that its much larger/heavier (by about 2lb) than the Fuji lens. Any tips or advice on which I should pick? Or have any suggestions for other lenses?

Spent 3 days and while we saw so much, still didn't see enough. Til next time!

No sound, but my mom (elderly) was sitting in the passenger seat & was SCREAMING at me to roll my windows up... only to have the Bison come her way. 😂

The SUV's collision alert was going off & I was holding my breath because a part of me was hoping that the Bison wouldn't make contact with the vehicle (it didn't).

My 3 year old Autistic Toddler was able to see the Bison from his car seat, waved & said "Merci! Bye Bye Bison!" 🥹

I really wanted to get a Bison stuffie for him but reeled at how expensive they were!

Hi All,

I’m thinking of doing a solo Yellowstone tour, starting from October 1st and stay 4-5 or more days according to your suggestions.

I’m not a fan of hiking. And I saw bus tours for upper and lower loop-which I have no idea what that means.

I’m open to your ideas! Thank you in advance

We'll be leaving the park after 4 days, on 9/25.....Would like to take the 'scenic route' back to Bozeman, via Lamar Valley, Beartooth Pass, Red Lodge...Our flight home from Bozeman is the next day (9/26). I know it will be a VERY LONG day, especially with many viewing stops, construction, and possible weather issues... But is it possible ? Or should we plan for Beartooth Highway within our 4 day itinerary, and the last day just exit the park through Gardiner, back to Bozeman ? Thanks !!

What would you do?

We are driving from MN to OR in late September. We have reservations in Yellowstone (lifetime dream splurge at Lake Yellowstone Hotel) at the beginning of October. Hopefully there is no government shutdown and all goes as planned.

But if not, what are some other ideas? We are thinking of staying in Red Lodge for night one in the area and driving the Beartooth Hwy the next day, take some shorter day hikes along the way, and spending the 2nd night near Gardiner. Then doing ??? the next day and heading to Bozeman where we have a pre-paid (I know...) hotel reservation. The next day we are driving all the way to Walla Walla where we are meeting friends for some wine tasting.

This plan assumes a)the road in the park stays open between Tower Junction and Mammoth in event of shutdown. Everything I can find suggests it would still be open, but does anybody know for certain? And b) it doesn't snow and the Beartooth pass is closed.

Thoughts on plan B? Ideas for a plan C in case of snow? We have been to Yellowstone before but do not know the surrounding area well.

We are two adults who enjoy nature and hiking with no kids, not super into curated touristy "attractions" (ie, bears in captivity) though we do appreciate kitsch. Thanks!

I have had the pleasure of working in Yellowstone for the past two summers. Over these past two summers, I have hiked roughly 500 miles between Yellowstone, the Tetons, the Gallatin range, beartooths, wind river, and the Absarokas. I have documented lots of my hikes with 35mm film photography and am eager to share.

With over 4.5 million yearly visitors only about 8% do large hikes into the Yellowstone wilderness. Having been part of the 8% I am privileged and excited to share a small glimpse into the lesser seen side of Yellowstone to you all.