Planning Yellowstone trip...any suggestions welcome!!!

[murphybrown]

Leave next Weds. for 5 days in the Yellowstone/Tieton area...looking for all those out of the way back roads...any suggestions please send my way..thanks...:yes:

 

[ARtraveler]

The Upper Geyser Loop Road is nice. High country, twisty roads, and beautiful scenery. I am guessing very similar to the Million Dollar Highway in Colorado. Also, Yellowstone Canyon is worth taking a sidebar to see. Grand Teton is beautiful. Spend a little time in Jackson Hole if you can. Very interesting town.

 

[gypsy_100]

Been there, done that. The holy grail of motorcycle roads is the Beartooth Highway, consistently rated in the top 10 in the US, usually number one or two. It's US route 212. Look for Cooke City at the NE corner of Yellowstone. East of there is a "Y" junction where 212 goes left and state route 296 goes right. That is the beginning of the Beartooth. Follow 212 all the way to Red Lodge (a good town to stay in, also). The Beartooth ends at Red Lodge. Now, a lesser known but I think equally good road is the 296 I mentioned. It's known as the Chief Joseph Highway and runs from that junction with 212 over to where it ends at state route 120. Done that road twice -- once each way. Fantastic. Both are great scenery, high elevation, curves, everything. Beartooth hits 11,000 feet, Chief Joseph at Dead Indian Pass is "only" 8,000 feet. If you look at the map, you'll see you can make a loop and do both. Cooke City take 212 to Red Lodge, then local 308 east to state 72 south. MT 72 becomes WY 120. Follow it until you see WY 296 Chief Joseph go off to the right and take it and go all the way back to Cooke City. I guarantee you that will be a loop you'll never forget.

 

[schnauzermom]

Was there 3 wks ago. In the park, make sure you do the northern route towards Cooke City, (as stated above, fantastic and beautiful), but you will go throught the Lamar Valley. We saw 2 grizzleys, 2 wolves, buffalo on the road, elk, that was the hot spot for wildlife in the park. And if you want a great meal, stop at the Yellowstone Lodge, huge yellow resort on Yellowstone Lake. Beautiful old hotel built to bring in the wealthy east coast visitors back in the day. Great atmosphere and food.

 

[warp10]

Beartooth is a great ride. Tetons are nice also. In Yellowstone see, old faithful, lodge, morning glory ( sw part of the figure 8 loop), mammoth springs at the north end, check out both falls on the east side.

Have fun and be safe. :yes:

 

[Mspiv]

Hey mb have fun, I know you will.
ill be out in Yellowstone about mid Sept.

Will you be spotting your route?

 

[phj]

Leave next Weds. for 5 days in the Yellowstone/Tieton area...looking for all those out of the way back roads...any suggestions please send my way..thanks...:yes:

It would be great if you kept and posted a log of your travels!!

I am planning on that trip next year.

Have a fun and safe ride

 

[Dragonrider]

We did Yellowstone last year. Spent 4 days in and around the park - Tetons and the Chief Joseph Scenic Parkway are worth the side trips - the latter is a Class #1 motorcycle road - Cody to Cooke City on 296. We covered every road open to traffic in the park.

Watch the cages tho - they stop in the middle of the road at the mere hint of wildlife. We had buffalo within arms length, while the herd crossed the road. We pulled forward and played trailer with the truck in front of us, and they just passed behind us, rather than all around.

We stayed in one of the cabins, and had buffalo and elk walking around it, and saw signs of a big cat one morning - a bit unnerving, as we were usually the only occupied cabin...

 

[Ga Blue Knight]

Don't leave food in your Spyder! The Bears will go after it and I'm not talking about a Chicago football team!

 

[Mspiv]

We did Yellowstone last year. Spent 4 days in and around the park - Tetons and the Chief Joseph Scenic Parkway are worth the side trips - the latter is a Class #1 motorcycle road - Cody to Cooke City on 296. We covered every road open to traffic in the park.

We stayed in one of the cabins, and had buffalo and elk walking around it, and saw signs of a big cat one morning - a bit unnerving, as we were usually the only occupied cabin...

