In West Yellowstone for a week and the intensity of winter here is incredible. Mounds of snow, no plowing, wild foxes chilling in the middle of the street like it’s a normal thing to do.
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My one beef with this place is that there is no provision for walking. It’s tiny, totally walkable, but they bury sidewalks in snow so you have to share the road with pickups and snowmobiles. The latter are so numerous the air outside in town smells like exhaust.
The culture here is quietly hilarious. It’s half overweight snowmobilers with mountains of gear blasting around everywhere and half extremely fit nordic skiers quietly exercising, all trying to inhabit the same space.
I got permission to take some of the Swedish junior team in to Old Faithful, though the park was officially closed. It blew just after we arrived - great, as it was around -20 F. On the way back we got surrounded by bison and sat there until they moved on. The Swedes were impressed!
Snowmobiles haven’t been to noisy at night, though they you can definitely hear them from the Rendezvous trails. XC skiing is fabulous here, even for a total amateur like myself.
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Is that lovely little bookshop with the coffee bar still there?