National Park Quiz 76: Ringer I
Only nine of these ten statements about national park-related personalities are true. Can you spot the bogus one?
- By Bob Janiskee - October 31st, 2011 7:05am
Yellowstone National Park
East Entrance to Yellowstone National Park Opens for Winter Travel
It took some shots from a 105mm howitzer to clear some potential avalanches, but Yellowstone National Park crews were able Tuesday to open the park's East Entrance for over-snow travel as scheduled.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 22nd, 2009 10:51am
Looking Back Two Decades On Managing The Greater Yellowstone Ecoystem
It’s almost funny sometimes to look back at commotions that were made about relatively small things within a bigger picture. Twenty years ago, a controversy erupted over a mere term and a concept that now, in hindsight, makes all of the resistance and wasted time marshaled by politicians to stop it, seem rather silly. And yet, it marked a turning point in the region that includes America's mother of national parks.
- By Todd Wilkinson - December 21st, 2009 11:11am
When Was The Last Time You Paid $6,500 For a National Park Map?
These days you can get a perfectly good map of a national park for less than $12. So why would anyone pay $6,500 for a map of Yellowstone National Park?
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 15th, 2009 4:00am
Snow Arrives to Allow Yellowstone National Park To Open for Limited Over-Snow Travel Tuesday
Enough snow has arrived in Yellowstone National Park to open the winter season on Tuesday as scheduled, but with limited access for over-snow travel.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 14th, 2009 1:31pm
New Mapping Shows Depth Of "Hot Spot" That Fuels Yellowstone National Park
Detailed mapping shows the "hot spot" that fuels Yellowstone National Park's geothermal features is more than 400 miles deep, and might have been responsible for volcanic activity in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho 17 million years ago.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 14th, 2009 10:48am
National Park Movies: Some More We Like for 1950-1979
Our Traveler’s Top Ten national park movies post was well-received, but we only scratched the surface. We’re digging deeper now. Here are some more we like for 1950 to 1979.
- By Bob Janiskee - August 20th, 2012 8:51pm
Winter, A Season of Discontent When It Comes to Travel in Yellowstone National Park
There are times during the hardest of Rocky Mountain winters, when the mercury slides far below zero, that Yellowstone Lake’s heavy mantle of ice grinds and groans under the pressure of shifting flows. Snow can fall so deeply on Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming’s northwestern corner that workers at times must clamber onto the rooftops of lodges and cabins to shuck off the fluff so it doesn’t collapse the roofs.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 13th, 2009 1:27pm
Where to Find Your Christmas Feast in the National Park System
'Tis the season for quiet and peace, snowy woods, frosty starry nights, time with loved ones, festive activities, and eating way too much food. What better way to accomplish all that than to spend the holidays at a national park?
- By Donna Childress - December 13th, 2009 4:00am
Some Out of the Ordinary National Park Trips To Consider
For most, a national park vacation entails booking a room in a lodge or reserving a spot in a campground, arriving at the park and checking in, and then spending a number of days hiking, paddling, or traveling the park to view various sites, whether they focus on waterfalls, geysers, deep forests, museums, or cultural focal points. Here are some alternatives to that approach, some pricey, some not so.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 13th, 2009 1:53pm
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