What cabins, where? Do you remember the cost? I am planning a trip for mid to late September?

 

[murphybrown]

Hey mb have fun, I know you will.
ill be out in Yellowstone about mid Sept.

Will you be spotting your route?

Yes on Spot tracker. Link is same as before. Got all suggestions written down. Will be awesome

 

[SpyderAnn01]

Karyl I hope you have a fantastic trip. Look forward to readng about it.

 

[Gordy]

If you go over beartooth pass dress warm it gets cold up there but dont miss it.

 

[exwinger]

cold snow

Was out in Yellowstone in Sept. year before last....in a cage and glad of it. Going in the East entrance we had to wait for them to clear snow off the pass and then going out the North entrance the same thing. Weather there is very fickle that time of year. Morning temps were in mid to high thirties and then 70s in the afternoon. Take warm clothes .

 

[GloryRyders]

Murphy, have a safe trip............we are also heading the same direction, leaving St. Louis on Sept.15th. :yes:My thanks to all for their suggestions on what to see and do.:2thumbs:

 

[Spiderwoman]

ANOTHER VOTE FOR BEAR TOOTH PASS!

Hi Murph!


Definitely worth the ride!

I wish I was out there riding it with you for a second time.

This is one road that belongs in the top ten.​

 

[Ivorspyder]

Been there, done that. The holy grail of motorcycle roads is the Beartooth Highway, consistently rated in the top 10 in the US, usually number one or two. It's US route 212. Look for Cooke City at the NE corner of Yellowstone. East of there is a "Y" junction where 212 goes left and state route 296 goes right. That is the beginning of the Beartooth. Follow 212 all the way to Red Lodge (a good town to stay in, also). The Beartooth ends at Red Lodge. Now, a lesser known but I think equally good road is the 296 I mentioned. It's known as the Chief Joseph Highway and runs from that junction with 212 over to where it ends at state route 120. Done that road twice -- once each way. Fantastic. Both are great scenery, high elevation, curves, everything. Beartooth hits 11,000 feet, Chief Joseph at Dead Indian Pass is "only" 8,000 feet. If you look at the map, you'll see you can make a loop and do both. Cooke City take 212 to Red Lodge, then local 308 east to state 72 south. MT 72 becomes WY 120. Follow it until you see WY 296 Chief Joseph go off to the right and take it and go all the way back to Cooke City. I guarantee you that will be a loop you'll never forget.

:agree:I would not miss the above.Also do the usual Old Faithful and The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone.If you have time The Buffalo Bill Museam in Cody is well worth a visit.

 

[Dragonrider]

What cabins, where? Do you remember the cost? I am planning a trip for mid to late September?

We stayed at Canyon Village, and the cabins were $109.38 per night - these were the LEAST expensive available in the park - and are VERY "rustic". Take a fold up chair (there's only one chair in each cabin), so you can sit outside and enjoy the porch (I have a couple of nice tripod stools that I carry in the Spyder), and something to heat water for coffee. There's NO COFFEE in the cabins, which means you have to slog up to one of the restaurants for your morning Joe…

Costco carries some nice Starbucks Columbia "ready brew" - along with hot water from my backpack stove and pan fixed that problem. When I tour, I also carry a small sealed pouch with a couple of MREs - if you spend an extra long day on the road, they save a slog to the commercial area.

The cabin showers are TIN enclosures (small enclosures), and can be CccccOLD in the morning.

After all of that, we had fun, stayed warm at night, didn't have neighbor issues (each cabin is a single unit), the unit was cleaned daily, and we had a blast using it as our base.

Note that the commercial area can be up to a mile from your cabin, depending on its location.

 

[Spyder Cat]

Have fun!

Have fun Karyl!

Stuck close to home this year but we're thinking about a similar trip for next year.
Making note of everyone's suggestions too.


Safe travels . . . you're in our thoughts and prayers. We'll be watching for updates and pics.

 

[hrbeta]

Here is one murphy: take me with you LOL


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