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katleman
Explorer
Aug 15, 2014

Early road closure in Yellowstone, after Labor Day

NPS just announced the road on the Grand Loop from Old Faithful to West Thumb will be closed early this year, right after Labor Day, September 2nd. Kinda short notice for those who had September pl...
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4runnerguy
Explorer
Aug 16, 2014
Matt_Colie wrote:
That 100+ miles is two hours and about 40$ at Yellowstone prices. We are now forced to plan very carefully because we can't any interest on the credit cards anymore. I am not sure what we can plan to miss. Mt. Rushmore? Devils Mountain? The Badlands? It is all choices that we now have to work out.

If you've never been to YNP, I'd cut out all the rest to visit there. Mt. Rushmore, Devils Tower and the Badlands can't come close as a group in comparison to Yellowstone. IMHO

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