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Hey, we’re Matt and Cheryl, and we are on a mission to help people have amazing vacations. Not only do we write easy-to-follow itineraries, but we also love to share interesting stories in our audio guides about all of our favorite places!
We live in Utah, just four hours away from awesome national parks like Zion and Yellowstone, and have spent our lives exploring the West and the Rocky Mountains. We often travel with both sets of our retired parents (they like each other!) and our four teenagers (who like to travel…sometimes).
We met in a history of Utah class at Weber State University and tied the knot in 2002. Matt worked for Social Security and taught adjunct history classes at our alma mater. Cheryl taught special education for 28 years and continues to volunteer by teaching a weekly dance fitness class.
We took a shot at our dream in 2020 and started making YouTube videos about the national parks we know so well. We now have over 20 million views and have sold over 24,000 guides. We are delighted to help travelers fulfill dreams of their own!
We love trying out all the activities and working with local experts to give the best, most up-to-date travel advice out there.
At We're in the Rockies, we believe in education and donate 5% of the proceeds of your purchase to the Gene Sessions History Scholarship to make education affordable to future park rangers and history teachers.
Watch Cheryl show you how to plan out your travel day in minutes.
We think that 5-7 days is just right. Yellowstone for 3-4 days and then head to Grand Teton for 2-3 days.
If you have more time, you can do some of the day trips mentioned in the guide to Pinedale, Dubois, Cody, or Virginia City.
The Black Hills and Glacier National Park are also great places to visit in the area if you have more time
It is easy to condense our Yellowstone itinerary into 2-3 days, and we give ideas of exactly how to do it in the itinerary.
We also give ideas for how to see Grand Teton in 1 day. It’s not our favorite way to see the parks, but it is doable, especially if you are willing to do longer days.
No, that is the beauty of this itinerary. Most people start (and end) their trip by flying or driving from Bozeman, MT, Jackson, WY, or Salt Lake City, UT. We have a plan if you are traveling from any of these routes.
Even though this guide works for travel from late May through September, we really enjoy visiting in September. The crowds start to thin out and the fall colors are wonderful.
We also like visiting in June/July because there are pretty wildflowers.
Something important to know is that this area gets a lot of snow that can close down roads from October through early May.
If this is your once-in-a-lifetime trip, travel June through September.
Yellowstone is our favorite national park; we’ve been there over 40 times and we have done practically everything both inside the park and in the surrounding areas.
We travel with both sets of our retired parents and our 4 kids (who are now teens), so we have a pretty good radar on the interests of most types of travelers.
We recommend what we believe are the absolute best spots in the park and give backup options for longer hikes or things that cost.
We give activity descriptions and approximate prices to help you decide which activities are the best value for you!
We are of the mindset that you have a plan, so you can be flexible.
We lay out what we believe are the best activities for your time and money, but we all have different preferences.
Because each activity listed is color-coded as either a “must see” or a “nice to see”, and has an approximate time frame and cost, you’ll easily be able to adjust to best suit your group’s interests.
We surveyed our customers and they reported that our guides saved them 10-20 hours of trip planning research, on average.
Although much of the information included in this guide can be found with significant research, this guide combines what you need to know into one place and it is from a source committed to giving you the best information.
This guide cost us over $15,369 to create when you combine travel expenses, map creation, and formatting. In addition, we have spent hundreds of hours visiting this park and doing additional research. The audio guide alone was over 100 hours of labor (but of course, a labor of love!)
If you aren’t sure which guides to get, email us at mattandcheryl@wereintherockies.com and tell us where you want to go. A real human will get back to you within one business day.
Many of our travelers enjoy the confirmation that they have already created a good plan and may even find a thing or two to add to it.
Other travelers may find that our plan is similar to what they had already pieced together on their own.
If you’ve already spent hours planning, you may not find maximum value in this guide.
Yes! We travel with our 4 children and both sets of our parents. Although not every activity is for everyone, there are always backup suggestions.
We write these guides so all the work you should need to do is obtain your lodging and reservations. We include maps, the time needed to complete drives and activities, and lodging recommendations. We put boxes throughout the guide indicating it’s an item that you will need to take care of before you leave. We also give links to websites we think you should check before you leave.
Yes! Yellowstone is huge and there is no shuttle. Almost every road in the park is paved and passable in a regular vehicle. There are a few roads that you can’t take an RV on, and we address those in our guide.
Yes. We give approximate time frames that are needed to complete an activity. The schedule is generally not so packed that you have to be a quick traveler. But if you know you generally need more time, you can make adjustments. If you are quick, there are suggestions for additional activities
This is a digital download, so it will be EMAILED to you. That way, you can have access immediately and have the option to download it to any device you want.
Many travelers, including us, prefer to print the itinerary and take it with us as we travel.
The itinerary and audio guide are available immediately upon purchase, right on this webpage. You will also receive an email within 30 minutes with download links in case you need to revisit the links and download the items later. If you don’t receive your email, check your junk mail folder. If it’s not there, contact mattandcheryl@wereintherockies.com, and we’ll be in touch with you within 1 business day. Also, the guides will be available in your account if you choose to establish one (we highly encourage it).
You need cell reception to download the audio guides. Once they are downloaded, no cell reception is needed.
Most people download the audio guides to their phone before they leave.
Just in case you are wondering, an average audio guide takes 150 MB of storage space.
National parks constantly change, including timed-entry requirements, construction, fires, and closures. To keep you updated on the most current things going on, we have a Parks Updates page that we update every week with important information. We recommend you look at this as soon as you begin planning your trip, as well as a few days before you leave.
Guides are automatically updated to the latest version when you create an account.
In addition to that, we also send an email notification out when a guide is updated. Just make sure to stay subscribed to our email list so we can reach you.
