A Yellowstone morning
After a rainy day spent bumming around West Yellowstone, I found myself alone on a quiet morning at Canary Spring with near perfect weather. It’s such an incredible feeling to get to experience such an other-worldly place all on your own.
Teton Pass and a Yellowstone evening
I watched the Yellowstone weather forecast for weeks before deciding to attempt a visit. The west entrance doesn’t even open until mid April. Then there is a very short window where most of the park is open but the crowds have yet to arrive. The weather often doesn’t cooperate with this schedule and snow remains a threat all the way to June.
After waking up in Idaho Falls, I took a detour to drive over Teton Pass for the first time and was rewarded with the most beautiful giant flakes of snow falling all around (and a highway that didn’t freeze). The weather remained gray as I arrived and began looking around Yellowstone. Then - just as I was about to give up and try again the next day - the sun came out from the clouds and everything was near perfect for photographs.
Utah and Idaho
Photographs from a cold day on the road to Promontory, Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, and the City of Rocks Natural Reserve…
