Explore Yellowstone Like a Local! Save TIME & MONEY on your Yellowstone Vacation.

It's the 3rd Friday in April and just like it has every year, Yellowstone Park is open for business! Or is it???? 

Starting today, you can drive from Mammoth or West Yellowstone to the Canyon area and over to Old Faithful. BUT!!!!

The park has seen it's third highest snow totals in 100 years and the highest totals since all records were set in 1996 when the park had an unbelievable 29.5 feet of snow. 

As Yellowstone opened today, the ground in the park is still covered by 6-8' of snow at the West Entrance and up to 12' of snow in the Canyon Area and the high temp for opening day is supposed to be 29 degrees with a low of 7. If you see Old Faithful go off, all your going to see is steam and everything in the Canyon area is closed as is every trail in the park and Grand Teton is the same way.

Follow the tips in the Planning Your Yellowstone Vacation Chapter in the guidebook and don't waste your Time and Money by coming to the park too early and freezing your ass off and not seeing anything. 

This podcast covers what I have found after going into Yellowstone a few times after the park re-opened after the historic floods this spring.

We also cover how West Yellowstone, the busiest entry town by far for Yellowstone Park is down nearly 40% from previous years and why you should take advantage of this and come on with it!!

We then cover when the North Loop opened up and as usual,  how to beat the crowds at the main stops and see the best Yellowstone has to offer without another tourist in sight. Including where you can swim in the park even though all the main park swimming areas are either closed or damaged beyond repair. 

We also cover a new momma grizzly bear and her tiny, tiny cub and where the best spot is to see her.  We even cover the opening of a brand new restaurant in West called Jakes Chop Shop where you can get some of the best locally sourced steaks found anywhere in Montana. 

But its a great time to visit Yellowstone as visitation is WAY DOWN and how you should take advantage of that.  means and we cover all that in this podcast. 

 

After the unprecedented flooding disaster that hit the worlds first National Park and the surrounding areas, Cam Sholly, the Park Superintendent, has pulled off the impossible. 

Without a single loss of life in what has been described as a 100 year event with billions of dollars worth of damage, Cam Sholly, along with Sarah Davis, the head Park Ranger for Yellowstone, have been able to not only avoid a single death during this enormous disaster, they have been able to set a re-opening date within only a week or so after these unbelievable events transpired.

In this podcast, I cover everything that Cam Sholly went over in his daily press conference on June 17th in which he described how the re-opening of Yellowstone Park is going to unfold. 

I cover every detail possible to help know what you will find when you arrive for your Yellowstone vacation for the remainder of the year. 

And it's all great news. Yellowstone is set to open next week after a simply masterful job by Mr. Sholly and Mrs. Davis and their staffs have been able to pull off so you can come to Yellowstone and help celebrate what has become a most memorable 150th birthday party for the worlds first national park!  

In this podcast, we cover what you will find when you arrive in Yellowstone Country. What is open and closed and the most updated park conditions that I have seen so far this year. 

We cover what trails are open in the Canyon Area and which ones are closed including 2 of the best-the trail to the Brink of the Lower Falls and Red Rock Point and when they should be open. We also cover how the best Visitors Center in the park is getting a quick facelift and when it should be open. 

We cover how the bears are REALLY moving around and staying down low due to the deepest snow this late in the year I think I have ever seen in my life.  

We go over when you can dine at the fabulous Lake Hotel and more importantly-when you can't but how to find what may possibly be the best hot dog ever!!

When then cover how the Old Faithful Inn is FINALLY open including the hippest bar in the US-The Bear Pit Bar. 

Finally we cover some big news about who wants to advertise on the Explore Podcasts and  then how the Forest Fenn Treasure simply won't die. And then top it all off with the summer launching  announcement of our 3rd podcast series-Who Killed Who? Which should be a lot of fun. 

And we start and end this podcast with some of our most popular intro music ever for a bit of fun!

This podcast is for those of you that requested more stories.  I have thrown in two near death experiences that occurred while white water rafting the world famous Kitchen Sink Rapids in the Bear Trap Canyon on the Madison River. One story of my good friend Mike and then 10 years later in the exact same spot, one of yours truly where I really got close to buying the farm but was the most spiritual experience of my life. 

This podcast covers what to expect when you arrive in Yellowstone this summer for vacation. 
We cover how busy the parks are as well as West Yellowstone and Jackson Hole. We cover the vitally important tips from the guidebook that you MUST follow to have a nice enjoyable vacation this summer. 
We then go over the new additions to the guidebook about how to be good Stewards of Yellowstone Park and our new Explorer Skills Challenge where you can get a free t-shirt and notoriety on our website when you solve some really fun riddles and puzzles and send us some pics of the places you visit in the parks. 
We have 3 levels; easy, moderate and the really tough and interesting Teddy G level. And if you solve all 3 levels, you can even win a cash prize to enjoy as well as a t-shirt of your choice. 
We also cover how the Firehole and Boiling River Swimming areas are closed for 2021 but hip you to all the other places you can swim in Yellowstone. As well as some changes we made to our website and why and when you can book your fall nix spring 2022 tours with us. 

This podcasts covers when the parks open and more importantly when you should plan on arriving. We cover what will and won't be open in the parks this summer as far as dining and visiting public buildings and attractions. We also cover your flying options this summer with the new flight options from United Airlines right into the West Yellowstone airport and the shortage of rental cars those added flights have caused.
We also cover what to expect as far as crowds go this year and how to beat those crowds on a daily basis regardless of when you arrive. 
And for those of you that are arriving with a camping trailer in tow or are driving a motorhome and looking for a place to park it, I cover that here as well.