Yellowstone & Grand Teton suggestions

[ramtin k]

Hi guys

I am finally leaving Ontario for Yellowstone & Grand Teton for 2 weeks (road trip)... I've been waiting for this for a very long time and i don't wanna miss capturing those shots...

What are your recommendations and suggestions for places to visit in these two parks? I'm mostly looking for mountain reflections on calm waters but i know there's not a lot of that in Yellowstone... which is fine but i'd like to know where to go... what are some of the most picturesque locations in Yellowstone & Grand Teton?...

if you have experience at these places, please share... thanks very much. leaving in 2 days!

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

... I'm mostly looking for mountain reflections on calm waters...

Grand Teton: Oxbow Bend & Schwabacher's Landing


Grand Teton National Park, Oxbow Bend by Slobodan Blagojevic, on Flickr

[francois]

You can add String Lake, Jenny Lake, Phelps Lake and of course Jackson Lake.

Edit: getting calm waters is a challenge!

[ramtin k]

thanks guys i think i'm pretty clear on Grand Teton...

any good locations in Yellowstone?

[Pierre Richard]

Yellowstone lake and Hayden Valley

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

...any good locations in Yellowstone?

Are there any NOT good there?

[ramtin k]

i know i know! lol but i just wanna get to areas with great views but not many people.
thanks guys for your help

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

... i just wanna get to areas with great views but not many people...

Antarctica? Though getting busier and busier these days 

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Yellowstone National Park Photomap & Photoguide

[ramtin k]

Antarctica? Though getting busier and busier these days 

HAHAHA yeah that's on the list too... step by step! lol

[ramtin k]

Yellowstone National Park Photomap & Photoguide

thanks buying it as we speak! lol

[Colorado David]

Calm water is a challenge.  If Slobodan got that calm water reflection on his first trip, he should buy lottery tickets.  I have a colleague who spent something like six years visiting a lake in Rocky Mountain National Park to get a cal water reflection.  Mirror smooth water requires high pressure centered right overhead, so monitoring weather forecasts is part of the planning. Good luck.

[Peter McLennan]

The Lamar Valley in the NW corner is beautiful and relatively untravelled.

How are you arriving?  Driving from ON?  Or flying in somewhere and renting?

[PhotoEcosse]

The problem is finding things to do to spend the time between dawn and dusk. (relativcely speaking, of course). Especially in Grand Teton, I need about a week to get all the dawns and dusks I need to be where I want when I want.

My preferred time of year for that trip is late Spring - really as soon as they open the road between Grand Teton and Yellowstone. Although Autumn colours can be good in what the Americans call "the Fall".

[ErikKaffehr]

+1

Erik

Yellowstone National Park Photomap & Photoguide

[ErikKaffehr]

Great image, better than any of mine. There is a place discovered by Ansel Adams called Snake River overlook near Schwabacher's lannding. It was smog the time I was there, but worth checking out.

In Yellowstone, I would mention Red Rock Point, nice view on the lower falls.

Best regards
Erik

Grand Teton: Oxbow Bend & Schwabacher's Landing


Grand Teton National Park, Oxbow Bend by Slobodan Blagojevic, on Flickr

[francois]

Great image, better than any of mine. There is a place discovered by Ansel Adams called Snake River overlook near Schwabacher's lannding. It was smog the time I was there, but worth checking out.
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IIRC, trees now partially block the view on the Snake river…

[dgberg]

Yellowstone National Park Photomap & Photoguide

Thanks for the link on these.