OT-Yellow Stone

i fished it for five days both inside and outside the park, plan on some driving, there is nothing close to anything out there. i wasnt there to site see, but one thing i learned is that you need to really plan out your fishing trip there, some rivers heat up and the fish dissapear from them at certian times of the year. really need to talk to the right people. the madison just outside the town of yellow stone was my favorite, big fish in heavey pocket water.

there is hiking there too, i wonder what else i missed :laugh:

Great points. I've done four weeks in the Wind Rivers, back when we had no problems backpacking 4 days into the wilderness. Staying for 4, and hiking 4 days out. The Wind Rivers are a phenominal paradise of danger and beauty...and lots and lots of space and trout filled glacial lakes. A few stunning active glaciers as well.

Yellowstone is also staggeringly gorgeous. Forget even getting close to seeing it all. We did a backpack in the Southeastern part. Rolling meadows, lodgepole pines, fumerols, rainbows, and the Tetons jutting up in the distance. Still remember it was called the Pitchstone Plateau. we saw absolutely nobody once we got onto the trail.

Every area of the park is different, and my goal would be to see a few totally different areas. Obviously there is the popular areas the tourists see. Old Faithful....but that's not my thing. I still think it is crazy how people fish one cast away from each other lined up on the Firehole River. I read that every trout in that stream has been caught and released multiple times. No thanks. Go anywhere else except for where everyone else is going, and you'll see all you need to see for one trip in Yellowstone.

Remember, don't eat a can of tuna and spill the juice on yourself, then climb into your tent for the evening. LOL. Them grizzlies got goooood noses.
Have fun!
Chris

The answers will depend on what you want to do. Are you interested in fishing, hiking, or general picture taking? Are you going by yourself or with a significant other, or with children?

Summer time the park is crowded. Expect long travel times within the park itself. If one car pulls over because they see an elk, everyone pulls over and there is a traffic jam. Plan on getting to an area of the park and staying around that general area for the day. No matter how you plan it, you will miss something. But that's just an excuse to go back for more!!

We spent 4 full days inside the park just sight seeing and doing some light hiking. Still have a long list of things we want to go back to see. We went just after Labor Day and then went over to Jackson Hole for a week and explored the Tetons.

Yellowstone is big and spectacular and VERY crowded in the summer. You should try and go in the spring or fall if you can. If you are a good hiker you could spend weeks there.

"make sure you can run faster then at least one other person in your group." :laugh: :laugh: Now don't scare them.

GG

Make sure you look up the spots somewhat close to Mt. Rushmore, there are some interesting stops if they fit in to the travels.

If you haven't been up that way, you will understand the badlands. Think about not having modern transportation when you are traveling those roads.

You are going to have a good time.

GG

Visiting Yellowstone. Stayed outside the East gate at the Pohaska Indian Campground (Buffalo Bill's original hunting camp). Saw all the major features of the park, but would have loved to linger longer and camp there. This was but one stop for us on a whirl wind tour of the great parks of the US one summer. Also went to Glacier (my fave), Grand Teton, Grand Canyon, Carlsbad Cavern, Bryce Canyon, and more.