Grand Teton, Yellowstone and Glacier NP

Hitting the road this weekend for 21 days. Heading to Grand Teton then YS, Glacier, back to YS then to Mt Rushmore. Any pointers or must does?

There was a neat little pizza place on Jackson Lake next to the boat ramp/marina. Just north of Teton Park, Pelican Bay. Pre Covid, hopefully it’s still there.

Sounds like a great trip! Take lots of pictures

Always wanted to go there have a great time but it looks like I'll never make it. Don't wait if you want to do things there will come a time you won't be able to for one reason or another.

Do Mt. Rushmore during the day, then go back for the after dark program.
Going out the NE gate of YS, head north out Hwy 212 and go over the Beartooth Pass/Chief Joseph scenic hiway. Then head back south into Cody.

Make sure you visit Old Faithful.

You’ll be real close to Badlands NP, it’s an interesting place.

Don’t forget to visit Wall Drugstore. On the way home head south and swing by Moab Utah.
We still haven’t made it to Glacier NP yet.

This will be a fun trip. 3 weeks may not be enough time though.

That's a lot of ground.

We were gone 15 days and didn’t make it Glacier NP. It was another 8 hours drive north from Billings.

Fairy Falls Trail in Yellowstone. Relatively flat and 4.5 miles.

We drove around Yellowstone for 10 hours 2 days and didn’t see the whole park.

There’s a rodeo every night in Cody, WY.

You can spend a week in Yellowstone and still have plenty to see again.

We'll be at Teton for 3 nights, 8 nights total at YS and 3 nights at Glacier.

Sounds great, enjoy it sir

I would spend a half day or more at the Crazy Horse Memorial. We didn't allot enough time to that when we were there last summer.

~3800 miles. Looks like a great trip.

How set on Mt Rushmore are you. Looks like that puts your return trip down through Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma. Personally not my favorites but others might disagree. If it were me I would look for a more westerly route through the mountains of Utah, Colorado and New Mexico.

If at Rushmore don't forget Devils tower and crazy horse. Stop in Deadwood pretty town.
If in Cody, WY you must stop at the Buffalo Bill firearms museum.

Plan on straight shot home from SD. Have to do another trip for the western states.

Cody Firearm Museum. It was awesome.

Don't be one of those idiots that try to see how close they can get to the wildlife.

I recommend downloading an app that will navigate you through the park. It will tell you points of interest, historical facts, and will give you the amount of time to do specific hikes. The Black Hills in SW SD is really a spectacular place to go. I would scratch Glacier and go here Have fun!

The Beartooth Highway is not for the faint of heart. The Going to the Sun road not so much. Deadwood is a pretty cool place. With this being the 150th Anniversary of Yellowstone, the crowds and traffic could be above average for this time of the year. Not sure of your travel route but Weatherby's Headquarters in Sheridan might be worth a stop. If you take a more southern route, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody is a must see for the firearms section alone. You could easily spend two days there and not see everything. Red Lodge is a great place to spend the night.

Deadwood is a fun town. Gun fights in the street.

1st post in a long, long time that really made me jealous!!!

Hope you have a fantastic trip. I don't know that there is any more beautiful country in the World!

Also have them on Main st in Cody.

Unbelievable and breath taking.
Now, can you imagine sitting in the same spot you took that picture from on a really good horse 150 years ago and looking at it without roads in it? WOW

You might want to check out the road construction going on right now in YS. Supposed to be a 2-3 year project.

150th anniv. for Yellowstone, good idea to hit he road now !

Rivers will be high, our runoff started this week and they will be swift and cold.
Fishing can be great, small lakes around Laramie are hot.

Laramie may be a nice stopping point, we are about 12 hrs from DFW area. Unless you really want to see the front range, we take 287 up from Tx to I-70 east of Denver, E470 Toll rd,, then I-25 up to Ft Collins and 287 again into Laramie.
Open container started yesterday downtown. Decent food for families, good beers and nice atmosphere.

We have some cooler weather coming in with a slight chance or moisture, make sure you have a warm jacket and appropriate boots or shoes.
It will snow up high of we get this moisture.

A beautiful drive would be over the Snowy Range Pass, the highway just opened , 130, over to Saratoga ands it is very pretty and still lots of snow to see. The mountains will still have snow for you, it can get muddy too.

Enjoy and don't panic about seeing everything, you can not see it all in one trip. You'll have to decide what is a must see and do it, then plan a return to spend time in areas you really enjoyed.
Travel through the parks is slow and mountains roads can be slow travel as well, you may find it takes longer to get to where you're going than planned, just relax and enjoy where you can get.

Oh, please watch for wildlife on the highways, they are everywhere right now. Hitting an elk would ruin your trip, they fold up onto a pickup hood.
Fawns and calves should be hitting the ground soon, the fawn pronghorn are really quite cute. You'll see them from the highways.

We have wind coming, be ready.

We did Glacier about 10 years ago. Beautiful country. However, the “glacier” disappointed. Big crowds driving to the glacier. It looks like a snow capped hill.

Guide there said that it had been melting for centuries. I said “ Well, so much for recent global warming.”. He agreed.

But, there is pizza place in town that may be the best I’ve eaten. Don’t remember the whole name but it was
“Xxxx River Pizza Company”.

Enjoy!

Take the Jackson Hole Gondola up to the peak of Rendezvous Mountain and grab a waffle at Corbet’s Cabin.

That will be an amazing trip, be safe.

