When winter ends and spring begins is often a fine line. Snow can fall at any time across the high plateau that is Yellowstone National Park, even in July and August. It’s actually expected in spring. But after a hard winter like this past one, it can’t green up soon enough for the park’s ungulates who survive mostly on fat reserves. This image was taken this past Saturday and there was very little green showing up in the meadows that weren’t still covered in snow, across 6,500 to 7,000 feet elevation. But I went into the park Monday morning and was glad to see hints of green popping up in the meadows. We’ve had a warm week and some parts of Montana had record high temperatures over the weekend though it is supposed to cool back down again in a few days. The only thing predictable about spring in Yellowstone is that it will be unpredictable!