Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Yellowstone National Park (Yellowstone), Verenigde Staten

Druk — Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Oversnow winter season (15 dec – 15 mrt (meestal)), Winter wolves in the Lamar (20 dec – 10 mrt (meestal))

Rustig — een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Oversnow winter season (15 dec – 15 mrt (meestal)), Winter wolves in the Lamar (20 dec – 10 mrt (meestal))

Druk — Spring break in Verenigde Staten

• Regel

  Bear management area closures

  10 mrt – 10 nov · meestalSluitingen

  Parts of the backcountry shut on fixed spring and autumn dates to keep people off carcass sites and berry slopes. The dates are published and do not move for the weather, so check before planning a route. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Oversnow winter season (15 dec – 15 mrt (meestal)), Winter wolves in the Lamar (20 dec – 10 mrt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

• Opening

  Roads reopen to cars

  15 apr – 30 mei · meestalWandelseizoen

  The road system is ploughed open in phases from the third week of April, with the high passes last in late May. Late April gives you geyser basins with snow on them and almost no traffic. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Spring wildlife on the northern range

  15 apr – 15 jun · meestalDierenseizoen

  Bison calves in the Lamar Valley from late April, bears out of the den on the lower slopes, and wolves visible against the last snow. The best wildlife weeks of the year, before the crowds.

Nog steeds bezig: Bear management area closures (10 mrt – 10 nov (meestal))

Druk — Memorial Day weekend

• Opening

  Beartooth Highway open

  22 mei – 12 okt · meestalWandelseizoenSluitingen

  The road over the 3,300-metre pass to the northeast gate opens around the end of May and closes in mid-October, earlier if it snows. It is the best drive in the region and the first thing shut. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Memorial Day weekend

  23–25 meiNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroeg

  Memorial Day, the last Monday of May, opens the summer travel season: over the long weekend campsites and lodging book out, roads are slow, and parking at the most popular spots fills early in the day. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Bear management area closures (10 mrt – 10 nov (meestal)), Roads reopen to cars (15 apr – 30 mei (meestal)), Spring wildlife on the northern range (15 apr – 15 jun (meestal))

Druk — Summer break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Natuur

  Meadow wildflowers

  15 jun – 31 jul · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  Lupine, balsamroot and paintbrush through the Hayden and Lamar valleys from mid-June, later the higher the meadow. It runs about six weeks and ends when the grass browns off. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Bear management area closures (10 mrt – 10 nov (meestal)), Spring wildlife on the northern range (15 apr – 15 jun (meestal)), Beartooth Highway open (22 mei – 12 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Summer peak, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Seizoen

  Summer peak

  1 jul – 20 augSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  July and August carry more than half the park's annual visits. Old Faithful's car park fills by mid-morning, in-park lodging books a year out, and a bison on the road costs you an hour. Bron ↗

• Risico

  Wildfire smoke

  15 jul – 20 sep · meestalRookseizoen

  The park burns most summers and so does everything upwind of it. Smoke can flatten the light and the views for a week without a fire being anywhere in the park. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Bison rut

  20 jul – 25 aug · meestalBronsttijdRisico

  Bulls bellow, wallow and fight through the Hayden and Lamar valleys in high summer, and they stand in the road while they do it. It is also the season most people are gored for standing too close.

Nog steeds bezig: Bear management area closures (10 mrt – 10 nov (meestal)), Beartooth Highway open (22 mei – 12 okt (meestal)), Meadow wildflowers (15 jun – 31 jul (meestal))

Topdrukte — Summer peak, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Feestdag

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 sepNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroeg

  Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Bear management area closures (10 mrt – 10 nov (meestal)), Beartooth Highway open (22 mei – 12 okt (meestal)), Summer peak (1 jul – 20 aug), Wildfire smoke (15 jul – 20 sep (meestal)), Bison rut (20 jul – 25 aug (meestal))

Topdrukte — Labor Day weekend, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Natuur

  Elk rut at Mammoth

  5 sep – 15 okt · meestalBronsttijdRisico

  Bulls bugle on the lawns at Mammoth through September and rangers cone off the ones that will not move. The crowds have gone by then and the light is better than it is all summer.

Nog steeds bezig: Bear management area closures (10 mrt – 10 nov (meestal)), Beartooth Highway open (22 mei – 12 okt (meestal)), Wildfire smoke (15 jul – 20 sep (meestal)), Labor Day weekend (5–7 sep)

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

• Sluiting

  Roads close for the season

  12 okt – 5 nov · meestal

  Dunraven Pass and the Beartooth go first in mid-October, the rest of the interior at the beginning of November, and the park then sits empty until the oversnow season starts in December. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Bear management area closures (10 mrt – 10 nov (meestal)), Beartooth Highway open (22 mei – 12 okt (meestal)), Elk rut at Mammoth (5 sep – 15 okt (meestal))

Druk — Thanksgiving break in Verenigde Staten

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Bear management area closures (10 mrt – 10 nov (meestal)), Roads close for the season (12 okt – 5 nov (meestal))

Druk — Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Oversnow winter season

  15 dec – 15 mrt · meestalIJsseizoenBoek vroeg

  Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead. Only the road from Gardiner to Cooke City stays open to cars all winter. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Winter wolves in the Lamar

  20 dec – 10 mrt · meestalDierenseizoen

  The road from Gardiner through to Cooke City is the only one ploughed all winter, and the Lamar Valley in the snow is where the wolf watchers set their scopes at first light. Bison and bighorn come down with them.