February 2009 Yellowstone In Winter

February 2009 Yellowstone In Winter

This was a belated Honeymoon trip. We were unable to take our honeymoon when we were married March 23, 2008.
So we went to West Yellowstone, Montana, February 9th of 2009. There we toured the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center on Tuesday and again on Thursday.
The morning of the 10th we were picked up at out motel by David the driver of a snow coach named, "Rosebud" and headed for Yellowstone National Park. Our destination was, "The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone". We saw all points between, including Lower Yellowstone Falls, plus we went into the Hayden Valley.
Then on the 12th the snow coach, Griz and driver Joann took us to Old Faithful and all points between and brought us back to the motel late that day. Naturally we took lots of pictures for our friends to enjoy and to help us not forget what we saw and the good time we had.

February 9, 10, 11, 12, 2009Showing 1-42 of 25124911 visitsAlbum by Ron CarrickPhotos by Ron Carrick

IMG 1650 All the Grizzly bears and wolves you see below are in the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center which is in West Yellowstone. They allow you to take your camera in and photograph them all you want. There is a young and old pack of wolves in their own habitat there also. Our first visit to the center was February 9th....	IMG 1651 Groups of bears are released into a special pen where they look for food hidden by keepers. It keeps them busy looking. They are active and you get to see them in action rather than laying around.	IMG 1660 There are several kinds of bears in the discovery center....
IMG 1662 This guy was just let out and is looking for food.	IMG 1658 They smell around looking for food.	IMG 1684 copy These wolves are 11 - 14 years old
IMG 1692 Older wolf......	IMG 1707 This is an older wolf.... we spent the February 10th at the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center and Thursday also....	IMG 1715 It must be down there...... This was our Monday tour of the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center visit.
IMG 1740 This guy wondered around looking in several places for food.....	IMG 1745 There he is sniffing again...	IMG 1755 Grandpa
IMG 1756 Grandpa	IMG 1762 Old wolf	IMG 1805 This Raven flew up and was looking for some left over food the bears may have left. They are always close by during feeding time too.
IMG 1806 The Ravens like to hang around the Bear and Wolf enclosures to scrap up extra treats the bears and wolves miss at feeding time.	IMG 1816 2 year Old Wolves are in this enclosure.	IMG 1818 They are sometime active but lay around for a while too.....
IMG 1751 These are the old wolves. They are 12 - 14 years old.	IMG 1752 Three photos of a grandpa?	IMG 1753 Old wolf
IMG 1757 Grandpa walks.........	IMG 1758 Nice looking wolf....last of the older ones in this series.....	IMG 1820 Not sure what this wolf was watching but I liked the pose.
IMG 1851 This was a small elk cow herd that was along the Madison River coming from West Yellowstone into the park. There were a few bison (buffalo) there too.	IMG 1853 This was a big elk herd at one time.....	IMG 1888 This was February 10th as we go along the Madison River on our way to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
IMG 1891 The elk herd again..	IMG 1892 Along the Madison......	IMG 1898 Bison of course
IMG 1899 These are a few close ups of the buffalo.	IMG 1900 What it looks like in the area...	IMG 1901 It was snowing a bit......
IMG 1902 They have to clear away the snow but in this area the warm water kept the snow thin.... easier to find food to eat.	IMG 1903 They like the open areas if there is food...	IMG 1907 A few Canada geese near where the Bison were feeding......
IMG 1905 There weren't to many Bison in this bunch but they were well fed.....	IMG 1906 Close up.......	IMG 1908 I like the Bison......
IMG 1909 They were moving around so I got a few different shots.......	IMG 1910 There were bulls, cows and younger Bison in this group....	IMG 1912 This shows the background in relationship to where they were....