YELLOWSTONE BASECAMP TRIP 2025
SOLD OUT- TO ADD YOUR NAME TO THE WAITLIST CLICK HERE
GGW IS GOING TO YELLOWSTONE! EEEEEEEK!
Join the Galz Gone Wild Community as we explore Yellowstone Basecamp.
What sets this trip apart is the ability to see a tremendous amount in one visit, have a wonderful outdoor experience, and enjoy comforts like showers and cozy sleeping amenities while camping.
We’ll go on five diverse hikes which together create a comprehensive, truly unforgettable experience. The hikes well represent the amazing attributes of this exceptional national park. You’ll enjoy breathtaking mountain scenery, the most well-known and spectacular geysers in the park, and abundant wildlife viewing opportunities. While driving, we can often stop at pullouts as animal sightings and additional attractions arise in this unpredictable ecosystem.
You’ll also have a fantastic overall outdoor experience as we camp under star-lit skies. Your guide will cook tasty outdoor meals as you relax around the campfire and absorb the magic of Yellowstone before and after your hikes.
DETAILS
Date: 23rd-28th June*
Availability: Limited to 11 spots . Early booking is recommended
ITINERARY
Day 1: Arrival into Jackson Airport June 23, 2025
Travel to Jackson
Today is a travel day to Jackson. Upon arrival, make your way to your accommodation and take some time to enjoy the town. Your guides will hold a virtual orientation meeting at 6pm.
Day 2: Travel day to Yellowstone National Park and Hike June 24, 2025
Hike: Elephant Back Mountain and Storm Point
Hiking Mileage: 10km
Elevation Gain/Loss: 800 feet
We'll start our day with a scenic drive to the park, and then our first hike, a loop around Elephant Back Mountain. This moderate hike has about 800 feet elevation gain and loss. The trail begins in an old growth lodge pole pine forest mixed with spruce and fir, an area also frequented by grizzly bears. After a mile of relatively mild uphill, we will climb switchbacks. Flecks of black obsidian will glitter beneath your feet. The ascent culminates to an awe-inspiring bird’s eye view of the lake. We can identify many prominent landmarks from our peak, before making our trek back down the Elephants Back. The glittering expanse of Yellowstone Lake will be the focal point of our next hike’s destination: Storm Point. This relatively flat 2.3-mile loop leads to a stunning vista of the largest lake above 7,000 feet in North America. In spring, the lakeshore is a corridor for grizzly bears. The hike begins at Indian Pond, a favourite locale for bison, and continues through the forest to a bluff overlooking the picturesque shore of this hydrothermal fed lake. Before completing our loop, we will walk past enormous boulders, which are home to a colony of Yellow-bellied Marmots. If we are lucky, we may see one basking in the sun.
Included Accommodation:Grant Campground, Yellowstone National Park
Included Meals: Breakfast, Picnic/Trail Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities: Leader-Led Hikes, Elephant Back Mountain, and Storm Point
Day 3: Mount Washburn and Artist Point June 25th
Hiking Mileage: 10km
Elevation Gain/Loss: 1,400 feet
Our second hike is one of the most beautiful in the park, a hike to the summit of Mt. Washburn at over 10,000 feet. The trail to the summit travels through picturesque subalpine parkland where wildflowers abound. Bighorn sheep are sometimes seen grazing along the hillsides. This is one of the only places in the park where hikers can get close up views and photos of the majestic sheep as they are habituated to the presence of hikers. It is a steady climb over 3 miles to the summit where we’ll have a tremendous view of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone – a giant rift in a landscape of forested hills. Other sites include Yellowstone Lake, the Teton Range, Electric Peak, and an overall sense that the entire park stretches out below your feet. Following this beautiful hike, we’ll drive to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone for a short stroll out to Artist Point for one of the more phenomenal waterfall views in North America – the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River. The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is an amazing feature at 20 miles long, 1,200 feet deep, and a mere 4,000 feet in width on average. It was formed approximately 10,000 years ago when a large glacial ice dam in Hayden Valley burst, flooding the canyon and creating the two thunderous waterfalls and multicoloured canyon walls it is known for.
