Yellowstone National Park Horses and Riding Vacations

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Panoramic of Mount Moran in Yellowstone National Park
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Yellowstone National Park Horses and Riding Highlights

By Travel Expert: Brian Kevin
  • A great number of stock outfitters are authorized to lead trips inside the park, and the National Park Service can provide you with a list.
  • Inside the park, stables at Mammoth, Tower-Roosevelt, and Canyon lead one- and two-hour horseback rides. Mammoth's ride to the foot of Bunsen Peak is a favorite, as are the daily horse and wagon rides to a backcountry cookout at Roosevelt.
  • Lead a pack train into the isolated Thoroughfare region of the park to experience the most remote country in the U.S.'s lower 48 states. Reserve campsites at the backcountry office and find out limits for stock parties. The trail extends more than 30 miles into the deepest Yellowstone backcountry and presents a number of loop options.
  • Head into the Black Canyon of the Yellowstone to follow the Yellowstone River 18.5 miles through the park's remote northern range. There's great camping and bridges for stock, plus a bit of everything the park has to offer: mountain views, excellent fishing, a grand suspension bridge, a thundering falls, and likely run-ins with wildlife.
  • The Heart Lake Trail is one of the park's most popular backcountry routes, passing through a hissing thermal area on its way to a crystalline backcountry lake and scenic Mount Sheridan. Reserve Heart Lake's stock-only campsite with the backcountry office.

Yellowstone National Park Overview

Long before you reach the entrance to Grand Teton National Park, your sights will be set on the towering spires of the Teton Range -- those signature hornlike peaks made famous through countless photographs. From afar, Yellowstone is not as dramatic because much of the parkland comprises heavily forested mountains, burn areas, and arid, high-country plateaus. However, at closer glance, Yellowstone's natural marvels...

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Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel
Mammoth Village
Yellowstone National Park, WY
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Summit Hotel
1 Lone Mountain Trail
Big Sky, MT 59716
Hotel Class: 4 class stars
Distance: 31.3 Miles
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Powder Ridge Cabins
1 Lone Mountain Trail
Big Sky, MT 59716
Hotel Class: 3 class stars
Distance: 32.5 Miles
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Yellowstone Institute
PO Box 117
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 82190
Distance: 25.9 Miles (from destination center)
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Quake Lake
Off U.S. 287, 27 miles northwest of West Yellowstone and 43 miles south of Ennis
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Museum of the National Park Ranger
Norris Campground, north of Norris Junction
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 82190
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