Fishing Bridge Wyoming Trip Feedback Please

May 10 - Sept 22 are the days of operation. You're not likely to freeze during these dates.

WoodGlue

WoodGlue wrote:
May 10 - Sept 22 are the days of operation. You're not likely to freeze during these dates.

WoodGlue

Actually, overnight freezing temps should be expected up until about June 1st and after about September 10th. What you won't generally get is a deep freeze during the open dates, but it is not a sure thing. With very few precautions (unhooking and draining your water hose, keeping any plants inside) a rig should have no problem with a few hours of temps in the upper 20s. Personally, the benefits of an early or late stay in Yellowstone would far outweigh any concerns about cold temps.

Wesernparkowner is correct. Freezing weather is -possible- any time of year in Yellowstone, I have seen it snow every month of the year.
July and August are least likely, which is also why the park is packed with tourists then.
Personally I prefer early and late also.

Better question is the odds on an eruption.

Average Weather For Yellowstone National Park

The correct answer is apparently June 20 to September 7.

Remember what they say about averages: "You can still drown crossing a stream whose average depth is only 6 inches."

You didn't really ask about the crowds but if I were going again, I would go just after Labor Day when the kids are back in school and it's not crazy busy. The weather will be cooling off but hopefully not freezing. We've been there several times and it can get really, really crowded. We've been there in Oct and it snowed on us and we've been there in May when it snowed.

We enjoy early spring right after it opens. You see a lot more wildlife at that time. As more people arrive the animals go further back into the woods. Also zero traffic at that time.

We made our trip to Yellowstone in mid July and the weather was perfect. Though I have to say we stayed outside the park in West Yellowstone, I wasn't impressed in Fishing Bridge when we passed thru it, its kind of just a parking lot

danewguy wrote:
I wasn't impressed in Fishing Bridge when we passed thru it, its kind of just a parking lot

I really don't understand this comment I see so often about Fishing Bridge. It is not a parking lot. To me a parking lot is barren gravel with no trees. This campground is full of trees! Here are some pictures of it:

Pictures of Fishing Bridge

I've seen lots worse in West Yellowstone....

2gypsies wrote:
It is not a parking lot. To me a parking lot is barren gravel with no trees. This campground is full of trees! Here are some pictures of it:

Fishing Bridge doesn't look like a parking lot in those pictures because there is nobody parking in them. An empty campground looks a lot different from one where there are wall-to-wall trailers and RV's.

I've stayed in every campground in Yellowstone except Lewis Lake and Mammoth and hands-down Fishing Bridge was the most miserable place I stayed. The only reason to stay there would be if you just couldn't dry camp and absolutely needed full hookups.