Included Accommodation: Grant Campground, Yellowstone National Park Included Meals: Breakfast, Picnic/Trail Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities: Leader-Led Hikes, Mount Washburn and Artist Point
Day 4: Mammoth Hot Springs and Beaver Ponds June 26th
Hiking Mileage: 6 miles
Elevation Gain/Loss: marginal
Today we visit to one of the Park’s most iconic features – Mammoth Hot Springs. From the boardwalks, we will view steaming travertine terraces streaked with colourful microorganisms.
Next, we will leave the crowds behind and head out on the Beaver Ponds Trail. This 5-mile loop leads us along a variety of different animal habitats. We will hike through a forest that is frequented by a variety of wildlife including bears, eventually reaching a clearing of small ponds where it is common to see waterfowl. Open scenic views will greet us as we emerge onto a grassy hilltop that is a known grazing area for pronghorn, deer and elk.
Included Accommodation: Grant Campground, Yellowstone National Park Included Meals: Breakfast, Picnic/Trail Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities: Leader-Led Hikes, Mammoth Hot Springs and Beaver Ponds
Day 5: Old Faithful and Lone Star Geyser June 27th
Hiking Mileage: approx. 7 miles
Elevation Gain/Loss: minimal
We’ll start the day in the Upper Geyser Basin which hosts some of the park’s most iconic features. Yellowstone is home to 60% of the world’s geysers and most of them can be found here, including Old Faithful itself. Walking the boardwalks, we’ll experience the basins’ diverse array of geysers from thin fountains to massive eruptions. It is an impressive scene. Next we’ll travel a few miles down the road for a hike out to Lone Star Geyser. This is a beautiful hike along the aptly named Firehole River to the largest backcountry geyser in the park: Lone Star Geyser. Lone Star is found in a clearing surrounded by dense forest; it erupts from a shed-sized cream colored mound. At full tilt it sprays scalding water 30-45 feet into the air. The geyser erupts about every 3 hours and a log book is kept nearby so that we’ll know when the next eruption will occur.
Included Accommodation: Grant Campground, Yellowstone National Park Included Meals: Breakfast, Picnic/Trail Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities: Leader-Led Hikes, Old Faithful and Lone Star Geyser
Day 6: Fairy Falls and Grand Prismatic Overlook June 28th
Hiking Mileage: 5.4 miles
Elevation Change: 200 feet
Our final day’s hike takes us through classic Yellowstone meadows and lodgepole pine forests to Fairy Falls, a 200-foot waterfall plunging off a pine-studded cliff. After we soak up the sights and sounds of Fairy Falls, we will end our tour with a stop at the Grand Prismatic overlook. The Grand Prismatic is the largest hot spring in the United States and one of the most iconic features in the park. It’s a great way to close out our Yellowstone adventure. We will conclude our trip with a Galz Gone Wild Closing Circle that your GGW Host will facilitate for the group. Then we will hop on a shuttle back to Jackson and fond farewells. What an adventure it’s been!
Accommodation: Accommodation in Jackson is not included. As a group we will discuss our options in the whatsapp group as some people may choose to fly home that evening or others may want to extend their trip to visit The Grand Tetons etc
Included Meals: Breakfast, Picnic/Trail Lunch
* Our trip provider will receive our permits early next Spring. On occasion the national parks will alter dates slightly due to a number of factors. This is why we strongly recommend not booking any flights or travel insurance until our trip dates are confirmed with our Trip Provider. Your GGW Host will confirm this with you closer to the time.
What’s included
A private group trip
Camping Accommodation
Yellowstone National Park, June 24-28, 2025 (4 nights), Double Occupancy
Transportation
Private Van per Daily Itinerary
Equipment
Tent, Sleeping Pad, Sleeping Bag, Group Camping Equipment (Kitchen, Chairs, Etc.), Day Pack, Trekking Poles, Group Safety Gear (First Aid, Emergency Communication Device, Etc.)
