One Day Yellowstone Tour From Big Sky
Travel to West Yellowstone and enter the park at the west entrance. Tour all of Yellowstone’s lower loop, before returning to Big Sky.
Big Sky is only about an hour from Yellowstone, and we operate two Yellowstone tours from Big Sky.
When describing our tours below, we refer to Yellowstone’s upper and lower loop tours. Please check out what that means at the bottom of this page.
Travel to West Yellowstone and enter the park at the west entrance. Tour all of Yellowstone’s lower loop, before returning to Big Sky.
Travel to West Yellowstone and enter the park at the west entrance. Tour all of Yellowstone’s upper loop, and spend the night in West Yellowstone. Tour Yellowstone’s lower loop the next day, before returning to Big Sky that evening.
Explanations of Yellowstone’s lower loop and upper loops.
The lower loop tour focuses on Yellowstone’s thermal features. Sights and areas we hope to show you include the Madison Valley; the Lower Geyser Basin including Fountain Paint Pot and the boardwalk system; the Midway Geyser Basin including Grand Prismatic Spring and Excelsior Geyser, plus the boardwalk system; the Upper Geyser Basin including Old Faithful, Old Faithful Inn and other geysers and hot springs; Biscuit Basin; Black Sand Basin; Isa Lake at the Continental Divide; West Thumb Geyser Basin with its boardwalks; Yellowstone Lake; Mud Volcano; the Hayden Valley; Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone; Gibbon Falls.
The upper loop tour has an emphasis on Yellowstone’s wildlife and beauty, while still including thermal features. Places we hope to show you include the Madison Valley; Gibbon Falls; both Porcelain Basin and Back Basin at Norris Geyser Basin; Roaring Mountain; Mammoth Hot Springs; the Boiling River; the 45th Parallel; Roosevelt Arch; the Lamar Valley; Tower Falls; Dunraven Pass.