I just returned the other day from that area. I hunted in Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness and stayed several nights in Jackson, WY and a couple nights in Colorado.

Might be a fun stop on the way back if you're in the area. We go shoot rentals.

Tell me more.

There are some excellent sporting goods and gun stores in that part of the country. One of the best that I came across is a convenience store along I-90 in Big Timber, MT. In addition to the usual convenience store stuff, they have an excellent supply of firearms and liquor, all under the same roof. Now doesn't that say a lot about the people who call Montana home.

The average Walmart in Montana carries more firearms that what you'll find around here as well.

It is being discovered by the flight out of California. They will change the state for the worse. Home sales prices there and in neighboring Idaho are skyrocketing.

I drove from Jackson, WY into Idaho, specifically the Middle Fork Peak area in Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness (Salmon - Challis National Forest), for Spring Black Bear. I also had Grey Wolf and Mountain Lion tags. Nothing but Elk and deer were seen other than the small critters though there were signs of Black Bear and Mountain Lion. This was a backpack, spot-and-stalk hunt in very remote, rugged country. It kicked my @$$. My tags are good through the calendar year so I may go back for the Fall season. Regardless, I'll go back another Spring, but I may fly in to a Forest Service airstrip.

As an aside, I drove from Texas and spent time in Colorado on the way to Jackson and on the way back as well as spending time in Jackson in both directions.

I will second hitting Badlands NP after Rushmore. Don't forget Wiindcave NP as well.

Which is why I've seen bumper stickers up there that read, "We don't give a chit how you did it in California."

I saw a F*** Biden flag in Wyoming last week.

Be ready for the crowds. I went and won't go back due to crowds and traffic. Oriental people are everywhere, and in the way.

There was a tour bus full of 'em at the National Elk Refuge outside of Jackson.

Did that trip minus Rushmore. Whitewater rafting in Glacier was fun. Did the Hidden Lake hike and it was nice. Lots of wildlife. Watched. Grizzly chase a Mtn. Goat across the trail. Hidden lake is beautiful. Whitefish is a cool little touristy type town. Fished Flathead Lake and had a great time. Beautiful lake. Big Fork has some good restaurants. I suggest getting tickets to Parks now. They have been packed. Arrive early in Glacier, very limited parking.

Thanks for the tips guys. Making our way North.

Looks like a great trip. But remember what I said......

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/b...man-at-yellowstone/ar-AAXX93g?li=BBorjTa

Unfortunately, even tho EIRMC is a world class trauma center, they were unable to save the lady. 25 year old life wasted, because you don't follow the rules! Sad

You're going to lose if you think you can chase, scare them off the road.

He may have lost, but YouTube viewers won.

Someone died today by playing with a Bison

The day after we left 3 years ago, somebody was airlifted out at Old Faithful after wanting to play with a Buffalo.

wife and I head to Bozeman next week for 8 days - hang out in Bozeman and then go to Hubbards Lodge - we have stayed at Hubbards a number of times -incredible place and experience - will ride horses, fish, and hike - cannot wait

https://www.hubbardslodge.com/

Impromptu stop over in Cody. Went to the museum, a gunfight and the rodeo. Kids needed a brake from hiking and driving.

Cool trip and you could not have timed it better, temp in Dallas has been 103- 104 + humidity.
Keep sharing pictures please

Awesome trip
My daughter lives in Missoula, so we will visit the sites again this fall. Places worth seeing again.

Wish I could spend the summer up there. Wife is not on board with the idea.

Big ole tourist trap.

Yep, been there, many moons ago. Me and the family were presented with the whole schtick.

Yup….took the same pic….from the highway

Find the time to do it one day.
It is well worth the effort.

We will be returning to NE Montana for opening of Sharptail season. Even further to Glacier from there.

Going to the Sun Road was still covered with 40ft of snow so we'll have to make another trip one day. They got 80ft of snow this last winter.

What was the “favorite” and “least favorite” thing you went to on the trip?

Reports of flooding in North Yellowstone coming out, Montana roads and bridge affected.

Hoping all is well and safe travels, remember go high in flash flooding.

Pretty sure today will be my least favorite. Mount Rushmore tourist trap BS all day. Kids will enjoy though.

I'm sure the Firearms Museum in Cody did not disappoint. I should have spent a lot more time going through it.

Mount Rushmore is actually pretty interesting.
Hope you walked around Devil's Tower, clock wise we recently found out is the way the natives do things at religious sites. It gives a neat perspective.

A little cool down tomorrow night, we hope anyway.

On your way back, take Highway 34 at Wheatland exit and take that highway to Laramie. You might see bighorn sheep, elk and mule deer from the highway. At the WG&F high fence research facility the big bulls may be down at the fence early in the morning.
The Library is open Thurs- Mon., family friendly and good local beer in Laramie. Good spot for a rest night.
Take 287 down to Ft Collins from Laramie to hit I-25, it's a pretty drive too.
If you have the time, Saratoga Wy is a neat town over the Snowy Range scenic byway, Highway 130, Centennial is on our side of the range and also neat little town, Bear Bottom for food there.

That is a lot of fun! Keep sharing pics.

Reporting that most or all of the roads in and out of Yellowstone are closed because of ice melt/flooding!

Just saw this! ALL five incoming roads are officially closed to visitor traffic. Duration is TBD.

https://www.ktvq.com/news/montana-n...-yellowstone-national-park-road-closures

While on the eastern side of Wyoming watch out for prairie rattlers while out and about off road. We've already seen more this year than last 2 years combined.