Day 6: Livingston to Chico Hot Springs
The fact that we’ve spent the night in Livingston is down to our aborted snowmobile adventure; if we’d gone ahead as planned, we’d have woken up still in West Yellowstone.…
Day 5: West Yellowstone to Livingston
The thin smattering of fresh snow doesn’t look too promising, but the woman on reception says she’ll check with the boss. “How many snowmobiles will you need?” she asks. “Just…
Day 4: Tetons to West Yellowstone
From the moment I throw open the curtains, it’s clear that today’s going to be very different. There’s been snow overnight, the peaks are lost behind low clouds and it’s…
Day 3: Grand Teton National Park
There’s a wonderful simplicity about the Grand Tetons. Drive into the park and there they are: the meanest-looking monuments to tectonic activity in the West, a jagged, saw-toothed range that…
Day 2: Salt Lake City, UT to Afton, WY
There are few things more exhilarating than waking up in a new city where the only demand on your time is to explore a little. Our hotel, the hundred-year old…
Greenland mountains from the window seat, 36,000 feet above
Day 1: UK to Utah (The Long Way)
Executive summary: Bad start, beery trousers, missed connections, hours in line/queues. Full version: Some years ago we resolved never to repeat the experience of a three-leg transatlantic flight and yet…
Wolf on the prowl, Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center, West Yellowstone
Winter roadtrip to Yellowstone
If you’d asked the 10-year old me for the top three on my ‘things to do before I die’ list (OK, just ‘things to do’ – the notion of ever…