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You will have mountain passes anywhere you go. Personally I would go into the park through RedLodge and over the Bear Tooth Highway. Amazing scenery and takes through Cooke City. For me this is a great way to come into the park!
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Just a data point, IIRC I80 has been closed by snow every month of the year in Wyoming except August. This is mountain country, expect unpredictable mountain weather.
And unpredictable means it could be 70 deg every day in September or 20 degrees. No way to tell which it will be
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You guys are giving me some great info. Thanks!
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We stayed at Fishing Bridge around 6 years ago when we first purchased our fifth wheel. Our reservation was for the last week the park was open and ended on September 20th. The second to the last night we had considerable rain and snow mix at Fishing Bridge, but nothing stuck. The East Entrance was closed with a reported 4 feet of snow on the pass. We bugged out a day early as I wasn't prepared for winter driving.
We stayed at the Tetons prior and had a similar decision regarding Teton Pass. We decided to circumvent it.
We were lucky in that it only rained at night and we thoroughly enjoyed the park. We did hit some snow on Dunraven pass which added to the beauty. Driving and parking in the park was easy, however the main attractions were semi-crowded due to the tour buses. I wouldn't let the September time frame deter you, just come prepared more-so than what I did.
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dodge guy wrote:You will have mountain passes anywhere you go. Personally I would go into the park through RedLodge and over the Bear Tooth Highway. Amazing scenery and takes through Cooke City. For me this is a great way to come into the park!
While I agree with much of this, I would not want to take 212 (bear tooth highway) from Laurel, towing a heavy trailer. That road uses many switch backs, tight turns, followed by steep climbs. Again, I have ridden this highway on a motorcycle, great fun. Stayed at Red Lodge KOA (nice place) I still think best option is to enter from Cody, and a no brainer, if you are already at Ten Sleep.
These areas...weather, ya never know? You take your chances!
I towed enclosed snowmobile trailers 6 times from Bozeman to West Yellowstone. Often a challenge, sometimes a wait, while plows were doing their job. This was in Winter though!
I motorcycled through Glacier Park, late July, right after they got 14"s of snow overnight. While I was riding up highway to the sun, skiers were skiing down next to the road.
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MFL wrote:dodge guy wrote:You will have mountain passes anywhere you go. Personally I would go into the park through RedLodge and over the Bear Tooth Highway. Amazing scenery and takes through Cooke City. For me this is a great way to come into the park!
While I agree with much of this, I would not want to take 212 (bear tooth highway) from Laurel, towing a heavy trailer. That road uses many switch backs, tight turns, followed by steep climbs. Again, I have ridden this highway on a motorcycle, great fun. Stayed at Red Lodge KOA (nice place) I still think best option is to enter from Cody, and a no brainer, if you are already at Ten Sleep.
These areas...weather, ya never know? You take your chances!
I towed enclosed snowmobile trailers 6 times from Bozeman to West Yellowstone. Often a challenge, sometimes a wait, while plows were doing their job. This was in Winter though!
I motorcycled through Glacier Park, late July, right after they got 14"s of snow overnight. While I was riding up highway to the sun, skiers were skiing down next to the road.
Jerry Jerry, I think he was being facetious about coming over Bear Tooth Pass pulling a trailer when the OP was trying to avoid mountain driving. ![[emoticon]](https://forums.goodsamclub.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/smile.gif "smile")
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^^I hope that was his intention, but ya just never know??
He's right about the scenic, no question there!
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In addition, avoid Teton Pass and instead go around through the Snake River canyon to Alpine Pass.
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"Avoid the train station"
Sorry - as someone who has been binge-watching the (often grim) Yellowstone TV series, I just couldn't help it ROFL!!!
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bsbeedub wrote:valhalla360 wrote:Did the same route last fall...
US-16 is the better route across the Big Horn Mts (vs US-14) but still a decent climb and drop. That's really the mountainous part of getting from Devils Tower to Fishing Bridge.
At 10 Sleep you are past the worst, the route isn't bad at all (north to Greybull then west to Cody). No reason to go way south to Thermopolis.
As far as tires, assuming there are no other issues (balding, bubbles on the sidewall, etc...), 3yrs is fine. Typically around 6-7yrs is when you start to consider tires having aged out.
Thermopolis looks like a cool little town. We thought the spring itself might be something interesting to see. Going through there is a bit longer but it is also something else to see on our trip.
If you intend it as a destination sure, the original post made sound like a way point to get to Yellowstone.
Fishing Bridge is pricey but the location is what you are paying for. We spent a week and it probably saved us 10hr of driving.
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