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National Parks are too crowded
Posted on 8/3/23 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 8/3/23 at 3:21 pm
Finished up a trip to Grand Tetons/Yellowstone and this shite is ridiculous. National parks are no better than amusement parks at this point. Have to get up at the arse crack of dawn or we will spend hours waiting in line or looking for parking. Infant babies crying everywhere making it feel like an airport. If one more person asks me to take their picture I will drop their phone off the cliff! Stay in your caves you heathens!
Posted on 8/3/23 at 3:23 pm to philly444
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Stay in your caves you heathens!
wow, someone thinks they're special...
Posted on 8/3/23 at 3:24 pm to philly444
Yes, national parks are pretty much not enjoyable unless you go during the school year now
Posted on 8/3/23 at 3:24 pm to philly444
Big Bend is not crowded all the time.
You went during peak visiting season.
You went during peak visiting season.
Posted on 8/3/23 at 3:24 pm to philly444
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Finished up a trip to Grand Tetons/Yellowstone and this shite is ridiculous.
Thanks for ruining my peace and quiet, fricker.
Posted on 8/3/23 at 3:24 pm to philly444
What’s your solution? Raise prices to get in?
Posted on 8/3/23 at 3:25 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
We should give them cancer. Isn’t that your normal solution?
Posted on 8/3/23 at 3:26 pm to philly444
I've heard they've been overly crowded since Covid.
My fishing spots have suffered the same fate.
Absolutely. Get the funding while the parks are popular.
My fishing spots have suffered the same fate.
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Should they raise prices?
Absolutely. Get the funding while the parks are popular.
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The National Park Service presently has a cumulative monetary shortfall of approximately $11.1 billion. This shortfall, which has accumulated over the years, has arisen from a backlog of unfunded operations, construction projects, land acquisitions, and resource protection projects.
This post was edited on 8/3/23 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 8/3/23 at 3:26 pm to philly444
Too many people in this country
Why do you think the gov created Covid?
Why do you think the gov created Covid?
Posted on 8/3/23 at 3:26 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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What’s your solution? Raise prices to get in?
The metered entries have helped a bit. It does cause a crazy early morning rush though. People getting in before the timed entry kicks in.
Posted on 8/3/23 at 3:28 pm to RaginCajunz
I’ve heard that if you do a hike that’s more than say 30 minutes that it clears out fast?
Posted on 8/3/23 at 3:28 pm to SUB
Yeah this issue appears to be concentrated to the more popular parks. Have heard horror stories of Zion and Yosemite as well
Posted on 8/3/23 at 3:29 pm to momentoftruth87
What are you talking about?
Posted on 8/3/23 at 3:29 pm to philly444
just got back from Olympic
we got to the hoh rainforest trailhead right at dawn, hiked about 20 miles and by the time we got back it was Armageddon
The line to get past the park gate was 5 miles long down the road
it sucks but you have to go early
we got to the hoh rainforest trailhead right at dawn, hiked about 20 miles and by the time we got back it was Armageddon
The line to get past the park gate was 5 miles long down the road
it sucks but you have to go early
Posted on 8/3/23 at 3:31 pm to philly444
Wait until 2 weeks after labor day. Glacier last year had a good amount of people but wasn't bad at all.
Posted on 8/3/23 at 3:31 pm to philly444
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Posted on 8/3/23 at 3:31 pm to philly444
Go early, hike steep, hike far.
Posted on 8/3/23 at 3:33 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Pick less crowded parks
Absolutely. Big Bend is on my list. Just tent camped the Buffalo River last Spring.
GSMNP was ridiculous on 441 and Little River Gorge Road when I drove through last year. It became "normal" traffic as soon as I got off the main roads away from Gatlinburg.
The good thing is most of the new tourists are only interested in driving around. They don't get out the cars and hike very much.
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