Meals
Breakfast (x05), Picnic Trail Lunch (x05), Dinner (x04)
Entrance/Admission Fees
Yellowstone National Park
Activities
Leader Led Hikes (as per itinerary)
A local Trip Leader/Guide
Wilderness First Responder and CPR Certified
Guest to Guide Ratio
12 Guests and 2 Guides
A Galz Gone Wild Host for the trip
A Galz Gone Wild group training hiking weekend and information session in Wicklow, Ireland. Held over a Saturday and a Sunday.
An opening and closing circle
Whats app group chat- Where we will facilitate flight and accommodation recommendations as a group.
Campfires and cosiness
All of the amazing wildlife, flowers, views and scenery that will make your heart explode.
All that amazing Galz Gone Wild love, support, friendship, community, connection and fun that will fill your cup :)
What’s not included
Flights
Visas/Travel Insurance
Airport Transfers
Meals Not Mentioned in Itinerary, Including Alcoholic Beverages (except Welcome and Farewell Dinner)
Pre/Post Trip Accommodation
Tips for Guides
PRICE AND PAYMENT
Yellowstone Basecamp Trip Price: 2275
A deposit of €500 is required to secure your spot.
Full payment of the remaining balance of 1775 will be due 120 days prior to departure.
Cancellation made 60+ days prior to departure will incur a €100 cancellation fee.
Cancellation 59 days or less prior to travel you will incur 100% cancellation fees. No refund permitted.
No transfers
GGW Policies
If you have had to cancel your booking due to experiencing symptoms of Covid-19 you are not entitled to a refund, exchange or transfer.
We reserve the right to cancel any of our Hikes/Getaways/Mountain Skills Training/Events/Challenges at any time without notice.
All of our Hikes/Getaways/Mountain Skills Training/Events/Challenges are subject to change and cancellation including date/time/location/length.
Deposits are non refundable/transferable/exchangeable.
If hikes that are part of our 2/4/6 week challenges are cancelled due to situations out of our control for e.g Weather Warnings, Snow, Rain, Wind, Sickness, Bereavement, Injury, Bus break downs etc we will reschedule the hike for another date. If you are unable to attend the new date you will not be entitled to a refund/exchange/transfer.
Failure to make final payments for Hikes/Getaways/Mountain Skills Training/Events/Challenges will result in the loss of your deposit, instalments and place.
We accept no responsibility if your flight/boat/train/car is delayed, cancelled,missed or transferred. You will not be entitled to a refund or exchange of your ticket or deposit.
All meals are vegetarian however the production facilities are not allergen free and cross contamination may occur. We cannot guarantee that traces of the food that you are allergic to are not present in the foods that you are served. This may include but not limited to nuts,gluten,eggs,dairy,meat,fish etc If this presents medical issues for yourself then you need to make an informed decision on whether to consume our food and meals.
During the hike your itinerary and its activities may be subject to alteration/cancellation/duration due to but not limited to bad weather, group/individual safety, timing, ability, delays. Refunds will not be issued in this case.
SOLD OUT- TO ADD YOUR NAME TO THE WAITLIST CLICK HERE
GGW IS GOING TO YELLOWSTONE! EEEEEEEK!
Join the Galz Gone Wild Community as we explore Yellowstone Basecamp.
What sets this trip apart is the ability to see a tremendous amount in one visit, have a wonderful outdoor experience, and enjoy comforts like showers and cozy sleeping amenities while camping.
We’ll go on five diverse hikes which together create a comprehensive, truly unforgettable experience. The hikes well represent the amazing attributes of this exceptional national park. You’ll enjoy breathtaking mountain scenery, the most well-known and spectacular geysers in the park, and abundant wildlife viewing opportunities. While driving, we can often stop at pullouts as animal sightings and additional attractions arise in this unpredictable ecosystem.
You’ll also have a fantastic overall outdoor experience as we camp under star-lit skies. Your guide will cook tasty outdoor meals as you relax around the campfire and absorb the magic of Yellowstone before and after your hikes.
DETAILS
Date: 23rd-28th June*
Availability: Limited to 11 spots . Early booking is recommended
ITINERARY
Day 1: Arrival into Jackson Airport June 23, 2025
Travel to Jackson
Today is a travel day to Jackson. Upon arrival, make your way to your accommodation and take some time to enjoy the town. Your guides will hold a virtual orientation meeting at 6pm.
