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I've been telling my wife "were going out west this year!" for like 6 years now while never actually doing it. This year is our 15th anniversary and we both want something awesome, both having agreed upon something like Yellowstone being a great destination. Since I hate a number of you because you live in amazing places that I frequently dream of, I figured it would be best to ask you! Here is what I have "planned" so far for the trip: Length : Two weeks (perhaps a couple of days extra) I am driving out there from Cincinnati, we love road trips and have some things planned for the route there. My question to you fair goons is, around this time (august/september) is Yellowstone a good choice? We love to hike (wife is not a fan of poop in a hole you just dug so backpacking is out) and plan on doing quite a bit of that. We plan on a mix of 60/40 camp/hotel or cabin sleeping, a mix of "I'm cheap" and also wanting to have a shower here and there. So again, would you suggest Yellowstone and if so what would you recommend we plan to see (any awesome hikes, etc). We are both fit so rougher hikes are welcome. If Yellowstone is not advisable around this time (insane crowds, etc) what else would you suggest?
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Jan 3, 2017 17:38
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I completely forgot about my own thread  Any info you guys can get would be great! It's a two week trip so I have time.
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Feb 23, 2017 20:21
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thatguy posted:I talked to the trails guy in Montana that relocated from working Wind River. He specifically said Green Lakes area and Squaretop or Square mountain, something like that was a must-see. You can drive all the way to the lakes and there are multiple trails from that area, he said mostly dayhikes. Awesome, thank you very much for the info!
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Mar 6, 2017 16:19
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Jordanis posted:I have used two previous editions of this book when planning hikes in Yellowstone, and really liked it. You'll have a hard time getting it off of Amazon, though, as the Yellowstone Association publish it and only sell it new through their store. Agree that after Labor Day should be a fine time to hit Yellowstone, but don't leave it too much later than that. poo poo's high up. Awesome info! We're actually heading out mid August now so it should be better timing for weather. Really looking forward to this! Since were driving our route takes us past The Badlands so we're going to see that as well.
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Mar 10, 2017 17:58
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Jordanis posted:Personally, I treated Badlands as a drive-through park (northeast entrance to Pinnacles entrance, IIRC) and didn't feel too deprived. It's really something, but you won't catch me hiking around much in that kind of terrain in high summer. That's a good point. A friend mentioned the black hills would be more enjoyable.
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Mar 12, 2017 19:08
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Jordanis posted:Black Hills are scenic as gently caress, but I don't know much about hiking there. Only been there when driving through moving from Chicago to the coast, so we just hit, you know, Rushmore, Crazy Horse, and Deadwood. I would really have liked to be able to see Wind Cave. We might stay in Hill City for a night or two and explore a bit, it seems Sunday Gulch Trail (http://www.blackhillsbadlands.com/trails/sunday-gulch-trail) would be a nice hike for the day. We're camping the first night at Ashton Wildwood Park in Iowa, really just a stop for sleep and we drive again in the AM.
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Mar 14, 2017 15:19
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Jordanis posted:That does look pretty good. Other sources I turned up are calling it more like 720 feet of descent and ascent, though; I dunno where they're getting 214 ft. https://www.hikingproject.com/trail/7019912 That should be a fun hike given the drastic change in elevation in general for me. At home I am 867' above sea level so I'd imagine it will take some time to get acclimated to it.
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Mar 15, 2017 14:26
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I failed horribly at planning my vacation and had to remove yellowstone as my destination. I picked August 12-26 as the dates we would go .. and guess what, that darn eclipse thingy is passing right over the park and everyone is going there. Soooooo.... Colorado is awesome, what should I do there!?
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Jul 10, 2017 21:19
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Suspect Bucket posted:Garden of the Gods is a great day hike location. The main trail is very accessable, extremely pretty, but can be crowded. The more senic trails are nice too, and rather less crowded. Awesome thanks for the info! We have a friend that lives right outside of RMNP so she's going to snag a pass for us and show us around a bit. I am bummed about Yellowstone but RMNP and the surrounding areas look great.
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Jul 13, 2017 15:55
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Thanks for the tip on a day before hiking, I had not thought about that! I am hoping to get to Yellowstone next year now, so it will still be on my active to do list. The sand dunes sound awesome, I'll make sure we fit that in. Thanks for the info!
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Jul 20, 2017 16:31
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Suspect Bucket posted:Let us know how it goes! Take pics, and Don forget to take it easy at first. Hydrate hydrate hydrate and moisturize. Well, sadly it didn't go this time around. First it started with me waking up and my eyes didn't function like they did the day before (mostly resolved after three weeks), a week later my dog injured her back badly (good now) and then the next week a very good friend died. After the first two events we had to scrap plans for the trip and move them to next year. Oh well, more time to plan and more money to save and perhaps three weeks instead of two?
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