Yellowstone/GTNP: move or stay put?
We are planning a summer 2016 Grand Teton NP and Yellowstone NP for a family of four with kids 10 and 7. This would be our first trip to these parks. Our understanding is that these parks are huge...
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He's coming from Colorado to GTNP, then Yellowstone, no reason to get a campground at Yellowstone and then GTNP. Colter Bay has an RV park along with the campground. The RV park has always had a "Full" sign out during the 45+ years we have been going to the park. However, if you get hold of them now you might be able to get a reservation for next year. And, Colter Bay is, in my opinion, a little closer to most of the neat things in GTNP than is Gros Ventre, so that's one of the reasons we stay there, plus launching the boat for fishing. Lots to see in GTNP, but three to four days will sure cover a good portion of it. Cruise on Jackson Lake from Colter Bay, perhaps a lunch or dinner cruise one day. Go to Jenny Lake, take the boat over to Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point, then drop down to the Moose Wilson Road and look for wildlife while going to the LSRockfeller Reserve, the newest part of GTNP and take a hike to Phelps Lake, a very beautiful place that has been returned to nature so nicely it is almost impossible to see signs of the 30+ buildings that were there when the Rockefellers used it. Go over to Slide Lake in the Gros Ventre area and drive Antelope Flats Road to see a bunch of Bison. Then come back in the Moran entrance and take the road to Two Ocean Lake, we saw a sow Grizzly and two cubs there about three weeks ago and they we about 25' from our truck while we took a video. Then, stop at Oxbow Bend and take a bunch of pictures at one of the most photographed places in the world.
As you can tell, we love GTNP, not only for the fishing but for the sightseeing and wonderful wildlife that's there. There is also a paved bike path from Jenny Lake visitor center to the Moose entrance and it hooks into an additional bake path clear into Jackson, if you are so inclined to take a long ride. Whatever you do, enjoy your trip and don't get in a big hurry, take your time, look around and enjoy what nature has given us.
As you can tell, we love GTNP, not only for the fishing but for the sightseeing and wonderful wildlife that's there. There is also a paved bike path from Jenny Lake visitor center to the Moose entrance and it hooks into an additional bake path clear into Jackson, if you are so inclined to take a long ride. Whatever you do, enjoy your trip and don't get in a big hurry, take your time, look around and enjoy what nature has given us.
