Cancellling Glacier NP - Smoke! Give us ideas

Since you're heading to Yellowstone you didn't state what direction you're planning from there, if not Glacier. Are you heading home to Tennessee?

Grand Teton Nat'l Park is awesome for hiking and biking so be sure to go there.

Then I'd suggest you head to SW Colorado - Durango, Pagosa Springs areas are great for hiking/biking.

Flagstaff, Arizona has very cool temperatures and Bonito national forest campground just outside of Sunset Crater Nat'l Monument is a beautiful spot to camp. You could also work in Grand Canyon North Rim where it's much cooler than the South Rim.

The southern Utah national parks are great but it's really too hot right now to enjoy them although Bryce Canyon Nat'l Park would be doable with cool temperatures.

We just left buffalo bill state park in Cody. Absolutely beautiful. The smoke has been bad off and on for a while - we have been in the area about a month. I would go anyway - one day can be smoky the next clear - you just never know. If it is bad try flatbread lake, hungry horse reservoir, virginia city...

Good suggestions by Busskipper. Along the highway between the East Entrance to Yellowstone and Cody are many campgrounds and one state park, Buffalo Bill. Two campgrounds I researched have electricity and water - Rex Hale and Wapiti. The state park has two section and each have a loop with electricity. The two campgrounds will have electricity till the day after Labor Day, Buffalo Bill is open till September 30. All would be a good base camp to do exploring till you need to meet your next reservation.

linnemj wrote:
We are thinking of cancelling our reservations at Glacier NP due to very unhealthy air quality from the fires out west. We are currently in Red Lodge, MT. and have reservations starting in 11 days at Yellowstone.

Where would you suggest we head as an alternative to Glacier NP? We like COE, state parks, etc and love to hike and motorcycle.

Thanks for your suggestions!

From the info given you need to fill in the next 11 days? If so You could spend them around Yellowstone - Red Lodge and Chief Joseph Hwy and the Beartooth are worth a couple - Cody a couple - Wind River Canyon - Shoshone National Forest are some great areas and will provide drives/hikes - Flaming Gorge a couple of days - Slide into vernal Dinosaur NM - Big Sandy SRA - Grand Targhee - Snake and Madison Rivers.

After YNP I hope you are going into Utah and Colorado = Catching the Aspen in the last week of September in all the Colorado Passes.

Great time to be in the mountains - check the weather and the smoke reports as both will change quickly this time of year.

Enjoy the trip,

CloudDriver wrote:

GeoBoy wrote:
Grand Teton NP, don't miss it!!

A big X2!

X3 - we too have been planning Glacier and have been keeping an eye on the web cams for air quality, but have alternate plans for Tetons and Central Wyoming too.

GeoBoy wrote:
Grand Teton NP, don't miss it!!

A big X2!

Grand Teton NP, don't miss it!!

Whitefish, MT. Kalispel, MT, Flathead Lake, MT. My sister-in law , said heavy rain knocked down the smoke today in Kalispel. 8/30/15. Good luck & enjoy that awesome state.If you like trains, go to the Whitefish Train Depot, Great Northern RR Museum. Whitefish is a great town.