Yellowstone NE entrance.
Hello. I'm getting some things together for our Yellowstone trip next year. I'm already leaning on this route, but figured i'de ask anyway. Has anyone towed or taken their RV into Yellowstone from Red...
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tsetsaf wrote:
Great entrance. Not too steep going up from Red Lodge but steeper on the other side... lots of fun. Great reference
That's not quite true. If you include the first 10 miles out of Red Lodge, the average grades on the two sides are fairly equal.
From Red Lodge to first Summit: average grade = 3.65%
27.5 mile climb with elevation change of 5300 feet
From Cooke City to Bear Tooth pass: average grade = 3.67%
21 mild climb with elevation change of 4070 feet
But, if you eliminate the first 10.5 miles of gradual climb out of Red Lodge and the first 2 mils of gradual climb form Cooke City, we get a different story.
From mile post 10.5 to first summit: average grade = 5.29%
15 mile climb with elevation change of 4190 feet
Form mile post 50 to Bear Tooth Pass: average grade = 3.88%
19 mile climb with elevation change of 3890 feet.
it is true that from mile post 44 to mile post 43, on the Cooke City side, there is 6.6% grade, probably the steepest on either side, but it is followed by a downhill for almost a mile. On the Red Lodge side, there is no downhill; it's just up.
Here is an elevation profile chart
Tom