Day 2: Travel day to Yellowstone National Park and Hike June 24, 2025
Hike: Elephant Back Mountain and Storm Point
Hiking Mileage: 10km
Elevation Gain/Loss: 800 feet
We'll start our day with a scenic drive to the park, and then our first hike, a loop around Elephant Back Mountain. This moderate hike has about 800 feet elevation gain and loss. The trail begins in an old growth lodge pole pine forest mixed with spruce and fir, an area also frequented by grizzly bears. After a mile of relatively mild uphill, we will climb switchbacks. Flecks of black obsidian will glitter beneath your feet. The ascent culminates to an awe-inspiring bird’s eye view of the lake. We can identify many prominent landmarks from our peak, before making our trek back down the Elephants Back. The glittering expanse of Yellowstone Lake will be the focal point of our next hike’s destination: Storm Point. This relatively flat 2.3-mile loop leads to a stunning vista of the largest lake above 7,000 feet in North America. In spring, the lakeshore is a corridor for grizzly bears. The hike begins at Indian Pond, a favourite locale for bison, and continues through the forest to a bluff overlooking the picturesque shore of this hydrothermal fed lake. Before completing our loop, we will walk past enormous boulders, which are home to a colony of Yellow-bellied Marmots. If we are lucky, we may see one basking in the sun.
Included Accommodation:Grant Campground, Yellowstone National Park
Included Meals: Breakfast, Picnic/Trail Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities: Leader-Led Hikes, Elephant Back Mountain, and Storm Point
Day 3: Mount Washburn and Artist Point June 25th
Hiking Mileage: 10km
Elevation Gain/Loss: 1,400 feet
Our second hike is one of the most beautiful in the park, a hike to the summit of Mt. Washburn at over 10,000 feet. The trail to the summit travels through picturesque subalpine parkland where wildflowers abound. Bighorn sheep are sometimes seen grazing along the hillsides. This is one of the only places in the park where hikers can get close up views and photos of the majestic sheep as they are habituated to the presence of hikers. It is a steady climb over 3 miles to the summit where we’ll have a tremendous view of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone – a giant rift in a landscape of forested hills. Other sites include Yellowstone Lake, the Teton Range, Electric Peak, and an overall sense that the entire park stretches out below your feet. Following this beautiful hike, we’ll drive to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone for a short stroll out to Artist Point for one of the more phenomenal waterfall views in North America – the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River. The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is an amazing feature at 20 miles long, 1,200 feet deep, and a mere 4,000 feet in width on average. It was formed approximately 10,000 years ago when a large glacial ice dam in Hayden Valley burst, flooding the canyon and creating the two thunderous waterfalls and multicoloured canyon walls it is known for.
Included Accommodation: Grant Campground, Yellowstone National Park Included Meals: Breakfast, Picnic/Trail Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities: Leader-Led Hikes, Mount Washburn and Artist Point
Day 4: Mammoth Hot Springs and Beaver Ponds June 26th
Hiking Mileage: 6 miles
Elevation Gain/Loss: marginal
Today we visit to one of the Park’s most iconic features – Mammoth Hot Springs. From the boardwalks, we will view steaming travertine terraces streaked with colourful microorganisms.
Next, we will leave the crowds behind and head out on the Beaver Ponds Trail. This 5-mile loop leads us along a variety of different animal habitats. We will hike through a forest that is frequented by a variety of wildlife including bears, eventually reaching a clearing of small ponds where it is common to see waterfowl. Open scenic views will greet us as we emerge onto a grassy hilltop that is a known grazing area for pronghorn, deer and elk.
