Hi all! My wife and I are planning a trip to the Grand Tetons driving through Yellowstone this February, driving from northern Wisconsin where we live. We have a front-wheel-drive Chevy Cruze with fairly new all-season tires. We’ve both spent our whole lives in winter climates, driving front-wheel-drive cars with all-seasons, and we’re used to taking it slow and being cautious.

We’re upgrading to an all-wheel-drive car in the fall, so I’m hesitant to buy snow tires just for this road trip. It’s hard to tell how much of the recommendation to get snow tires is aimed at people less familiar with winter driving. Are there any locals who just stick with all-seasons, drive slow, or wait out storms?

How well are the roads plowed in the area? Also, what’s the best route to take to get into Driggs, where we’re staying? Thanks so much for the help!

We have 6 adults but can only find lodges that can accommodate 4 - is it possible to make it work? We know it’s a bit late in the game, and are planning a trip for June.

Thank you

Hi! I’m planning on taking a 10 day trip out to Wyoming in July for the first time ever.

My general plan is:

Fly into Bozeman on afternoon of day 1, rent a car and drive to yellowstone.

I will camp at Canyon Campsite for nights 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 and then get up early and drive to GTNP where I will camp at Colter Bay for nights 6, 7, 8, and 9.

Day 10 I will drive back to Bozeman early morning for an afternoon flight back to the east coast.

Is this too ambitious of a plan for a first time? I will be doing the trip solo and do not consider myself to be an experienced camper… I will be going back to my site each night to sleep and only doing easy trails along with guided tours and activities.

I will take any and all advice you have or recommendations for things to see and do on my trip!

I plan to go in late February. It will be a solo trip and I can't drive.

Can anyone recommend to me what to do and if there are any tours?

This is the first time i come to us and I love to see wildlife

We're headed to Yellowstone and Grand Tetons for 7 days in early June. We (sort of quickly) planned our trip months ago and I am now rethinking our route based on doing a little more research. I am honestly a bit overwhelmed with understanding the best route and would appreciate some advice. We are leaving out of Bozeman round-trip and we were planning to do all of Yellowstone before heading to grand Tetons at the end of our trip. I'm now wondering if we should be putting that in the middle of our trip and doing a loop. The more I read them more confused I get and could use a little advice to point me in the right direction.

I submitted an application at the beginning of this month and they got back to me saying my dates didn't work and that I could email with new dates. So I did, they said they would get back to me if those dates work. They never got back to me. So I submitted two new applications for two different jobs last week. I want to work at the park so bad I cannot keep working in my 8 - 5 office job with 0 windows, just four white walls and a computer. Any tips on how I could get in?

Edited for typo

So this will be our first time going. Some simple questions I suppose. I see the times to stay away from. Going in late may-June. But was wondering is best to hit Yellowstone and grand Tetons? Or Yellowstone and glacier? Or just stay in Yellowstone for our first time. It will be three of us. Just looking for any advice we can get.

Appreciate any and all help.

Lodging ideas in both areas as well.

Thanks again!

Favorite Snowmobile tours/companies that enter through the East entrance?

I am planning to work at the park this summer in one of the lodges. Despite the park’s Wi-Fi being known for its slowness, can it actually work for sending messages to my family and opening web pages?

I just accepted a position in the park at mammoth & have been trying to read up and prepare. Can anyone share what are the most important things to bring that you might not think of? Also does anyone know how mail/ getting things delivered to the park works? I imagine it would take a long time. Any tips would be appreciated!!

My wife is graduating from UMT ( Missoula) and we will be flying from houston to montana ( May 16- May 25- 2 adults and 2 kids- 13 and 9), her commencement is on Missoula on May 17, so we are planning for the following:

May 16- friday- fly from houston to bozeman airport- rent a car and drive to missoula-3 hr drive

May 17- commencement at UMT

May 18- sunday- head to Glacier NP ( not sure if its worth going in mid May 5 hr drive per google) and spend 2 days in GNP?

May 21, wednesday- head to yellowstone (8 hr drive)

May 22,23 and 24- yellowstone NP

May 25- fly back to houston from bozeman airport

I am wondering if it would be better to skip Glacier NP and head to Grand Teton from missoula (10 hr drive) on sunday and spend 2-3 days there , looking for recommendations for itinerary, accomodations and any suggestions for stop overs during the drives.

Thank you 🙏

Planning on hikingTthe Thorofare this August, but I'm confused about the trail names. For example, Nine Mile Trailhead (5K5), Hawks Rest Trailhead (6K5), (6K2), (6K4), etc. etc. What do the letters/numbers in parentheses mean? I haven't been able to find out much of anything. Any help would be appreciated.

Did anyone else here stay in the rustic cabins at Canyon Village before they tore them down? Before they built the new hotel monstrosity that Canyon has become? Small, spartan, and AFFORDABLE! We paid $60/night the first time we went 15 yrs ago. We loved them and loved staying at Canyon! No phones, no WiFi, no tv. We unplugged and loved our time there. The village was busy but chill. Several different dining options. Now Canyon is a resort for rich pricks paying $300+/night for the stupid lodge hotel rooms. Its always packed and the cafeteria sucks. I actually pity YNP visitors who never experienced the park unplugged. You don’t know what you’re missing.

