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Stay in or outside of YSNP?
Posted on 5/16/20 at 7:18 pm
Posted on 5/16/20 at 7:18 pm
Have a trip coming up at the end of August...what do folks recommend on where to stay?
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Posted on 5/16/20 at 8:49 pm to bgbam07
Camping or lodges? I've stayed in lodges both in and outside (W. Yellowstone, maybe Mammoth). Definitely inside the park is the way to go, even better is splitting time, if you are spending 4 or 5 nights, between a southern and northern location. The size of the park and slow traffic can sometimes be surprising.
In a normal year I would say you are out of luck finding lodging inside the park this late, but with the current situation and lack of Asian tourist you might have a shot. Who knows.
In a normal year I would say you are out of luck finding lodging inside the park this late, but with the current situation and lack of Asian tourist you might have a shot. Who knows.
Posted on 5/16/20 at 9:01 pm to bgbam07
mammoth and old faithful are crowded as frick. Stay at lake lodge, canyon lodge or grant village
This post was edited on 5/16/20 at 9:03 pm
Posted on 5/16/20 at 9:30 pm to bgbam07
Hotels are phase 3 of the parks with no date set for that action. With the lack of foreign workers available this year that may not happen at all. I’ll be surprised if it does happen but I’m surprised a lot.
You should definitely stay in the park if you can. It lets you skip the line to enter and gets you much closer to everything in the morning or late afternoon.
I’m really not sure why this board seems to think everything will be business as usual in a few weeks everywhere. The towns around these parks are small with limited resources, a few confirmed covid cases and they’ll shut it all down again. Couple that with lack of workers and It might be a good idea to do the staycation thing this year.
The tourism board here is asking people not to come to Colorado yet. Several counties are actively writing tickets to nonresidents for being there. Wyoming has cancelled all reservations of campsites to out of state folk. I’m planning to just wing some driving trips with what’s available and when....weird times.
You should definitely stay in the park if you can. It lets you skip the line to enter and gets you much closer to everything in the morning or late afternoon.
I’m really not sure why this board seems to think everything will be business as usual in a few weeks everywhere. The towns around these parks are small with limited resources, a few confirmed covid cases and they’ll shut it all down again. Couple that with lack of workers and It might be a good idea to do the staycation thing this year.
The tourism board here is asking people not to come to Colorado yet. Several counties are actively writing tickets to nonresidents for being there. Wyoming has cancelled all reservations of campsites to out of state folk. I’m planning to just wing some driving trips with what’s available and when....weird times.
Posted on 5/16/20 at 9:54 pm to 8thyearsenior
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a few confirmed covid cases and they’ll shut it all down again.
They won't do that.
They can't afford to.
More cases are also inevitable, and choosing to open means choosing to accept that. They'll just try and make sure their facilities are as clean as possible, to make guest comfortable, and to provide liability protection, but they won't shut down.
This post was edited on 5/17/20 at 5:02 am
Posted on 5/16/20 at 10:10 pm to bgbam07
Staying inside the park gives you a big headstart on the crowds who drive in from outside the park. Canyon Lodge was incredible. Old Faithful was great, too. Crowded, yes, but close to a lot of awesome spots. I got a first floor room in the OF Lodge with a view of the geyser. I have a great video of my kids playing some Mario Switch game on the bed while OF was erupting a short distance away.
Staying further south gives easier access to the Tetons.
Staying further south gives easier access to the Tetons.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 1:23 am to 8thyearsenior
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Several counties are actively writing tickets to nonresidents for being there.
Aside from going to each counties Individual website, any idea where to find this info? I saw Gunnison county is doing this, but supposed to stop late May.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 11:18 am to iwantacooler
Not sure. I saw an article about San Juan county writing tickets to folks more than 10 miles from home. I know Gunnison was closed to nonresidents. Telluride was closed but not sure if it is all of San Miguel or not. Gilpin County closed all their county roads to non residents so you don't have trail access.
There are also a lot of counties with fire bans on camp fires this year that they are talking about keeping all year so they don't have to worry about forest fires.
There are also a lot of counties with fire bans on camp fires this year that they are talking about keeping all year so they don't have to worry about forest fires.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 4:07 pm to 8thyearsenior
I think this is locals saying, we don’t like getting overrun with tourists during the summer 
The people making these decisions are either rich, or natives who don’t depend on tourism.
The people making these decisions are either rich, or natives who don’t depend on tourism.
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