Included Accommodation: Grant Campground, Yellowstone National Park Included Meals: Breakfast, Picnic/Trail Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities: Leader-Led Hikes, Mammoth Hot Springs and Beaver Ponds
Day 5: Old Faithful and Lone Star Geyser June 27th
Hiking Mileage: approx. 7 miles
Elevation Gain/Loss: minimal
We’ll start the day in the Upper Geyser Basin which hosts some of the park’s most iconic features. Yellowstone is home to 60% of the world’s geysers and most of them can be found here, including Old Faithful itself. Walking the boardwalks, we’ll experience the basins’ diverse array of geysers from thin fountains to massive eruptions. It is an impressive scene. Next we’ll travel a few miles down the road for a hike out to Lone Star Geyser. This is a beautiful hike along the aptly named Firehole River to the largest backcountry geyser in the park: Lone Star Geyser. Lone Star is found in a clearing surrounded by dense forest; it erupts from a shed-sized cream colored mound. At full tilt it sprays scalding water 30-45 feet into the air. The geyser erupts about every 3 hours and a log book is kept nearby so that we’ll know when the next eruption will occur.
Included Accommodation: Grant Campground, Yellowstone National Park Included Meals: Breakfast, Picnic/Trail Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities: Leader-Led Hikes, Old Faithful and Lone Star Geyser
Day 6: Fairy Falls and Grand Prismatic Overlook June 28th
Hiking Mileage: 5.4 miles
Elevation Change: 200 feet
Our final day’s hike takes us through classic Yellowstone meadows and lodgepole pine forests to Fairy Falls, a 200-foot waterfall plunging off a pine-studded cliff. After we soak up the sights and sounds of Fairy Falls, we will end our tour with a stop at the Grand Prismatic overlook. The Grand Prismatic is the largest hot spring in the United States and one of the most iconic features in the park. It’s a great way to close out our Yellowstone adventure. We will conclude our trip with a Galz Gone Wild Closing Circle that your GGW Host will facilitate for the group. Then we will hop on a shuttle back to Jackson and fond farewells. What an adventure it’s been!
Accommodation: Accommodation in Jackson is not included. As a group we will discuss our options in the whatsapp group as some people may choose to fly home that evening or others may want to extend their trip to visit The Grand Tetons etc
Included Meals: Breakfast, Picnic/Trail Lunch
* Our trip provider will receive our permits early next Spring. On occasion the national parks will alter dates slightly due to a number of factors. This is why we strongly recommend not booking any flights or travel insurance until our trip dates are confirmed with our Trip Provider. Your GGW Host will confirm this with you closer to the time.
What’s included
A private group trip
Camping Accommodation
Yellowstone National Park, June 24-28, 2025 (4 nights), Double Occupancy
Transportation
Private Van per Daily Itinerary
Equipment
Tent, Sleeping Pad, Sleeping Bag, Group Camping Equipment (Kitchen, Chairs, Etc.), Day Pack, Trekking Poles, Group Safety Gear (First Aid, Emergency Communication Device, Etc.)
Meals
Breakfast (x05), Picnic Trail Lunch (x05), Dinner (x04)
Entrance/Admission Fees
Yellowstone National Park
Activities
Leader Led Hikes (as per itinerary)
A local Trip Leader/Guide
Wilderness First Responder and CPR Certified
Guest to Guide Ratio
12 Guests and 2 Guides
A Galz Gone Wild Host for the trip
A Galz Gone Wild group training hiking weekend and information session in Wicklow, Ireland. Held over a Saturday and a Sunday.
An opening and closing circle
Whats app group chat- Where we will facilitate flight and accommodation recommendations as a group.
Campfires and cosiness
All of the amazing wildlife, flowers, views and scenery that will make your heart explode.
All that amazing Galz Gone Wild love, support, friendship, community, connection and fun that will fill your cup :)
What’s not included
Flights
Visas/Travel Insurance
Airport Transfers
Meals Not Mentioned in Itinerary, Including Alcoholic Beverages (except Welcome and Farewell Dinner)
Pre/Post Trip Accommodation
Tips for Guides
PRICE AND PAYMENT
Yellowstone Basecamp Trip Price: 2275
A deposit of €500 is required to secure your spot.
Full payment of the remaining balance of 1775 will be due 120 days prior to departure.
Cancellation made 60+ days prior to departure will incur a €100 cancellation fee.
Cancellation 59 days or less prior to travel you will incur 100% cancellation fees. No refund permitted.
No transfers
GGW Policies
If you have had to cancel your booking due to experiencing symptoms of Covid-19 you are not entitled to a refund, exchange or transfer.
