Yellowstone Institute: Itinerary
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2023 Tentative Itinerary
Wednesday, June 14
Fly to Bozeman, MT
Travel to Yellowstone National Park
Group meeting – Goals; agenda; daily team responsibilities
Evening wildlife observation in Lamar Valley
Lodging at Grizzly Lodge, Silver Gate, MT
We enter Yellowstone through the Roosevelt Arch
Thursday, June 15
Early morning wildlife observation
Pika survey with Ranger Michael
Hike Mammoth Terraces
Group meeting
Evening wildlife observation in Lamar Valley
Lodging at Grizzly Lodge, Silver Gate, MT
Friday, June 16
Early morning wildlife watching
Visit Beartooth Mountains with wildlife photographer Dan Hartman
Visit Dan and Cindy Hartman’s gallery
Group meeting
Evening wildlife observations in Lamar Valley
Lodging at Grizzly Lodge, Silver Gate, MT
Red-naped sapsucker nest cavity
Saturday, June 17
Early morning wildlife watching
Meet with Kira Cassidy, wolf biologist
Hike in the northern range
Group meeting
Evening wildlife observation in Lamar Valley, possible short hike
Lodging at Grizzly Lodge, Silver Gate, MT
Group learning from wolf biologist Kira Cassidy
Sunday, June 18
Early morning wildlife observation
Hike Trout Lake
Bison observation activity
Group meeting
Evening wildlife observation in Lamar Valley
Lodging at Grizzly Lodge, Silver Gate, MT
Bison cow nursing calf
Monday, June 19
Wildlife observation in Antelope Creek area
Stop at Mt. Washburn – discussion of caldera and geology of Yellowstone
Visit Canyon Village
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone – art activity
Visit Hayden Valley – bird and wildlife observation
Stop at LeHardy Rapids
Mud Volcano – geology of mudpots
Group meeting
Lodging at Yellowstone Lake Hotel Frontier Cabins
Tuesday, June 20
Early morning hike along Pelican Creek or Storm Point Trail
Nature journaling/reflection time lake shore
Travel around Yellowstone Lake
West Thumb Geyser Basin
Travel to Old Faithful
Evening hike at geyser basin
Lodging at Old Faithful Inn
Shore of Yellowstone Lake
Wednesday, June 21
Depart early for Grand Teton National Park
Geology of Tetons
Laurence S. Rockefeller Preserve – multi-sensory visitor center
Hike Taggert Lake or Lake Phelps Trail, Grand Tetons
Return to Yellowstone
Lodging at Old Faithful Inn
Thursday, June 22
6:30 a.m. Upper Geyser Basin – geology of geysers
Visit Fountain Paint Pots
Firehole Lake Drive
Workshop review and evaluation
Drive to Bozeman, MT
Lodging at Yellowstone Overlook Campus
Old Faithful
Friday, June 23
Depart Yellowstone, drive to Bozeman, MT
Fly from Bozeman to Raleigh