All Trips > Wyoming > Yellowstone Hiking and Wildlife with Grand Teton Yellowstone Hiking and Wildlife with Grand Teton Choose Your Dates AT A GLANCE Wyoming 10 Explorer Chicks Hotel Bucket List, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Hot Springs, Multisport, National Park, US-Based, White Water Rafting, Wildlife 7 Days 3 - Active Physical demand level for this trip YOLO-stone Photos Itinerary Logistics Activity Level What's Included Choose Your Dates Share YOLO-stone All 2024 Yellowstone Trips are Confirmed. Let’s Go!!! Explore the mountains, wildlife, thermals, hot springs and geysers of Wyoming on our 7-day Women’s Yellowstone hiking trip with Grand Teton National Park! Cue the goosebumps as the SHE-nanigan Shuttle passes below the Roosevelt Arch inscription: For the benefit of the people. Preach, Teddy! Welcome to the world’s first-ever national park, where you’ll go deeper than a highlight tour to see ALL of Yellowstone’s stupid-pretty glory. This means exploring by foot, shuttle, horseback, raft, cliff, backstroke – and maybe that Lord of the Rings eagle. Blow up your photo roll tracking Lamar Valley wildlife on and off trail as the sun creeps up. Our local wilderness guide leads the way as we break out the scopes searching for wolves, grizzly bears, bison, pronghorn, badgers, bald eagles, osprey, deer, and coyotes—who knows what we might see? Spend an entire day chasing enough geothermal beauty to create an entire gallery wall in your house. Catch Old Faithful being a total diva. Rise above the tourists for an osprey’s view of Grand Prismatic Spring. Soak and soothe your amazing muscles in heavenly hot springs. Gaze into the Grand Canyon in search of rainbows from Artist’s Point in the South Rim. Scramble up talus slopes to the top of Avalanche peak for an eye-full of the Grand Tetons – 50 miles away! Enter Grand Teton National Park for an all-time favorite hike up Cascade Canyon. Keep your peepers peeled for moose! You’ll be surrounded by towering mountains and will start to feel part-marmot. Slap an inspirational quote on your Insta post before splashing with your new besties in a cold mountain lake. You’ll get plenty of chill time in our cozy inn (first three nights) in the small town of Gardiner, followed by a Yellowstone National Park hotel (next two nights). End your girls’ trip in a hotel nestled in the heart of Jackson with plenty of time to shop and throwback shots. Photos Itinerary Expand All Days Day 1 - Old Faithful, Grand Prismatic, and Firehole River After departing our rendezvous hotel in Jackson, our first stop for the day is the Upper Basin of Yellowstone National Park, home to nearly half of the world’s geysers. This includes Old Faithful which erupts about 20x per day. That reminds us – be sure to let us know if you have any food sensitivities. We’ll take the time to explore ALL of the Upper Basin walking its entire length, point to point, enjoying a trail lunch on the way. Our SHE-nanigan Shuttle will be loyally waiting at the end to chauffeur us to our next stop, the Middle Basin. Here is where we’ll find the iconic Grand Prismatic Spring – the largest hot spring in the park and 3rd biggest in the world. The best view is from above, so we’ll hike up the Fairy Falls trail (4.8 miles and 170’ elevation gain) to rise above the tourists. After we consider forming a geyser cult, we’ll head to our lodging for the next 3 days. Our locally-owned inn is located in the small town of Gardiner, Montana. After we check in, we’ll relax our barking muscles in the Yellowstone Hot Springs and fill up on too many nachos in town. Transfer Time from Jackson to Upper Basin: 2.5 hours Transfer Time from Grand Prismatic Spring to Gardiner: 75 mins Hiking Distance: Roughly 6.8 miles and relatively flat Accommodation: Gardiner Inn Meals: L-D Day 2 - Wildlife Tracking and Rafting Down the Yellowstone River Rise before the sun to hop into the SHE-nanigan Shuttle. We’ll give you nine reasons why: wolves, grizzly bears, bison, pronghorn, badgers, bald eagles, osprey, deer, and coyotes! For day two of our Yellowstone trip, you’ll meet our local wildlife guide in America’s Serengeti, Lamar Valley. Trek on and off trail plus peer through scopes to search lush meadows for the Valley’s native wildlife. Is this real life? After a yummy lunch, we’ll head back to town for our next stop. Hint, it ain’t Hobby Lobby. We’ll spend an adventurous 2-hours paddling some of the best whitewater on the Yellowstone River. We’re talking class II and III rapids with plenty of chill