THE $411 DEAL

By Chris Erskine

Nov. 1, 2009 12 AM PT

Yellowstone National Park is offering some interesting snow packages that include wildlife tours, snowmobiling and ice skating.

The deal: The Winter Getaway packages are available Jan. 3 to March 6. Particularly appealing: Trail of the Wolf, a guided snowmobile trip. The package includes three nights’ lodging at Old Faithful Snow Lodge and Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, two breakfasts per person, a one-hour hot tub rental, unlimited skating and skates. Rates begin at $411 plus tax per person double occupancy (two nights at Mammoth; one night at Old Faithful).

Info: The deals are offered through Xanterra Parks & Resorts, which operates lodges and restaurants at state and national parks around the nation. (866) 439-7375, www.TravelYellowstone.com. Look under “packages and specials,” then “winter packages.”

-- Chris Erskine

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Chris Erskine

Chris Erskine is a nationally known humor columnist and editor who retired from the Los Angeles Times in 2020. Previously he wrote for the Sports, Travel and Saturday sections and edited with the paper’s features staff. As an editor, he has been a part of two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams at The Times (for his graphics work on the Northridge quake and the North Hollywood bank robbery). He is best known to readers for his weekly humor pieces on life in suburban Los Angeles. His latest book, “Daditude,” released in 2018, is a collection of his favorite Times columns on fatherhood. He has written two other books, “Man of the House” and “Surviving Suburbia,” which reached the Los Angeles Times bestseller list. The Chicago native has also worked for papers in New Orleans and Miami.

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