Yellowstone Trip
Going out to Yellowstone in June. Have reservations for a week outside of west entrance. After there going to Cody out through East entrance then over to Devils Tower and then Mt. Rushmore for the 4t...
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TexasShadow wrote:
if you have time, take a day drive out of Cody and drive the Chief Joseph scenic highway up to Bear Tooth Pass and down to Red Lodge MT and back to Cody. Great drive!!!! not for pulling a trailer or motorhome!
Cody to Ten Sleep to Buffalo and 90 on to Devil's tower. Crossing on 16 is the easiest of the three routes, but not a piece of cake, either. Going up out of Ten Sleep is not a hard climb. Going down to Buffalo is a lonnnnng descent, so watch your brakes. Other than that, it's a gorgeous drive, and there is water and a dump station up near the top of the pass.
We did the route in the other direction, ie north through the park and south on the
Chief Joseph Trail and felt that it was a lot easier on the brakes, very scenic either way.
Going through the Bighorn Tetons on the southern route with a class c towing a Jeep was not intimidating, but all ten cylinders were churning.
It would not be a good route to drive at night, as sheep or deer crossing the road
are tough enough to deal with in daylight.
Mid September it was 80 in Cody and snowing on the way into
the park.