float time past Yellowstone National Park. Want to excite your smart watch? Hop out for a swim beneath views of the 11,000’ Electric Peak and Devil’s Slide. This is THE perfect intro to whitewater rafting for newbies with enough thrills for experienced rafters. Once we’re back on dry land, we’ll eat all the things at a local dinner spot before returning to our lodge for the most blissful zonk of our lives. Transfer Time to Lamar Valley: 1 hour Hiking Distance: Wildlife tour – 2 miles Rafting time: 2 hours Accommodation: Gardiner Inn Meals: B-L-D Day 3 - Mammoth Hot Springs and Horseback Ride Explorer Chick takes on MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS after a hearty, homemade breakfast at our Inn. March along a boardwalk that curves along travertine terraces and nearly 50 hot springs. Turn to the woman next to you and sigh dreamily. By midday, we’ll beeline to the Roosevelt area to hike down the Yellowstone River Suspension Bridge. We can end our hike gazing down at the raging river OR continue on another mile to nosh at the confluence of Yellowstone and Hell Roaring Creek. The eyeball-blessing continues as we saddle up for a 2-hour scenic horseback ride. Throw a leg over your steed as you travel through woods, sagebrush flats and meadows the way Theodore Roosevelt intended. We’ll be hoofing it to a full-on campfire feast beneath the dusky sky. Prepare for an actual dinner bell as local wranglers ask how you like your steak (or veggies!) cooked. Save room for extra corn muffins, fruit cobbler and all the campy cowboy songs! Transfer Time from Gardiner to Mammoth Hot Springs: 40 mins Hiking Distance: Hell Roaring Creek – 4 miles/626ʹ gain Horseback Ride: 2 hour Accommodation: Gardiner Inn Meals: B-L-D *To ride horseback, you must be under 240lbs. Day 4 - Hike the Grand Canyon and Mount Washburn Going to Yellowstone without standing over the Grand Canyon is like going to Target without storming the Magnolia aisle. After a final breakfast at our Inn, we’ll say goodbye to Gardiner and make our way into Yellowstone for the next 2 nights. A good chunk of the morning will be spent chasing stunning overlooks along the South Rim. We’ll hike Clear Lake Loop to hit the best view points and stretch our gams on what might be Yellowstone’s greatest hike. After lunch, we’ll head out on the trails again to hike to the summit of Mount Washburn at 10,219’ elevation! Along the trail, we’ll peep wildlife, flora and breathtaking views from the summit. By this point you’ll wonder about quitting your job, buying a ranch and adopting a dog named Gravy. Transfer Time: Gardiner to Clear Lake Trail: 2 hours Hiking Distance: Clear Lake Loop: 3.9 miles/423’ elevation gain Mount Washburn: 6.8 miles/1,398’ elevation gain Accommodation: Yellowstone Park Lodging Meals: B-L-D Day 5 - Summit Avalanche Peak and Yellowstone Lake It’s an intense hike to the top of Avalanche Peak through pine forest, past wildflower meadows, and up talus slopes to reach the 360-degree views at 10,568ʹ. Welcome to total badass status. If it’s a clear day, you’ll be rewarded with a dazzling view of the Tetons, 50 miles South. Lay low throughout the afternoon as we explore Yellowstone Lake and dig into a tasty waterfront lunch. Enjoy plenty of free time later into the evening to revisit favorite spots, splurge on souvenirs, or find a quiet spot for a snooze. Hiking Distance: 4.6 miles RT. 2,000ʹ gain Accommodation: Yellowstone Park Lodging Meals: B-L-D Day 6 - Hike Grand Teton National Park Smell ya later, Yellowstone! Enjoy a gorgeous hike into Grand Teton via Cascade Canyon*. Breeze past Inspiration Point with views of Jenny Lake and Hidden Falls. The canyon itself is a classic example of glacier-formed U-shaped valleys. After, we’ll pop over to String Lake to swim in its shallow waters beneath towering mountains. Hello, back float selfies! We’ll then hop back into the SHE-nanigan Shuttle to make our way to Jackson. Our last supper will be in town at a favorite Jackson eatery. If you’re feeling up for it, saunter over to the Million Dollar Cowboy to literally saddle up to the bar for a cold one. Transfer Time to Grand Tetons: 1:45-2:30 hours Hiking Distance: 9.6 miles/1,110ʹ gain* Accommodation: Jackson Downtown Hotel (Night 1 of 1) Meals: B, L, D *Per park regulations, Grand Teton National Park does not allow commercial guided hiking within the park boundaries. All Grand Teton hikes will be self-guided with your Explorer Chick guides providing a detailed briefing and all road-based services. Day 7 - Farewell