Estes Park / Yellowstone / Grand Teton Trip
Hello! We are taking our first long trip in our new Class A in September to Estes Park, CO, Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park. We have a couple places booked to stay already ...
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The road Bill Satellite describes is the Wind River Canyon Scenic Byway and I completely agree on how gorgeous it is. I always try to send visitors to the state that way. The tunnels look scary but it is a U.S. highway and sized for semis so you won't have any problem in your Class A. (The first timee I drove my then-Class-C through it, I called the state highway patrol first to make sure the tunnels had enough clearance!)
Another gorgeous spot more-or-less on your route is the Snowy Range Scenic Byway. Twisty turny and some fairly steep bits but I've been over it in both a Class C and an underpowered Class A. There was still snow up there when we went over on July 4. The "hobo" hot pool/springs in Saratoga are free and VERY hot - I can't do the pool.
The road from I-25 to Estes is another U.S. highway and I strongly urge you to plan to drive it in full daylight. First, because it is gorgeous and second, because there are some VERY twisty turny bits and you want all the visibility you can get. Daylight gets blocked by the mountains earlier than you would expect.
I've done Yellowstone in a MH with no toad. There was one road I chickened out of driving in the class C but there is so much to see that it's not like we suffered from missing that one area. Old Faithful is completely accessible to motorhomes - tons of parking.
If you stop in Jackson, expect to spend 3x the amount of money for anything. Too many rich people there.
Plan for no cell coverage oftener than you want. I was steered to a program called Maps.ME that is designed to work with no data coverage, you download the state maps ahead of time and it works off GPS. Works pretty well in my car, I haven't tried it in a MH yet but planning to have it handy for the eclipse (to hunt for alternate routes if the traffic is as bad as expected).
Another gorgeous spot more-or-less on your route is the Snowy Range Scenic Byway. Twisty turny and some fairly steep bits but I've been over it in both a Class C and an underpowered Class A. There was still snow up there when we went over on July 4. The "hobo" hot pool/springs in Saratoga are free and VERY hot - I can't do the pool.
The road from I-25 to Estes is another U.S. highway and I strongly urge you to plan to drive it in full daylight. First, because it is gorgeous and second, because there are some VERY twisty turny bits and you want all the visibility you can get. Daylight gets blocked by the mountains earlier than you would expect.
I've done Yellowstone in a MH with no toad. There was one road I chickened out of driving in the class C but there is so much to see that it's not like we suffered from missing that one area. Old Faithful is completely accessible to motorhomes - tons of parking.
If you stop in Jackson, expect to spend 3x the amount of money for anything. Too many rich people there.
Plan for no cell coverage oftener than you want. I was steered to a program called Maps.ME that is designed to work with no data coverage, you download the state maps ahead of time and it works off GPS. Works pretty well in my car, I haven't tried it in a MH yet but planning to have it handy for the eclipse (to hunt for alternate routes if the traffic is as bad as expected).
