On the 10th of October I flew out to Bozeman MT to start my week long photo and fly fishing trip of the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Parks. When I landed it was 19 degrees and starting to snow. Now I knew it was going to be cold this time of year but I was not expecting 19 degrees for the daytime high, and single digits for the night time lows. Camping was going to be nice and chilly! So after my friend Matt got into town I called the Yellowstone road hot line to find out the road conditions in the park, and the conditions were not good, snow tires required on all park roads. So we had to change our route and off to Jackson WY we headed down through West Yellowstone and into Idaho. From Idaho we took the Teton Pass into Jackson. The pass was a beautiful drive and we stopped at the top to get some photos. As you can see from the photo above the pass was covered with snow, and we hiked around to take in the sights. We then headed down into town grabbed a bit to eat then headed over to the National Forest by Shadow Mountain to find a place to camp. On our drive over to the forest the Tetons were not visible because of cloud cover, but we were hopeful that tomorrow would bring better weather and a chance to see the Tetons.
It turned out to be a great morning! When we woke up we could see the Tetons off in the distance so we headed over to Schwabacher Landing to get some sunrise photos.
The sun shined through briefly to light up the peaks of the Tetons and give us some nice photos.
It was a great morning and we were excited to see what other treasures we could find in the park.
Canon 5D markII Canon 17-40mm, SanDisk Digital Film.
Soon after the beautiful sunrise the clouds came in and covered the top of the Tetons. So we jumped in the car to drive around and see the sights. We stopped at Leigh Lake to enjoy the reflections of the mountains in the crystal clear lake. Then headed on down the road toward Oxbow Bend.
By the time we got to the Bend the clouds had move on and we made some lunch and took it all in. The fall colors were not as good as I was hoping for in the rest of the park but Oxbow had some still had some color. I'm not really sure which photo I like better, there is just something about the black and white photos that catch my eye.
A little further on down the road we saw a nice patch of trees with lots of color and a great backdrop. But still I am drawn to the black and whites. Either way I can not think of a more beautiful place to spend a fall day!
On the 10th of October I flew out to Bozeman MT to start my week long photo and fly fishing trip of the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Parks. When I landed it was 19 degrees and starting to snow. Now I knew it was going to be cold this time of year but I was not expecting 19 degrees for the daytime high, and single digits for the night time lows. Camping was going to be nice and chilly! So after my friend Matt got into town I called the Yellowstone road hot line to find out the road conditions in the park, and the conditions were not good, snow tires required on all park roads. So we had to change our route and off to Jackson WY we headed down through West Yellowstone and into Idaho. From Idaho we took the Teton Pass into Jackson. The pass was a beautiful drive and we stopped at the top to get some photos. As you can see from the photo above the pass was covered with snow, and we hiked around to take in the sights. We then headed down into town grabbed a bit to eat then headed over to the National Forest by Shadow Mountain to find a place to camp. On our drive over to the forest the Tetons were not visible because of cloud cover, but we were hopeful that tomorrow would bring better weather and a chance to see the Tetons.
It turned out to be a great morning! When we woke up we could see the Tetons off in the distance so we headed over to Schwabacher Landing to get some sunrise photos.
The sun shined through briefly to light up the peaks of the Tetons and give us some nice photos.
It was a great morning and we were excited to see what other treasures we could find in the park.
