Montana: Yellowstone on Beartooth Highway
Few would argue that this northeast route is anything other than the most spectacular drive into Yellowstone National Park. Beartooth Highway is one of America's great routes, following long winding…
The Shoshone River runs through Buffalo Bill State Park, a spectacularly rugged canyon carved from volcanic rock by the Shoshone River. Theodore Roosevelt called it "the most scenic 50 miles in the U.S."
Wyoming: Across the Cowboy State to Yellowstone
Back road purists might disapprove, but there are times when to follow anything other than the interstate would be contrary. Check a map of northeast Wyoming and you'll see that…
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 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…