Need for tire chains on Yellowstone trip
We are leaving for our first ever trip west May 16 and are very excited. We will be leaving from southern Wisconsin heading through Minnesota and west. We pull our 30’ trailer with a 2wd Nissan nv3500...
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Our daughter went to college at the University of Wyoming, which is down south in Laramie. She was there for seven or eight years (I forget) for undergrad and doctorate. Every year without fail, it snowed during finals in May.
We had rented a Class C motorhome from Denver so we could just camp in front of her house for graduation instead of driving back and forth to a motel. It snowed so hard on us on the last two days of the trip that we had to wait until the highways reopened so we could drive back down to Denver and catch our flight home. We barely made it.
So yes, expect snow in May.
I don't think I would bother with chains though. If it snows hard enough for chains, pull off the road and wait it out. Wyoming has plenty of vacant spaces and Walmarts.
We had rented a Class C motorhome from Denver so we could just camp in front of her house for graduation instead of driving back and forth to a motel. It snowed so hard on us on the last two days of the trip that we had to wait until the highways reopened so we could drive back down to Denver and catch our flight home. We barely made it.
So yes, expect snow in May.
I don't think I would bother with chains though. If it snows hard enough for chains, pull off the road and wait it out. Wyoming has plenty of vacant spaces and Walmarts.