We reserve the right to cancel any of our Hikes/Getaways/Mountain Skills Training/Events/Challenges at any time without notice.
All of our Hikes/Getaways/Mountain Skills Training/Events/Challenges are subject to change and cancellation including date/time/location/length.
Deposits are non refundable/transferable/exchangeable.
If hikes that are part of our 2/4/6 week challenges are cancelled due to situations out of our control for e.g Weather Warnings, Snow, Rain, Wind, Sickness, Bereavement, Injury, Bus break downs etc we will reschedule the hike for another date. If you are unable to attend the new date you will not be entitled to a refund/exchange/transfer.
Failure to make final payments for Hikes/Getaways/Mountain Skills Training/Events/Challenges will result in the loss of your deposit, instalments and place.
We accept no responsibility if your flight/boat/train/car is delayed, cancelled,missed or transferred. You will not be entitled to a refund or exchange of your ticket or deposit.
All meals are vegetarian however the production facilities are not allergen free and cross contamination may occur. We cannot guarantee that traces of the food that you are allergic to are not present in the foods that you are served. This may include but not limited to nuts,gluten,eggs,dairy,meat,fish etc If this presents medical issues for yourself then you need to make an informed decision on whether to consume our food and meals.
During the hike your itinerary and its activities may be subject to alteration/cancellation/duration due to but not limited to bad weather, group/individual safety, timing, ability, delays. Refunds will not be issued in this case.
SOLD OUT- TO ADD YOUR NAME TO THE WAITLIST CLICK HERE
GGW IS GOING TO YELLOWSTONE! EEEEEEEK!
Join the Galz Gone Wild Community as we explore Yellowstone Basecamp.
What sets this trip apart is the ability to see a tremendous amount in one visit, have a wonderful outdoor experience, and enjoy comforts like showers and cozy sleeping amenities while camping.
We’ll go on five diverse hikes which together create a comprehensive, truly unforgettable experience. The hikes well represent the amazing attributes of this exceptional national park. You’ll enjoy breathtaking mountain scenery, the most well-known and spectacular geysers in the park, and abundant wildlife viewing opportunities. While driving, we can often stop at pullouts as animal sightings and additional attractions arise in this unpredictable ecosystem.
You’ll also have a fantastic overall outdoor experience as we camp under star-lit skies. Your guide will cook tasty outdoor meals as you relax around the campfire and absorb the magic of Yellowstone before and after your hikes.
DETAILS
Date: 23rd-28th June*
Availability: Limited to 11 spots . Early booking is recommended
ITINERARY
Day 1: Arrival into Jackson Airport June 23, 2025
Travel to Jackson
Today is a travel day to Jackson. Upon arrival, make your way to your accommodation and take some time to enjoy the town. Your guides will hold a virtual orientation meeting at 6pm.
Day 2: Travel day to Yellowstone National Park and Hike June 24, 2025
Hike: Elephant Back Mountain and Storm Point
Hiking Mileage: 10km
Elevation Gain/Loss: 800 feet
We'll start our day with a scenic drive to the park, and then our first hike, a loop around Elephant Back Mountain. This moderate hike has about 800 feet elevation gain and loss. The trail begins in an old growth lodge pole pine forest mixed with spruce and fir, an area also frequented by grizzly bears. After a mile of relatively mild uphill, we will climb switchbacks. Flecks of black obsidian will glitter beneath your feet. The ascent culminates to an awe-inspiring bird’s eye view of the lake. We can identify many prominent landmarks from our peak, before making our trek back down the Elephants Back. The glittering expanse of Yellowstone Lake will be the focal point of our next hike’s destination: Storm Point. This relatively flat 2.3-mile loop leads to a stunning vista of the largest lake above 7,000 feet in North America. In spring, the lakeshore is a corridor for grizzly bears. The hike begins at Indian Pond, a favourite locale for bison, and continues through the forest to a bluff overlooking the picturesque shore of this hydrothermal fed lake. Before completing our loop, we will walk past enormous boulders, which are home to a colony of Yellow-bellied Marmots. If we are lucky, we may see one basking in the sun.
