Yellowstone National Park Dream Trip, WY

Feb 13–21, Sat–Sun

All Abilities Ski

You have been there in the summer with all the tourists. You have heard about it from others who have been there in the winter. Now it is YOUR opportunity to experience the dream: YELLOWSTONE IN WINTER! Twenty lucky people will have the opportunity of a lifetime this ski season for this Presidents’ Weekend ski trip.

We’ll carpool from Portland on Saturday, February 13, arriving Sunday afternoon, at Mammoth Hot Springs near the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park and staying at the historic Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, where we’ll meet for dinner. Accommodations are in rooms with double beds and shared bath. On Monday morning, a snow-coach ride takes us to Old Faithful where we move into modern western cabins with two queen beds per room and private baths. For three days of skiing among the magnificent geysers, including those in the Old Faithful basin and Lone Star Geyser, up to the Continental Divide, the Mallard Lake Trail, all while viewing elk and bison (and perhaps wolves), catching the Yellowstone that most tourists miss. We expect dry snow and clear days. On Thursday afternoon, we will return to Mammoth Hot Springs for three more nights. On Friday and Saturday, we will ski in areas accessible from the Mammoth Basin Area – either Tower or Indian Creek areas or you can book (individually) a trip to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Sunday morning after breakfast, we take off for home, relaxed and full of stories of our adventures and wild animal sightings. There is a wide selection of trails available, from beginning to advanced, something for every desire.

For those who wish, there is an option for beginning the trip a few days early or extending the trip for one or more days at the end. It is also possible to fly to Bozeman to avoid the drive. Please contact the tour leader for information.

Trip limit: 20 participants, including the leader.

Cost: $850 per person, includes seven-nights lodging and breakfasts (four at Mammoth and three at Old Faithful) and snow-coach to Old Faithful and return to Mammoth. We’ll have reservations for dinners (costs not included) at the Mammoth dining room and Old Faithful Snow Lodge dining room. Costs for carpooling and lodging en-route are not included. Special rates are available for children under 12 sharing a room with parents.

Sign up at the Overnight Trip Extravaganza in October. Afterwards, if there is room, you may sign-up on the ONC-PDX website or send your overnight trip application and $850 check payable to ONC-Portland Chapter to the trip leader, Ted Scheinman. There will be a pre-trip meeting scheduled to plan for details and carpool. For more info contact Ted 503 452-7432 or tedskier@gmail.com.