By Emily Lucas, Co-Owner, Guide, and Master Naturalist, Teton Excursions Yellowstone has always been an American rite of passage. We see it every day: grandparents who first visited in the...
By Emily Lucas, Co-owner & Master Naturalist, Teton Excursions TL;DR: The Harlequin Highlights Built for Impact: Harlequins are the only birds known to have “impact-resistant” bodies; most adults have healed...
By Emily Lucas, Co-owner & Guide, Teton Excursions TL;DR: The Active Utah Advantage The “Goldilocks” Window: We like to run our Utah tours in Spring and Fall to avoid the...
By Emily Lucas, Co-owner, Guide, & Office Manager, Teton Excursions TL;DR: The Boutique Difference The “Living Room” Factor: We use 14-passenger Ford Transits for groups of six. You get the...
By Emily Lucas: Co-owner, Guide, Office Manager, and Wyoming Master Naturalist – Teton Excursions TLDR: Finding Wildlife in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem The Expertise: We are certified Wyoming Master Naturalists...
By Emily Lucas, Co-Owner & Certified Teacher – Teton Excursions TL;DR: The Seamless Entry Strategy Do not purchase your park pass months in advance. Doing so wastes the pass’s longevity,...
By Aaron Bailey, Co-Owner & Lead Guide – Teton Excursions TLDR No. Many families ask the same question before booking: Is a Yellowstone tour too long for kids or older...
Aaron Bailey, Co-Founder at Teton Excursions TL;DR – The Quick Math for 2026 Tours The Real Math: For private Yellowstone tours for families of 4, you are at ‘Break Even.’...
Written by Aaron Bailey, Co-Founder at Teton Excursions After years of guiding long days across Yellowstone and Grand Teton, we’ve learned that the vehicle isn’t just transportation; it quietly shapes...
Short answer: for most travelers, it’s better to stay outside Yellowstone in a gateway community, where you have better services, better food, and more flexibility than inside the park. For...
If you’re flying into Jackson Hole with your family and trying to figure out where to stay, you’re already asking the right question. This decision matters more than most people...
TL;DR:Jackson is the town. Jackson Hole is the valley the town sits in.This confusion around Jackson Hole vs Jackson, Wyoming comes up all the time for first time visitors. They...