Included Accommodation:Grant Campground, Yellowstone National Park
Included Meals: Breakfast, Picnic/Trail Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities: Leader-Led Hikes, Elephant Back Mountain, and Storm Point
Day 3: Mount Washburn and Artist Point June 25th
Hiking Mileage: 10km
Elevation Gain/Loss: 1,400 feet
Our second hike is one of the most beautiful in the park, a hike to the summit of Mt. Washburn at over 10,000 feet. The trail to the summit travels through picturesque subalpine parkland where wildflowers abound. Bighorn sheep are sometimes seen grazing along the hillsides. This is one of the only places in the park where hikers can get close up views and photos of the majestic sheep as they are habituated to the presence of hikers. It is a steady climb over 3 miles to the summit where we’ll have a tremendous view of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone – a giant rift in a landscape of forested hills. Other sites include Yellowstone Lake, the Teton Range, Electric Peak, and an overall sense that the entire park stretches out below your feet. Following this beautiful hike, we’ll drive to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone for a short stroll out to Artist Point for one of the more phenomenal waterfall views in North America – the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River. The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is an amazing feature at 20 miles long, 1,200 feet deep, and a mere 4,000 feet in width on average. It was formed approximately 10,000 years ago when a large glacial ice dam in Hayden Valley burst, flooding the canyon and creating the two thunderous waterfalls and multicoloured canyon walls it is known for.
Included Accommodation: Grant Campground, Yellowstone National Park Included Meals: Breakfast, Picnic/Trail Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities: Leader-Led Hikes, Mount Washburn and Artist Point
Day 4: Mammoth Hot Springs and Beaver Ponds June 26th
Hiking Mileage: 6 miles
Elevation Gain/Loss: marginal
Today we visit to one of the Park’s most iconic features – Mammoth Hot Springs. From the boardwalks, we will view steaming travertine terraces streaked with colourful microorganisms.
Next, we will leave the crowds behind and head out on the Beaver Ponds Trail. This 5-mile loop leads us along a variety of different animal habitats. We will hike through a forest that is frequented by a variety of wildlife including bears, eventually reaching a clearing of small ponds where it is common to see waterfowl. Open scenic views will greet us as we emerge onto a grassy hilltop that is a known grazing area for pronghorn, deer and elk.
Included Accommodation: Grant Campground, Yellowstone National Park Included Meals: Breakfast, Picnic/Trail Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities: Leader-Led Hikes, Mammoth Hot Springs and Beaver Ponds
Day 5: Old Faithful and Lone Star Geyser June 27th
Hiking Mileage: approx. 7 miles
Elevation Gain/Loss: minimal
We’ll start the day in the Upper Geyser Basin which hosts some of the park’s most iconic features. Yellowstone is home to 60% of the world’s geysers and most of them can be found here, including Old Faithful itself. Walking the boardwalks, we’ll experience the basins’ diverse array of geysers from thin fountains to massive eruptions. It is an impressive scene. Next we’ll travel a few miles down the road for a hike out to Lone Star Geyser. This is a beautiful hike along the aptly named Firehole River to the largest backcountry geyser in the park: Lone Star Geyser. Lone Star is found in a clearing surrounded by dense forest; it erupts from a shed-sized cream colored mound. At full tilt it sprays scalding water 30-45 feet into the air. The geyser erupts about every 3 hours and a log book is kept nearby so that we’ll know when the next eruption will occur.
Included Accommodation: Grant Campground, Yellowstone National Park Included Meals: Breakfast, Picnic/Trail Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities: Leader-Led Hikes, Old Faithful and Lone Star Geyser
Day 6: Fairy Falls and Grand Prismatic Overlook June 28th
Hiking Mileage: 5.4 miles
Elevation Change: 200 feet
Our final day’s hike takes us through classic Yellowstone meadows and lodgepole pine forests to Fairy Falls, a 200-foot waterfall plunging off a pine-studded cliff. After we soak up the sights and sounds of Fairy Falls, we will end our tour with a stop at the Grand Prismatic overlook. The Grand Prismatic is the largest hot spring in the United States and one of the most iconic features in the park. It’s a great way to close out our Yellowstone adventure. We will conclude our trip with a Galz Gone Wild Closing Circle that your GGW Host will facilitate for the group. Then we will hop on a shuttle back to Jackson and fond farewells. What an adventure it’s been!
