Winter Grand Teton & Yellowstone

Welcome to Salt Lake City, Utah and the start of your winter adventure. Please ensure you arrive no later than 13:00 today. You will be met at the airport and transferred to our hotel in Salt Lake City. After check in and some time to freshen up, we embark on a guided tour of the city, the global HQ of the Mormon Church. Our tour includes city highlights like the Utah State Capital and Temple Square. We'll get to know each other over an included group dinner this evening.

Salt Lake City - West Yellowstone. Our day begins back in Temple Square, where we can enjoy the weekly performance of the world-famous Tabernacle Choir (choir schedule permitting). With beautiful music ringing in our ears, we then depart Salt Lake City, driving the entire length of Idaho before crossing into Montana and reaching our destination, the town of West Yellowstone. This small town is the gateway to Yellowstone National Park and its rare wildlife and erupting geysers. Dinner is included at a local restaurant, and the rest of your evening is at leisure.

West Yellowstone - Yellowstone National Park - West Yellowstone. Today we're exploring America and the world's oldest and perhaps most famous national park. The thick snows of winter mean we need to climb aboard a snowcoach in order to navigate the terrain. With the extra elevation from the big wheels, we can enjoy great views of the snowy landscapes and hopefully spot wildlife from our vantage point. We'll be accompanied by an expert Yellowstone guide for today's tour.

During the tour, we take in some of Yellowstone's top attractions, including the Old Faithful geyser, Madison River and Fountain Paint Pots. Lunch is included and we'll stop at other points of interest as we make our way back to West Yellowstone. An optional snowmobile tour to Old Faithful is also available today - all equipment and instruction is provided. Spend a second night at the hotel in West Yellowstone.

West Yellowstone - Jackson - National Elk Refuge - Grand Teton National Park - Jackson. Say goodbye to West Yellowstone and Montana as we make our way to Wyoming and the town of Jackson, where we'll be staying tonight. There's free time for lunch before we visit the nearby National Elk Refuge, the winter home for thousands of elk, as well as other species like bighorn sheep, wolves and grizzlies, who will most likely be hibernating through the winter months. We'll take a horse-drawn sleigh ride into the huge herds of grazing elk.

From the National Elk Refuge, we make our way to Grand Teton National Park, with time spent exploring the park and spotting wildlife. The evening is at leisure back in Jackson.

Jackson - Evanston - Park City - Salt Lake City. We begin our return journey to Salt Lake City, journeying through the streams, peaks and meadows of western Wyoming. We'll stop at sites of interest along the way, including Star Valley and the Snake River Canyon. We break in Evanston for lunch before reaching Park City, home to the Utah Olympic Park.

We'll tour the Olympic Park, which hosted events for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Take in the Utah Ski and Olympic Museum, three Nordic Jumps along with the Bobsled and Luge Track, which has some of the fastest ice on earth.

Arriving back in the Utah capital, we'll head out for a group farewell dinner together.

Our tour comes to an end today after breakfast and hotel check out. You will be transferred to the Salt Lake Airport for your onwards flight. Safe travels!