Cross Country Skiing in Yellowstone National Park

Cross country skiing or snowshoeing on trails that pass geysers, follow stream and meander through woods, where you may see elk or deer, is a special way to explore Yellowstone National Park in the winter.

Yellowstone has many miles of cross-country trails threading the park. The trails are listed in a series of pamphlets available at the park's visitors centers and at the two hotels open during the winter. Shuttles offers drop-offs and pick-ups at trail heads. Equipment can be rented in the park. West Yellowstone, Montana, just outside the west entrance to the park, also has miles of groomed cross country and ski skate trails in the Rendezvous Ski Trails system.

XC Ski & Other Winter Packages

Winter Getaway packages may be booked by phone by calling (1) 307-344-7311 or toll-free (1) 866-GEYSERLAND (1-866-439-7375). Package details are also available at the web site National Park Lodges.

Top Reasons to Visit Yellowstone in the Winter

Yellowstone in the winter is an adventure traveler's paradise. You can snowmobile or cross country ski past steamy clouds drifting from blue-tinted hot springs, or go snowshoeing on paths in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. You photograph bison from the safety of your snow coach and watch wolf pups play as the adult wolves lope past bison rooting in the snow for winter grass.

Photographs of Yellowstone in the Winter

The colors of Yellowstone in the winter are beautiful.

Lonely Planet Guidebook to Yellowstone and Grant Teton National Parks

If you'd like a Lonely Planet Guidebook to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks click on Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks Guide.

Photographs of Yellowstone in the Summer

Photos of visiting Yellowstone in the summer.