Accommodation: Accommodation in Jackson is not included. As a group we will discuss our options in the whatsapp group as some people may choose to fly home that evening or others may want to extend their trip to visit The Grand Tetons etc
Included Meals: Breakfast, Picnic/Trail Lunch
* Our trip provider will receive our permits early next Spring. On occasion the national parks will alter dates slightly due to a number of factors. This is why we strongly recommend not booking any flights or travel insurance until our trip dates are confirmed with our Trip Provider. Your GGW Host will confirm this with you closer to the time.
What’s included
A private group trip
Camping Accommodation
Yellowstone National Park, June 24-28, 2025 (4 nights), Double Occupancy
Transportation
Private Van per Daily Itinerary
Equipment
Tent, Sleeping Pad, Sleeping Bag, Group Camping Equipment (Kitchen, Chairs, Etc.), Day Pack, Trekking Poles, Group Safety Gear (First Aid, Emergency Communication Device, Etc.)
Meals
Breakfast (x05), Picnic Trail Lunch (x05), Dinner (x04)
Entrance/Admission Fees
Yellowstone National Park
Activities
Leader Led Hikes (as per itinerary)
A local Trip Leader/Guide
Wilderness First Responder and CPR Certified
Guest to Guide Ratio
12 Guests and 2 Guides
A Galz Gone Wild Host for the trip
A Galz Gone Wild group training hiking weekend and information session in Wicklow, Ireland. Held over a Saturday and a Sunday.
An opening and closing circle
Whats app group chat- Where we will facilitate flight and accommodation recommendations as a group.
Campfires and cosiness
All of the amazing wildlife, flowers, views and scenery that will make your heart explode.
All that amazing Galz Gone Wild love, support, friendship, community, connection and fun that will fill your cup :)
What’s not included
Flights
Visas/Travel Insurance
Airport Transfers
Meals Not Mentioned in Itinerary, Including Alcoholic Beverages (except Welcome and Farewell Dinner)
Pre/Post Trip Accommodation
Tips for Guides
PRICE AND PAYMENT
Yellowstone Basecamp Trip Price: 2275
A deposit of €500 is required to secure your spot.
Full payment of the remaining balance of 1775 will be due 120 days prior to departure.
Cancellation made 60+ days prior to departure will incur a €100 cancellation fee.
Cancellation 59 days or less prior to travel you will incur 100% cancellation fees. No refund permitted.
No transfers
GGW Policies
If you have had to cancel your booking due to experiencing symptoms of Covid-19 you are not entitled to a refund, exchange or transfer.
We reserve the right to cancel any of our Hikes/Getaways/Mountain Skills Training/Events/Challenges at any time without notice.
All of our Hikes/Getaways/Mountain Skills Training/Events/Challenges are subject to change and cancellation including date/time/location/length.
Deposits are non refundable/transferable/exchangeable.
If hikes that are part of our 2/4/6 week challenges are cancelled due to situations out of our control for e.g Weather Warnings, Snow, Rain, Wind, Sickness, Bereavement, Injury, Bus break downs etc we will reschedule the hike for another date. If you are unable to attend the new date you will not be entitled to a refund/exchange/transfer.
Failure to make final payments for Hikes/Getaways/Mountain Skills Training/Events/Challenges will result in the loss of your deposit, instalments and place.
We accept no responsibility if your flight/boat/train/car is delayed, cancelled,missed or transferred. You will not be entitled to a refund or exchange of your ticket or deposit.
All meals are vegetarian however the production facilities are not allergen free and cross contamination may occur. We cannot guarantee that traces of the food that you are allergic to are not present in the foods that you are served. This may include but not limited to nuts,gluten,eggs,dairy,meat,fish etc If this presents medical issues for yourself then you need to make an informed decision on whether to consume our food and meals.
During the hike your itinerary and its activities may be subject to alteration/cancellation/duration due to but not limited to bad weather, group/individual safety, timing, ability, delays. Refunds will not be issued in this case.