Pulling 5th wheel through Yellowstone
I am visiting Yellowstone this month and wanted to know if pulling a 39 ft 5th wheel was OK on HWY 14/16 (on the East side) through the park up to Gardiner, rather than going around the North on I-90?...
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We just finished a similar trip .
We stayed in West Yellowstone at Grizzleys - on the edge of town. You can dry camp at some of the camp spots.
We were fishign so we were spending more time north of there on the GAllatin. Which if you came in via Bozeman - you follow the river all the way.
I alway hear you never want to be Gardinier and have a repair problem.
Think I would take the east entrance before Gardiner.
When we were there we were in the NOrth east section and the north. SO the north section was under construction and the North east section has some higher passes to go over. More curves.
If you go in through West Yellowstone they have I believe 5 lanes to get in/ pay fees. If you have the Senior pass or prepaid ticket - you can use the far left lane - which moves quicker.
If in Yellowstone and you want to see Old Faithful - check on line for the phone number to call when the next expected eruption is expected vs driving there and finding out it just finished erupting. It was erupting about every 90 Min.
We left and went out the south gate on the Sunday after July 4th. We expected heavy traffic. about 9:00 Am we sailed through the park - most of the traffic went north and we headed south.
FYI - We went through the South Entrance - Think it was about 11:00 Am. The traffic coming from the south ( To get in the park) was a mile long. and not moving much.
We traveled to the Tetons and Jackson. We stayed in Jackson ( Bring your credit card) Nice place . We stayed at the Virginian RV PArk - Clean park. (PLeas note - many GPS units send people about 13 miles away - so make sure yo have the address and/ or use the GPS coordinates. Highwayy 22 I believe is 10% grade over the Tetons.
We went south to Moab ( Arches NAtional Monument) - Which was a blast - we rented a 4WD Jeep and did abunch of back country travel.
We also hit Mesa Verde in Colorado.
Grand Canyon:
There are several options for the South Rim. You could stay in the Grand Canyon Trailer Park. Wall to wall trailers - but it is nice - you are close to the shuttles and trams. So you do not have to drive in the park . Realy nice.
What ever you do - do not stop at the McDonalds in Tuscyon. Think the prices are 3x normal.
You could stay in Williams Az. We have tried two of the RV parks there. Actually liked it better than Grand Canyon - probably because you can eat / drink at many restaurants . Nice town. You are about an hour from GRand Canyon. And even then there is a parking lot that allows you to get on the buses. SO you do not have to drive every where.
North Rim - is about a mile higher in elevation than south rim. Cooler (Open 6 months of the year). . There are RV parks but I do not have experience with them. Will go this fall. I would check on where the RV parks are - We were at Jacobs lake the other day and they had a sign for RV park - Have no idea what it was like.
Options for traveling: 1. You can go in through Kanab Ut from the north or from the east via Lees Ferry ( Which you take 89A north out of Flagstaff. )
Hope this helps.
We stayed in West Yellowstone at Grizzleys - on the edge of town. You can dry camp at some of the camp spots.
We were fishign so we were spending more time north of there on the GAllatin. Which if you came in via Bozeman - you follow the river all the way.
I alway hear you never want to be Gardinier and have a repair problem.
Think I would take the east entrance before Gardiner.
When we were there we were in the NOrth east section and the north. SO the north section was under construction and the North east section has some higher passes to go over. More curves.
If you go in through West Yellowstone they have I believe 5 lanes to get in/ pay fees. If you have the Senior pass or prepaid ticket - you can use the far left lane - which moves quicker.
If in Yellowstone and you want to see Old Faithful - check on line for the phone number to call when the next expected eruption is expected vs driving there and finding out it just finished erupting. It was erupting about every 90 Min.
We left and went out the south gate on the Sunday after July 4th. We expected heavy traffic. about 9:00 Am we sailed through the park - most of the traffic went north and we headed south.
FYI - We went through the South Entrance - Think it was about 11:00 Am. The traffic coming from the south ( To get in the park) was a mile long. and not moving much.
We traveled to the Tetons and Jackson. We stayed in Jackson ( Bring your credit card) Nice place . We stayed at the Virginian RV PArk - Clean park. (PLeas note - many GPS units send people about 13 miles away - so make sure yo have the address and/ or use the GPS coordinates. Highwayy 22 I believe is 10% grade over the Tetons.
We went south to Moab ( Arches NAtional Monument) - Which was a blast - we rented a 4WD Jeep and did abunch of back country travel.
We also hit Mesa Verde in Colorado.
Grand Canyon:
There are several options for the South Rim. You could stay in the Grand Canyon Trailer Park. Wall to wall trailers - but it is nice - you are close to the shuttles and trams. So you do not have to drive in the park . Realy nice.
What ever you do - do not stop at the McDonalds in Tuscyon. Think the prices are 3x normal.
You could stay in Williams Az. We have tried two of the RV parks there. Actually liked it better than Grand Canyon - probably because you can eat / drink at many restaurants . Nice town. You are about an hour from GRand Canyon. And even then there is a parking lot that allows you to get on the buses. SO you do not have to drive every where.
North Rim - is about a mile higher in elevation than south rim. Cooler (Open 6 months of the year). . There are RV parks but I do not have experience with them. Will go this fall. I would check on where the RV parks are - We were at Jacobs lake the other day and they had a sign for RV park - Have no idea what it was like.
Options for traveling: 1. You can go in through Kanab Ut from the north or from the east via Lees Ferry ( Which you take 89A north out of Flagstaff. )
Hope this helps.
