# @kirstenalana on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BPhtuizDhzD
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2430470-kirstenalana-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/a2476b3bfd.jpg
- **Posted:** 2017-01-21T12:41:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kirsten Alana (@KirstenAlana) — https://gondola.cc/KirstenAlana

## Caption

A moment of zen in @yellowstonenps which was established on March 1, 1872 and despite having been explored since before that and vigorously since then, 96% of visitors never get more than a mile from the roadways! It might be because only 1% of the park is visible from the roads and that's intimidating to people. I'm not sure. But even more surprising, less than 1% of visitors ever spend a night in the backcountry. It's that glorious backcountry without cell signal or WiFi and devoid of human drama that has been our home all week and which has made me happier than I've been in longer than I can remember being when out in nature. Walking, cross country skiing, snowshoeing and trekking by vanterra both during the day and at night has allowed us to see bison, elk, deer, wolves, bald eagles and more. I won't have time to share all of my favorite moments before my next job starts but I wanted to take a second to post this moment of total peace that I shot during our cross country ski on the Lone Star Geyser Trail with @ynplodges. Snow was softly falling and the drama of elections and inaugurations seemed so far away as to maybe even be imaginary and I was thinking as I took it all in, that a winter trip to Yellowstone might need to be my new yearly tradition. #WinterInYellowstone

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