NATURE: Christmas In Yellowstone

As snow falls and Christmas lights glow in Jackson Hole, a holiday season of a different sort settles in just beyond the town, in the great winter world of Yellowstone. Breathtaking landscapes frame intimate scenes of wolves and coyotes, elk and bison, bears and otters as they make their way through their most challenging season of the year.

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A grizzly bear plays with his toes in Yellowstone National Park.

©Tom Murphy

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Elk in Lamar Valley

Shane Moore/©Educational Broadcasting Corporation

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Bison in Lamar Valley

Shane Moore ©Educational Broadcasting Corp.

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Trees at the Mammoth Terraces

Shane Moore ©Educational Broadcasting Corp.

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A coyote walks among sagebrush in this breathtaking look at wintertime deep within America's first national park.

©Tom Murphy

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Steam from a geothermal spring coats bison in frost in this program, which presents a breathtaking look at wintertime deep within America's first national park, including bountiful wildlife and pristine landscapes.

©Tom Murphy

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A solitary bull elk follows other elk tracks, just after sunrise in Yellowstone National Park.

©Tom Murphy

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A bison stops near Crested Pool in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park.

©Tom Murphy

NATURE "Christmas In Yellowstone" follows in the snowy footprints of Yellowstone’s red foxes, spies on the predatory warfare of wolves and elk, and climbs into the den of a grizzly bear that gives birth to two cubs while deep in hibernation.

In addition to mesmerizing footage of landscapes and wildlife, trail alongside author and photographer Tom Murphy, who has been coming to Yellowstone for the past 26 winters, camping and photographing amid the silence and solitude of the park.

And go behind the scenes with filmmaker Shane Moore to find out how he kept up with Murphy during an at times harrowing trek, reminiscent of the legendary John Colter’s first journey into the park nearly two hundred years ago.

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