Trip Overview
Hike, horseback ride, and fly fish in the wild beauty of Yellowstone National Park on this women’s trip. Revel in the varied beauty of the park on this active seven-day adventure through the first national park in the U.S. with AdventureWomen.
Let the geysers, wildlife, and pristine hiking trails of Montana delight you on this active journey through one of America’s greatest treasures, Yellowstone National Park. Meet your fellow AdventureWomen travelers in Bozeman and head to Big Sky, where you will begin imagining the week ahead over a lively welcome dinner. Get to know your expert Montana-based guide who will set the stage for what you can expect during your time in and around the Park. You are also accompanied by an AdventureWomen Ambassador, committed to helping make your experience a fun and personally rewarding adventure, and cheering you on as you reach beyond your comfort zone to take on new challenges in your own unique way!
Big Sky
Big Sky, in the southwestern corner of Montana, is just miles from Yellowstone National Park. Big Sky offers unlimited access to outdoor recreation: whitewater experiences, blue-ribbon trout streams, backcountry hikes, meandering wildlife, and widespread wildflowers. Here in the wild west, we start by hopping on one of the loveable horses at the 320 Guest Ranch. Bring your inner cowgirl into the saddle and wind through forests, meadows of wildflowers, and along the banks of the Gallatin River.
The next day, journey to the heart of the Yellowstone Super Volcano where you’ll start your hike. Walk along the Firehole and Madison Rivers, where you can see birdlife including trumpeter swans, bald eagles, and a variety of waterfowl. Continue to Fountain Paint Pots and Biscuit Basin and see the sights at Old Faithful. If you’re lucky you might catch the Old Faithful geyser erupt. Return to the ranch for a Wild West Classic – the Chuck Wagon Dinner. Horses will skillfully guide your wagon along the Gallatin River to your dinner site where you’ll learn stories about the history of the ranch while your dinner is prepared over an open fire. There’s nothing quite like eating under an open, star-studded sky as you listen to the crackling of the fire.
In Big Sky, you will have the chance to try your hand at fly fishing in the very river that made Brad Pitt famous in A River Runs Through It. Receive personal instruction from your professional fly fishing guide who will help you tie your flies on, untangle your knots, perfect your cast, and even take your fish off the hook during your catch-and-release fishing lesson! These clean, cold rapids are home to more than 1,000 trout per river mile.
Yellowstone National Park
Visit the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, one of the most geologically spectacular sites in the Park. This hike will take you to backcountry mud pots, where boiling mud bursts from the earth. See the grandeur of Lower Falls from several viewpoints as you hike the rim of the Canyon.
Head into the Lamar Valley, where you will search for wildlife through binoculars or a spotting scope. Keep your eyes open for wolves, bison, elk, and birdlife. Hike through rolling sagebrush habitat, along cold mountain waters, where wildflowers stretch across the landscape. As you hike, search for bear, moose, and maybe even wolf tracks.
Explore Mammoth Hot Springs and the unique and famous “travertine terraces.” This is an amazing area to discover; the terraces were created over thousands of years. As hot water from the springs cools, it deposits calcium carbonate, which created this stunning landscape.
Enjoy a Wild West Classic: a wagon ride. Your horses will skillfully guide the wagon along the Yellowstone Valley while you take in the view
Have a farewell dinner with your new AdventureWomen friends as we wrap up in Bozeman. Reminisce over all the memories you have made and celebrate the end of an amazing journey through this truly spectacular area. Bozeman is the fourth-largest city in Montana and was founded in 1864. The joy of being out in the vast wilderness of Yellowstone and sharing this active adventure with other women will be in your memories for years to come.
Main Attractions
- Hike, horseback ride, and fly fish in and around Yellowstone, America’s first National Park
- Search for wolves, bison, elk, coyotes, and birdlife
- Hike the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, one of the most geologically spectacular sites in the Park
- Learn to fly fish from professional guides, who will help you perfect your cast
- Take a trail ride through forests and meadows along the Gallatin River
What You'll See and Do
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Horseback Riding
- National Parks
- Photography
- Wildlife Viewing
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- Sep 10 > Sep 16, 2023
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