Wyoming Enjoy one last breakfast together before parting ways and possibly agreeing on best friend tattoos. If you have some time before departing today, DO explore the town of Jackson! On Saturdays in the summer, the town park is transformed into a Farmer’s Market with all the locally made goodies. You can schedule your departure anytime today. Promise you won’t forget about us. Meals: B Explorer Chick reserves the option to modify trip itineraries at the discretion of your adventure leader as necessary due to weather, conditions, illness, injury, group dynamics, safety, or other unforeseen incidents. Logistics Arrival Airport City: Jackson, Wyoming (JAC) Pick Up Location: Rendezvous Hotel Meeting Time: 8am on Day 1 Departure Airport City: Jackson, Wyoming (JAC) Drop Off Location: Rendezvous Hotel on Day 6 Return Time: Plan to fly out anytime on Day 7 You will receive a Travel Guide with all the rendezvous hotel, packing, and additional information you’ll need to prepare for your epic trip. We require a minimum of 6 Explorer Chicks for this trip. Please confirm your trip is guaranteed before booking airfare. Activity Level Rated 3 – ACTIVE This trip is rated as Active because of the frequency of hiking over the course of 6 days, the altitude inside Yellowstone, and the two summit hikes over 10,000′ altitude. You can expect to be on your feet for most of the day to squeeze in as much of the parks as possible. Altitude: The average altitude inside Yellowstone National Park is 8,000 feet – also, the elevation where anyone is at risk of altitude sickness. All people are susceptible to altitude sickness regardless of your age, gender and fitness. Symptoms include headache, lightheadedness, weakness, trouble sleeping and an upset stomach. Before your Trip: Some pre-existing medical conditions are known to severely worsen at high altitude and be difficult to adequately treat on the ground, leading to more serious consequences. It is imperative that you discuss your pre-existing medical condition/s with your doctor. We understand certain medications are reported to aid acclimatizing to high altitude. There are also prescription drugs that aid with altitude sickness. Please discuss these options with your doctor. Daily Activities: Day 1: 6.8 miles. Relatively flat. Day 2: 2 miles hiking. Easy. 2 hours Whitewater Rafting. Day 3: 4 miles. 626′ gain. 2 hours horseback ride. Day 4: Clear Lake Loop. 3.9 miles. 423’ gain. Day 4: Mount Washburn. 6.8 miles. 1,398’ gain. 10,219′ altitude. Day 5: Avalanche Peak. 4.6 miles. 2,000ʹ gain. 10,568′ altitude. Day 6: Cascade Canyon. Self-Guided. 9.6 miles. 1,110ʹ gain This does not include many of our smaller stops where we’ll be doing shorter hikes and walks. Please consider your ability to meet the physical demands very seriously. It is for the safety of both you and our group. All Explorer Chicks will be required to sign an Acknowledgement of Physical Demands as part of their waiver upon booking. Read more about our Activity Levels. What's Included Lodging 3 Nights at an Family-Owned Inn in Gardiner. Shared 2 per room. Includes Wifi and stunning views. Laundromat in walking distance. 2 Nights in a eco-conscious, LEED certified Yellowstone National Park hotel. Central park location. Shared 2 per room. Mini-fridge, coffee maker, and heat. No TV or AC. Wifi is extremely limited. Laundry available onsite. 1 Night in a downtown Jackson hotel. Shared 2 per room. Wifi, coffee in room, pool and hot tub, onsite laundry. Walking distance to downtown Jackson. Activities Entrance and commercial permit fees to all National Parks and public lands All activities as outlined in the itinerary Gratuities for all excursions Meals All meals as indicated in itinerary: B-6, L-7, D-6 Gratuities for included meals. Practical Professional leadership team with 2 Explorer Chick Guides A detailed Travel Guide with everything you need to know for your trip The freedom to enjoy your vacation and mindlessly wander! Not Included Rendezvous hotel Airfare Airport Transportation Alcoholic beverages Travel Insurance Meals exclusive of itineraries Costs for additional activities Gratuity for your Explorer Chick Guides To ride horseback, you must be under 240lbs. Per park regulations, Grand Teton National Park does not allow commercial guided hiking within the park boundaries. All Grand Teton hikes will be self-guided with your Explorer Chick guides providing a detailed briefing and all road-based services. More from Yellowstone 🗓August is Yellowstone’s WILDEST month, and here’s why you need to be there:Yellowstone’s Serengeti, aka Lamar Valley, transforms in August with animals burst with activity as they prepare for the shift in seasons.