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Ivylog
Jan 14, 2015Explorer III
OP, thank for posting number of people. From your posts it does not look like you will be pulling a car. In the peak season at Ystone you are going to have trouble finding parking at many of the pullouts/sites with a 31' MH. Most of the side roads will not allow you on them except in a car or PU.
You have posted that you are a FHU person BUT I would suggest staying at Baker's Hole USFS CG just north of West Yellowstone and renting a car to see the north side of the park. $21/day with electric will help pay for some of the car rental. If you are into long hikes each day then having a car is not as important.
You can park your rig at Old Faithful without problems and then I would proceed on to Grant CG for one night. Not as many pullouts or side roads on the south side so doing it in the MH will be easier. I would give the north side three full days and then south side one day. That will put you in the Tetons before noon giving you 2 1/2 days there if I read your timeline correctly.
Seeing the Tetons and the town of Jackson will be OK in just the MH. 26/287 is a good road out of the Tetons and it's 500 miles to Rushmore.
I'll assume there is no way to make this a longer trip so if you can do 500 miles in one day then I'd do the 1200 miles from Rushmore home in two days giving you another day in Yellowstone/Tetons.
I would probably go to the Tetons first as getting there will be a better route. Granted it will be a little further from West Yellowstone to Rushmore (550 miles) but on better roads.
Are you sure you cannot get more time for this trip? Hope this helps.
You have posted that you are a FHU person BUT I would suggest staying at Baker's Hole USFS CG just north of West Yellowstone and renting a car to see the north side of the park. $21/day with electric will help pay for some of the car rental. If you are into long hikes each day then having a car is not as important.
You can park your rig at Old Faithful without problems and then I would proceed on to Grant CG for one night. Not as many pullouts or side roads on the south side so doing it in the MH will be easier. I would give the north side three full days and then south side one day. That will put you in the Tetons before noon giving you 2 1/2 days there if I read your timeline correctly.
Seeing the Tetons and the town of Jackson will be OK in just the MH. 26/287 is a good road out of the Tetons and it's 500 miles to Rushmore.
I'll assume there is no way to make this a longer trip so if you can do 500 miles in one day then I'd do the 1200 miles from Rushmore home in two days giving you another day in Yellowstone/Tetons.
I would probably go to the Tetons first as getting there will be a better route. Granted it will be a little further from West Yellowstone to Rushmore (550 miles) but on better roads.
Are you sure you cannot get more time for this trip? Hope this helps.
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