OP here again.
I don't know if there is a better way?? I guess that you could make it all reservation only for every camp ground. Xanterra already has 5 campgrounds under management and they are reservation only. Would that be fair??
The problem is popularity. The numbers are staggering! There are over 1 million visitors to the park between July 15 and August 15. If (hypothetical) the average visit is 3 days that means that there are potentially 100,000 visitors in the park every day. There are only 2200 campsites. I know a lot of people stay outside the park and many stay in lodges within the park, BUT that is a huge number of people to accommodate everyday.
The Grand Teton NP has the exact same system except they don't have the huge numbers to deal with as YNP does.
Even with the traffic and the mass of people it is a beautiful park and I congratulate the people who manage and work there, we always were treated well.
jesseannie