🦬A Bison Bonanza! Witness the bison “rut” - aka mating season, where hundreds of bison get frisky and herds thunder across the valleys. It’s a National Geographic moment IRL that you won’t see any other time of the year!🦌The end August brings the epic elk rut too, where these majestic creatures lock antlers and unleash loud bugles. A nature show you won’t want to miss!🥾Perfect hiking! Snow is a distant memory, revealing hundreds of miles of pristine trails begging to be explored.💧The best water conditions! August boasts ideal temps and water levels for rafting the Yellowstone River. Don’t miss Yellowstone at its most epic! Spots are filling fast for our August trips:Aug 11 - 17 (Only 3 Spots Left!)Aug 27 - Sept 2 (Only 5 Spots Left!)💬Comment Yellowstone and I’ll send you the deets.#ExplorerChickYellowstone #Yellowstone #Bisonrut #wildlife #hikingtrip #solotravel #womenover40 Open 🤯The MOST UNBELIEVABLE place on planet earth?📍Add Yellowstone National Park to your list.Yellowstone has over 10,000 thermal features, making it THE BEST spot in the world to see geysers, hot springs, mud pots, and steam vents. Must see thermals in Yellowstone?🌈Grand Prismatic: The third largest spring in the world, Bigger than a football field and deeper than a 10-story building, bursting with colors from heat-loving bacteria. 💦Old Faithful: The world’s most famous geyser erupts around 20 times daily, reaching over 130 feet! 🔥Mammoth Hot Springs: Totally unique compared to other thermal spots, with awesome travertine and limestone terraces with vibrant, steamy, microbial life!Join us this summer for an adventure exploring bubbling cauldrons and vibrant hot springs! We’ll also go rafting, hiking, wildlife tracking, horseback riding, and even explore the Grand Tetons.🗓August 11- 17 (ONLY 3 left!)🗓August 27 - Sept 2🤑Book now and save $300 with early bird discount!💬Comment Yellowstone, and I’ll send you all the trip info!#ExplorerChick #Explorerchickyellowstone #Explorerchick #Easydoesntchangeyou #yellowstonenationalpark #wyomingwildlife #visitwyoming #grandteton Open Twelve brave women combined forces to explore the biggest, wildest wilderness area in the lower 48 states. 🌋Yellowstone National Park is home to more than half of the world’s geysers, over 10,000 thermal features, the biggest volcanic eruption in the planet’s history, not to mention bears, bison, elk, wolves and mountain lions! 🦬 With safety in numbers, we hiked all over Yellowstone’s landscape from gurgling mud volcanoes to the top of a supervolcano caldera. Along the way, we got to safely observe a mother grizzly with her three cubs, a mother wolf with her single surviving pup and too many bison to count.🧜 We started one of our days with a rejuvenating soak in thermally heated 106 degree water at Yellowstone Hot Springs.🐎 No trip to the Wild West could be complete without riding a draft horse-drawn wagon to an old fashioned, all-you-can-eat steak dinner! ✨We ended one of our days under the Milky Way in Hayden Valley, serenaded by a unique soundscape of croaking frogs, grunting bison and giggling women. 🥂 Our final day found us in the Grand Tetons, where we celebrated with a champagne toast in the shadow of the continent’s youngest mountain range: to the women who are living the kinds of lives they’ve always wanted to be living…Cheers, Ladies-EC Guide MaryHave you been to Yellowstone? 🙌2024 Dates are good to book!🗓 Aug (3-9)🗓 Aug (11-17)🗓 Aug (19-25)🗓 Aug (27) - Sept (2)#ExplorerChick #WomenWhoTravel #AmongTheWild #IdHikeThat #WanderWomen #AdventureTravel #OutdoorWomen #EasyDoesntChangeYou #WomenWhoHike #WomenTravelingTogether #WildernessExplorer #WeAreExplorerChick #HikingCulture #HikeLikeAWomen #SheIsNotLost #WomenWhoExplore #WeAreNature #WomenSupportingWomen #HikingTips #OutdoorTherapy #BucketListTrip #yellowstonenationalpark #explorerchickyellowstone #findyourpark #nos #parkchasers #horsebackriding #hotsprings #grandtetonnationalpark Open The BEST thing about Yellowstone National Park? 🐻 The wildlife! 🤩Yellowstone is home to the largest concentration of U.S. mammals! 🐾 Over 67 species, including bears, wolves, bison, elk, and moose, make it the ultimate American safari experience. 📷 Plus, it`s a birding paradise with 300+ bird species to spot! 🐦📏 Maintain at least 100 yards from bears/wolves and 25 yards from bison and elk. But remember, these are just guidelines! Wild animals are... WILD! Watch for changes in behavior and give space as needed. How NOT to hang with the wildlife? Taking selfies! 