Day 9: Idaho Falls to Salt Lake City
We awake to another beautiful day, a golden light rising up over the mountains to the east. Fifteen minutes later – the time it takes to pack and throw down…
A journal of a winter roadtrip in search of a sighting of the Lamar Valley wolf pack in Yellowstone National Park.
Clark Canyon Reservoir, Montana (previously Lewis and Clark's Camp Fortunate)
Day 8: Gardiner to Idaho Falls
Realising a childhood ambition in such dramatic fashion exceeds all expectations but at the same time raises the distinct possibility of the last two days of our whistle-stop trip disappearing…
Day 7: Yellowstone Wolves Part 2
We re-enter Lamar Valley in state of semi-euphoria, pulling out the binoculars at every turnout in the full expectation of seeing more action. However, with the exception of the occasional…
Day 7: Yellowstone Wolves Part 1
Seven days into our trip and this is it: the focus of our entire journey. Mule deer and pronghorn are all well and good but today’s the day we’re going…
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…
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