A spectacular highlight for snow-coach passengers in Yellowstone National Park is to share the road with giant bison.
The accompanying footage, credited to David Wall via Viral Hog, shows more than a dozen bison stampeding toward a snow coach and providing an adrenaline rush for wide-eyed passengers.
“They’re not going to hit our vehicle, are they?” one tourist asks in the footage.
The bison spread around the snow coach to pass, although one slightly bumps the vehicle while navigating its passage.
Yellowstone has about 5,000 bison and they utilize roads for easier commutes during the winter, so encounters are not rare. However, encounters with stampeding bison are far less common.
The footage is reminiscent of footage captured in February 2019, showing a very large bison sprinting at full speed past a snow coach in a “Holy Jesus” moment. (Click here to view that clip.)
Adult bison, which weigh between 1,000 and 2,000 pounds, can run 30 mph so watching them charge toward you with full heads of steam can be as intimidating as it is impressive.