🙈 You`ll have plenty of new BFFs to snap a pic for ya! We`re not making headlines as the "tragic bison selfie" story. ✨PRO TIP: Pack binoculars to enjoy wildlife from a distance! Which classic Yellowstone animal would you LOVE to see on your adventure? Drop an emoji! 🐻 🦬 🐺 🦌 🗓 (Aug 12-18), (Aug 20-26)#explorerchick #ExplorerChickAdventureCo #womenwhotravel #easydoesntchangeyou #weareexplorerchick #adventuretravel #SheIsNotLost #StrongWomen #GirlsWhoHike #outdoorenthusiast #outdoorwomen #optoutside #outdoorstravel #womenoutdoors #WeAreNature #solofemale #solofemaletraveler #findyourpark #parkchasers #wildlife #yellowstone #grandteton #wyoming #montana #geiser #bison #elk #sheisnotlost #amongthewild #explorerchickyellowstone Open 💪 “On the Yellowstone trip, my personal goals to prove to myself that I could accomplish my bucket list items and step WAY OUTSIDE my comfort zone were supported by Explorer Chick guides Lauren & Kirstie.🤗 Their organized, laid-back attitude had me trusting every part of this amazing journey. I appreciated their concern for safety in the wilderness, care for the great outdoors, and cooking skills. 🧑🍳🥰 New friendships were built with the rest of the women who share similar hopes and dreams. I am very much looking forward to my next Explorer Chick vacation." -EC Amber👏 YOU CRUSHED the miles on this adventure with us GIRL! Like we say, #EasyDoesntChangeYou, but you`ll ALWAYS have a team supporting you with us ❤️.#explorerchick #ExplorerChickAdventureCo #easydoesntchangeyou #weareexplorerchick #hiking #hikingadventures #hikingtrails #hikingculture #hikinglife #hikingtheglobe #hikingtrip #hikinggirl #hikinglovers #hikingtherapy #hikingchick #hikingislife #maturewomen #solohikingtrip #solofemaletravel #yellowstonenationalpark #Yellowstone #GrandTetonNationalPark #GrandTeton #AvalanchePeak #explorerchickyellowstone Open Load More Let's do this Starting from $4599 Book Now Save $300 with our Early Bird Discounts! Just book at least 6 Months in Advance! Discount is automatically applied. Non-Refundable Deposit: $300 due at booking to secure your spot Book with Confidence Your wanderlust doesn’t have to wait. Our payment plans make booking your dream trip easier than ever. The best part? Zero additional fees. Payment Plans We want nothing more than for you join us. However, we understand emergencies do occur that may cause you to cancel your reservation. Cancellation Policy To protect your travel investment and your hide, we recommend purchasing travel insurance. Receive a no-hassle, online quote in less than 2 minutes. Trip Insurance Questions About Yellowstone? Name(Required) First Name Last Name Email(Required) Enter Email Confirm Email Send us your Yellowstone questions!(Required)NameThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. In Her Words Tracy V. ★★★★★ I had a great experience on the August 29 Yellowstone/Tetons hiking trip. Kirstie ad Savanah were amazing guides. We had a great group of women who made this trip so worthwhile.Chandra M. ★★★★★ I went on the Yellowstone + Grand Teton tour with Savannah, Kirstie, and 9 other badass women! Our guides were so thoughtful, funny and supportive as we reached new highs physically and spiritually. They never tired of our questions and helped navigate the dynamics of our group with ease, I can’t imagine two better people to guide us through horse back riding, rafting and scaling sick peaks!!! The trip was SO well planned and PACKED with beautiful hikes to waterfalls, up mountains and through some of the most beautiful canyons I’d ever seen. Don’t hesitate to book a trip with Explorer Chick, I am already so excited for my next one!!!!!!!!Amber D. ★★★★★ I recently had the chance to enjoy the Yellowstone and Grand Tetons trip with Explorer Chick guides Lauren and Kirstie. Their organized and laid back attitude had me trusting every part of this amazing journey. I appreciated their concern for safety in the wilderness, care for the great outdoors, and cooking skills. My personal goals to prove to myself that I could accomplish my bucket list items and step outside my comfort zone... way outside my comfort zone... were supported by these two amazing guides and new friendships built the rest of the women who share similar hopes and dreams. I am very much looking forward to my next Explorer Chick vacations and virtual backpacking workshops. 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