Yellowstone National Park Dream Trip

Saturday, Feb. 15 thru following Sunday, Feb. 23
Yellowstone National Park
All Abilities Ski

You may have been there in the summer with all the tourists. You probably 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 ONC members will have the opportunity of a lifetime this ski season for this Presidents’ Weekend ski trip.

We’ll carpool from Portland on Saturday, February 15, 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 newly remodeled rooms with two queen beds per room and private baths. On Monday morning, a snow-coach ride at 7:45 AM 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, Indian Creek areas or the famous Lamar Valley.  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 the possibility 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.

Cost: $1,295 per person; you must be a current ONC member before signing up for this trip. Includes seven-nights lodging (four at Mammoth and three at Old Faithful) and snow-coach to Old Faithful and return to Mammoth. Breakfasts, lunches, and dinners are available in the dining rooms; we have reservations for dinners (costs not included for meals) at the Mammoth dining room and Old Faithful Snow Lodge dining room. Costs for carpooling (estimated at 1,800 miles), and lodging en-route are not included.  Yellowstone National Park entry fees (or passes) required, but not included. Special rates are available for children under 12 sharing a room with parents.

Trip total of 20 people, 2 per room. If online sign up shows the trip as full, please join the waitlist. There are almost always several cancellations so chances are very good you will be able to get on the trip.

Trip limit:  20 participants including trip leaders.
Cost:  $1295/member, per person.  Includes 7 nights lodging.
Carpool miles:  Approximately 1800 miles roundtrip from Portland.
Trip Leader:  Ted Scheinman, tedskier@gmail.com
Co-Leader:  Mark Fitzsimmons, mfitzsimpica@gmail.com