Pretty cool shots, Jim. Thanks for sharing. How'd you get the photos of Canyon? Are the roads open up there?

Thanks for the nice photos and nice depth of field...definitely made my day.

The road to Canyon from Norris is open right now, though Artist Point isn't open (just to Uncle Tom's Trail). Inspiration Point is also not open. Still a lot of snow everywhere; at places the snow was higher than the highest rail of the boardwalks, especially at Norris. However, it's been warming up.

Jim Macdonald
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Nice pictures, but goodness it looks cold!

"You can't see Canada across Lake Erie, but you know it's there. It's the same with spring. You have to have faith, especially in Cleveland [or Yellowstone]." - Paul Fleischman

It felt warm for Yellowstone, but I guess it wasn't for people who don't experience winters out here. It was 26 degrees at Canyon; it was about 34 at Norris; it was about 36 at Old Faithful when those shots were taken. In Bozeman, we expect perhaps some snow showers later this week, but it's been about 70 degrees the past two days (guess that means mid-50s probably in Yellowstone.) To be honest, after all the pictures I saw of Yellowstone in winter, I must admit that I was little surprised that there wasn't even more snow than there was - but then again, the real snow bowl is the southern part of Yellowstone. At the South Entrance in March alone there was over 100 inches of snow.

It's always cold in Yellowstone in the mornings; when I was biking in late August, I woke up in my tent to 25 degrees outside more than once. It was hard to get on my bicycle when it was that cold, and I made the mistake of biking Dunraven Pass on one of those cold mornings. Going up it was fine (since it was slow and hard and so heated me up), but the ride down to Tower - though fast and easy left me so cold that it took two hot chocolates before I could feel my fingers again.

(and as for Cleveland springs - as an Ohioan originally with family in Cleveland, it's a lot easier to believe in spring in Cleveland than it is out here. I love the winters - the extremes are fun, but the spring feels like winter somewhere else.)

Jim Macdonald
The Magic of Yellowstone
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Jim's Eclectic World

My experience with photos is that they don't do the subject any justice in real life. These photos, in my opinion, are simply stunning. The real thing must just be breath-taking. Thanks so much for sharing. I've got to get out there someday.