I took this photo somewhere in Yellowstone (obviously). But I don’t remember where. I’m trying to find information about this area. Specifically about how these formed so close. If anyone knows where this is or any information about it let me know! I’m very ignorant in Yellowstone’s geological features. Thank you lots!

The kids want to get back to Yellowstone this year. They haven't been back in about 10 years. Since then they have started to love backpacking, so we are going to hit the trail (we will take time to visit some of the standard roadside spots too).

I've personally backpacked the Lamar Valley to Swan Valley trail and the CTD section from Old Faithful to Heart Lake. Both were great trips I'd do again.

I'm looking for ideas that would be 2 to 4 nights long. Even two 2-night trails would be fun. The kids can handle up to 15-mile days if they have to stretch out a trail.

Any recommendations?

Hi, I’m planning a 2-night trip to Yellowstone in late June and trying to pick a campsite but I’m really confused. So there’s 11 campsites, 6 operated through NPS and 5 through Xanterra? I’m trying to save money so I’d like to stay in an NPS campsite, but how do I reserve them? Do they all open at 9 am 2 weeks before the reservation? The xanterra ones I can book now I think? I’m just really confused

Hi all,

We (my girlfriend, my son of 1yr and I) are planning a campertrip from Seattle to Salt Lake City. From 1 September until 12 September we will be in Wyoming visiting Yellowstone and Grand Teton. Since we have some sparedays. We would like to stay a night on a horse ranche with our camper or visit a rodeo.

Googled already but found out that rodeo season is till last Augustus. And the RV parks I found sofar are more or less huge parking lots in the middle of open grass lands. We are looking for an experience to actually see the horses or get some of the “cowboy lifestyle”.

Anyone got tips where to stay or visit an horse event around Yellowstone?

Anything different then visiting a rodeo is also much appreciated. We are from the Netherlands and I don’t have got a good view on which kind of events/activities there are. 😊

Hey guys, I will be in Jackson next month and I was thinking about driving to the Tetons and maybe up to Yellowstone (old faithful) but not sure what’s the road situation…

I’ve been to Yellowstone several times on spring and summer, but never on winter time, and when putting the directions from Jackson to old faithful on google it makes a loop through the north entrance lol so I’m confused if the south entrance is completely closed due to snow or repairs.

I appreciate any insights!

My wife and I are doing a little national park vacation in February. We are doing the badlands, Grand Teton, and then ending in Yellowstone.

Does anybody have any must sees or anything that we should plan on in Yellowstone? Of course we want to see old faithful and are doing a tour in an elk sanctuary. Looking for something good that we don't know about.

Thanks in advance!

I’m curious what recommendations of artists people know that capture scenes from the Park.

I’m looking for some paintings of the park and have had a hard time finding stuff from just google. I have been weary of Amazon and Etsy just because there’s so much fake/copied stuff on there.

Maybe artists in all price ranges… or more affordable reprints. I am not a collector myself and don’t have $5,000 for a painting right now.

Thanks in advance.

Plein air water color painting I did while sitting at the Prismatic pool. I wish I could have truly captured the colors that flew through the air but it will always live in my memory.

I was offered the opportunity to work in the park (location/job not yet known) for 3 months in the summer under Xanterra. I'm italian, and of course I'd do it for the experience, since the pay isn't great. The thing is I would not have a car, and I've heard that working hours can be invasive if I want to explore the park. Anybody had a similar experience?

Also consider this: I'd have to pay the italian company 3500€ just for the paperwork and the plane, so I'd definitely end the summer in negative.

Hi all! We are planning a national parks trip for June with our baby who will be 15 months old. We are planning to visit Grand Teton, Yellowstone, and Glacier and are staying in a rented converted sprinter van and camping in all of the parks. We have a hiking backpack and will bring a traditional baby carrier too (Wild Bird aerial), but want a stroller option. Does anyone have any good recommendations for travel strollers that would also be good at Yellowstone? I've heard many trails have boardwalks, so hoping to be able to have a compact stroller so we don't have to carry little one absolutely EVERYWHERE. This will be our first time flying with a baby, too so anything that would make our lives easier in the airport and also be good for exploring would be ideal!

I appreciate any feedback or recommendations! Thank you

I'm planning my bachelor party of around 10-15 people and was looking into Yellowstone next winter. I was thinking long weekend (Thurs to Sunday). Any suggestions on itinerary, lodging, restaurants, etc.? I'd like to strike a balance between good food, good drink and outdoors stuff

I’m planning on staying in Gardiner for a couple of days. I’m aware there are road closures to get to Yellow Stone national park (unless I’m misinformed) but are the any accessible trails near Gardiner?

We are planning to fly to Salt Lake City in July and making a road trip to Yellowstone and back. Based on other recommendations, we are considering taking the Idaho route to West Yellowstone. Staying there for a couple days to do exploring in that part of the park. Then driving to Jackson hole and staying there for a couple days to do more of the park and the Tetons- before driving back to SLC on Wyoming route. Does this sound like a good plan? Has anyone done something similar and can recommend their favorite stops along the way and back? Thank you!

Yellowstone intro song is based on 'Sympathy' van Rare Bird (1969). I was 17 at that time and it was one of my favorite songs. It is misleading because it is instrumental. All musicians will agree: the chord progression is near 100% fit, the original lyrics fit, the melody is only partly audible, presumably to cover up the plagiarism.