Because the download is a PDF file, you can do it on any device: computer, iPhone, Android, tablet, etc.
Stuff like this happens. We get it.
If you created an account, just log in again and download your guides.
If you didn’t create an account or forgot your password, just email us and we can resend your links.
For step-by-step instructions (including pictures) check out our Help With Downloads page.
If you still need help, reach out to us at mattandcheryl@wereintherockies.com. We’ll get back to you as soon as possible to help. We’re even happy to jump on a phone call with you if needed.
No. Yellowstone and Grand Teton are completely different parks in the winter. This guide is written for travel late May through September.
Yes!! Unlike printed guidebooks, we update our guides yearly and offer free updates for life! We encourage you to purchase the guide as soon as you know you will be traveling. It will help you determine which areas to stay and how many days to obtain lodging. Upon purchase, you’ll be guided to create an account on our website. If we update the guide, it will automatically show in your account.
It is not required, but is HIGHLY recommended. We encourage you to create an account when purchasing the guides because you’ll have access to the links at any time.
You will have access to the updated guide for life. Just create a free account when you check out. We also generally send an email announcement when we do an update.
We believe that once you buy a guide from us, you should be able to use it to visit a 2nd, 3rd, or 4th time.
If you created an account, just log in and download your guide again.
If you didn’t create an account, just email mattandcheryl@wereintherockies.com and let us know you want us to resend your guide links.
We put approximate price ranges on all our activities so you know what to expect. The good news is that most things in this guide are free once you pay for entrance into the national park! Note: Grand Teton can be expensive- we usually camp for that reason, so we can use our vacation dollars on some fun activities.
Although we do suggest some hikes, we offer plenty of alternatives if hiking is not desirable, including viewpoints and drives.
One of our favorite things about these parks is that so many of the attractions are very near the road, so you don’t need to hike to see cool things.
We also like that many of the paths are boardwalks, which helps with accessibility.
If you need technical support, check out our help with downloads page. If you are still struggling, you can email us at mattandcheryl@wereintherockies.com
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We purchased the guides for Yellowstone and Grand Teton. The guides helped keep us on track. In Yellowstone, we would have been totally lost and wasting our time. The guides advised us to get to certain locations early and we did so. We even went a little earlier than what was recommended, and we always had parking. We also watched their trips on You Tube and they were awesome.
I love these people! Their videos are helpful and so are their itineraries! I purchased the Yellowstone & Grand Teton Bundle. This was a huge help in planning out our 10 day trip.
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Our trip was amazing, we were in the Tetons and Yellowstone for 14 days. We drove there from Illinois, so we were able to stop at so many different sites along the way. We can’t wait to go back! No words or pictures can describe it. God finger was on overtime when he touched the west.
Your guides helped us so much and the audiobooks stories were fantastic. Using the guided, watching the Utube videos took away any worries we had. You allowed us to sit back and enjoy our first retirement vacation trip. We can’t wait for our next adventure.
We can’t thank you enough for all your hard work and everything you’ve done for us. You both truly made our trip perfect!!!
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Michael & Diane Owens
Thank you Matt and Cheryl for all your priceless advices and INSPIRATION! Thanks for your videos and guides, I overcame my fears and ventured to the West. Yellowstone and Tetons were my debut as a traveler. Thanks to advice to have multiple bases for parks exploration, we were able to cover basics in 4 days. Stayed in Gardiner, Cook City, Yellowstone Lake cabin and Jackson. Wildlife, horse back riding, geysers, Jenny Lake hike, even ventured out to Cody, WY and visited Buffalo Bill Center of the West. After such successful memorable trip, I bought all the guides Ultimate Bundle and I am dreaming all these beautiful trips for years to come ( G-d willing). Highly, highly recommend to purchase and USE Matt’s and Cheryl’s guides.
Because of Matt & Cheryl I found my love of National Parks. I bought their bundle for Glacier National Park and it made my trip much easier. Me, my daughter and my sister went last September and it was awesome because of the information that we got from the itinerary, maps, and the story telling on audio about the park! Their guides are worth every penny! If you’re planning on a trip, make sure you watch We Are The Rockies and purchase their guides! Thank you Matt & Cheryl
I did not know the guides existed until today, but I am planning on purchasing one (or bundle) for every trip I am planning in the future. Matt and Cheryl inspired me with their YouTube videos to go on the trip to Yellowstone and Grand Tetons. They gave so much really good practical advice that I actually used and increasingly grateful for. I took along my 18 y old daughter on 4 days trip in June 2025 before she started college. We were able to enjoy so many activities, scenic drives, excellent hikes in very short time there, because we followed Matt’s and Cheryl’s recommendations. Had I purchased and read the printed guide, it would probably save me at least 20 hrs of additional research and planning. I will be smarter for my next trips and will buy guide and audio tour for every national park I visit. What I really like is that they travelled with their own kids and tried many things and stayed in different places, so if they say that kids loved certain activity, then you can trust that you will have a good time with yours too. They are very sincere and their excitement about national parks is contagious. Thank you, Matt and Cheryl for your inspirational videos and the guides🙂
My wife and I bought your Yellowstone and Rocky Mtn np guides earlier this year and spent seven weeks on the road visiting them and everything in between.
We tell folks your guides are like the “Insider’s Guide to Disney World”.
And we didn’t argue about what time we had to get up 🙂
When you’re out there 2,000 miles from home it’s really nice to have friends who’ve been there.
My wife and I bought your Yellowstone and Rocky Mtn np guides earlier this year and spent seven weeks on the road visiting them and everything in between.
We tell folks your guides are like the “Insider’s Guide to Disney World”.
And we didn’t argue about what time we had to get up 🙂
When you’re out there 2,000 miles from home it’s really nice to have friends who’ve been there.