Yellowstone National Park in Winter

Yellowstone has 4 seasons that can change at any time. Summer is for eating…. Fall is for mating… Winter is for surviving ….and Spring is for re- birth. Every year, millions of people visit Yellowstone National Park. Most come in Summer, to watch herds of bison, experience the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and yes, of course, watch Old Faithfull erupt. Fall brings a change of color to the park. Temperatures begin to drop, along with the number of visitors to the park, so the animals have the roads to themselves. Moose enjoy the last of the sunshine and bull elk are in full rut. Winter’s first snows may come as early as September and last into July.

In the winter of 1996-97, state and federal authorities shot or shipped to slaughter more than 1,100 Yellowstone National Park bison. Since that time, thousands more have been killed or hazed back into the park, as wildlife managers struggle to accommodate an animal that does not recognize man-made borders.