Yellowstone Help
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From: Nomad
You'll be fine. Just be prepared for rain/cold at altitude.
You didn't ask for route suggestions, but I'll give some anyway
This time of year, the following places in Yellowstone are a MUST:
--Hayden Valley (you'll see lots of bison there, with young 'uns, and raptors fishing)
--Lamar Valley (some bison, but lots of elk, whitetail, mule deer, and antelope, and, if you sit and watch for a while, otters and wolves, all with young 'uns)
--Dunraven Pass (bears are up there this time of year)
--the standard geothermal stuff (Old Faithful, Mid Geyser Basin (Grand Prismatic Spring), Norris Geyser Basin (the REALLY big one), and Mammoth (just to see the elk warming themselves in the steam)).
Enjoy!
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Thanks for all the info. It sounds like you done a lot time in area.
My Idea so far is to come up from jackson hole around lunch time on my way to Yellowstone lake (have 2 nights booked) and depending on the time of day go over to old faithful. Then I have a full day of riding around the park. Then leave north to the beartooth to devils tower and stay in deadwood.
As the local expert what would you do?
My Idea so far is to come up from jackson hole around lunch time on my way to Yellowstone lake (have 2 nights booked) and depending on the time of day go over to old faithful. Then I have a full day of riding around the park. Then leave north to the beartooth to devils tower and stay in deadwood.
As the local expert what would you do?
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I have. I live just down the road.
Jackson is a nice town. Expensive, but nice. Do some tourist things, like having a beer at the Million (sit in a barstool-saddle). When you get to YNP, I suggest you go counter-clockwise from West Thumb. Take in Old Faithful, Mid Geyser Basin, the Firehole Falls, Gibbon Falls, Norris Geyser Basin, Mammoth Hot Springs, and the Lamar Valley, and exit at Cooke City. That will give you a 3/4 lap and an excellent day in the Park. Or keep your second night at Yellowstone Lake and come back down from Tower Junction to Canyon, through the Hayden Valley and back to Lake. Then next day go back up towards Tower, go through the Lamar Valley and out at Cooke City.
The best part of the Beartooth Hwy is from Red Lodge up, which you'll miss. But this time of year, it isn't at its most scenic. You might as well take the CJ Hwy down to Cody. The Nite Rodeo [sic] starts after Memorial Day. It's PRCA, so it's worth seeing.
The ride to Buffalo is nice, through the high plains. Some good trout fishing in the BIghorns.
My Idea so far is to come up from jackson hole around lunch time on my way to Yellowstone lake (have 2 nights booked) and depending on the time of day go over to old faithful. Then I have a full day of riding around the park. Then leave north to the beartooth to devils tower and stay in deadwood.
As the local expert what would you do?
As the local expert what would you do?
The best part of the Beartooth Hwy is from Red Lodge up, which you'll miss. But this time of year, it isn't at its most scenic. You might as well take the CJ Hwy down to Cody. The Nite Rodeo [sic] starts after Memorial Day. It's PRCA, so it's worth seeing.
The ride to Buffalo is nice, through the high plains. Some good trout fishing in the BIghorns.
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is this what you meant when leaving the park?
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...3,7.113647&z=8
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...3,7.113647&z=8
(You said you were staying for two nights at Lake, right?)
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