best time to go yellowstone
last week of may or the first week of june too early to go to yellowstone
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Both Crowe and Enblethen are correct about your time period, it is a great time of the year almost anywhere. Two replies were received while I tried to wax poetically and they are so true. also.
My choice, however, would be to go again during the coldest, snowiest part of the winter. Yellowstone turns out it's most unbelievable tableaus in the winter. To observe a herd of bison as they appear coming out of the ground fog so often found there, the snow and ice crystals on their hair and horns, swans floating down a river, otters frolicking while a coyote tries to sneak up on them, eagles fishing on the geyser heated river pools, wolves playing their stick carrying game in snow up to their stomachs.
It is the surreal time to visit. Sitting in an old snow coach driving by a guide that has forgotten more about our first park than I'll ever know, taking us places where these things really happen, just amazing.
My choice, however, would be to go again during the coldest, snowiest part of the winter. Yellowstone turns out it's most unbelievable tableaus in the winter. To observe a herd of bison as they appear coming out of the ground fog so often found there, the snow and ice crystals on their hair and horns, swans floating down a river, otters frolicking while a coyote tries to sneak up on them, eagles fishing on the geyser heated river pools, wolves playing their stick carrying game in snow up to their stomachs.
It is the surreal time to visit. Sitting in an old snow coach driving by a guide that has forgotten more about our first park than I'll ever know, taking us places where these things really happen, just amazing.
