2 Options for Yellowstone Trip

FYI, everyone, have a friend there at Yellowstone right now and she says it's 30's°F at night, but warms up quickly during the day. Right now it's 69°F there.

Kinda neat that in August you'd want to take a coat with you on a hike there.

We just got back! July 28th to Aug 16th. Was fantastic but the park roads are slow and heavy. Everything takes some time to do. Did 7 days in Yellowstone all the normal sights plus: rafting the Yellowstone River, Kayaking in Lake Yellowstone, and climbing Mt Washburn.

My mistake
Leave July 21
Must be autocorrect

DownTheAvenue wrote:

Golferdave78 wrote:

1.Leave on Jan 21 2016 and then be back to Greenbriar WV for a golf tournament on August16


What do ya think?

I think option 1. with 8 months on the road will be awesome. But I also think Yellowstone in January will be way too cold with most tourist services closed.

And most of the entrances and a lot of internal roads closed.

Golferdave78 wrote:

1.Leave on Jan 21 2016 and then be back to Greenbriar WV for a golf tournament on August16


What do ya think?

I think option 1. with 8 months on the road will be awesome. But I also think Yellowstone in January will be way too cold with most tourist services closed.

you'd obviously be staying south of the freezing line until April, at least, right? Unless you like to ski...

May and June are the best months for sight seeing (JMHO)... after that the fire season starts and you may not see anything but smoke or haze for the rest of the summer.

In the fall, rain/snow usually clears the air by mid September... then you have 2 weeks until the snow chases you south.

#2

#1 you would want to get there before the summer tourist season starts. But too early could be cold with possible remaining snow.

#2 you would want to get there after the summer tourist season, which would work out just about right. And the weather may be a little warmer.

No deadline sounds the best, so, option #2.