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Skiing Yellowstone
Has anyone done any skiing in Yellowstone? Jim
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James wrote: Has anyone done any skiing in Yellowstone? Jim -- Yes. |
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James wrote:
Has anyone done any skiing in Yellowstone? Jim -- Yes if you mean Yellowstone as in National Park. The road from West Yellowstone to Old Faithful is groomed (for snowmobiles and the snow coaches) and is skatable although motorized traffic beats up the trail. If you ski from Old Faithful to West Yellowstone the 50K will be generally downhill but a lot of flat. (You can ride a snow coach to Old Faithful). Whoever does the road grooming also sets some classic track near Old Faithful, but again, the snow machines tend to run over ski tracks. Most of the trails around Old Faithful are classic skier set track. The geology of the geyser basin (as in Old Faithful) results in wamer ground conditions that West Yellowstone and the snow transforms faster than outside the basin. The park website has sketch maps of the ski trails. Snowmobile restrictions (of a couple of years ago) required "best available technology" meaning mufflers and 4-cycle engines, and liscened guides to keep watch over the snowmobilers. The rules also limited them to something like 900 per day. There are better places to ski with respect to snow, but Yellowstone is hard to beat re scenery and wildlife. We had difficulty conforming the to the Park's wildlife separation distance rule when a couple of bisons started running down the trail we skiing. Edgar |
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Edgar wrote:
There are better places to ski with respect to snow, but Yellowstone is hard to beat re scenery and wildlife. We had difficulty conforming the to the Park's wildlife separation distance rule when a couple of bisons started running down the trail we skiing. Edgar Edgar - Congratulations on respecting the critters' and their buffers - so few people do this at all. The wildlife approach rules: The rule is for humans to not approach within 75 feet of all non-ursine animals and within 300 feet of bears. That does not mean that we must run away when any of these animals wanders to within 75 / 300 feet of you...just behave with reasonable dignity and intelligence, and we are unlikely to have any conflicts. If I were on a trail at an appropriate distance from bison, and they began running *toward* me, I would get off the trail proper at an angle away from the critters and let them pass. In winter, the rutting season having passed, it is very unlikely that they are after *you,* assuming you have left them a buffer. Bruce Jensen |
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Edgar wrote:
James wrote: Has anyone done any skiing in Yellowstone? Jim -- Yes if you mean Yellowstone as in National Park. The road from West Yellowstone to Old Faithful is groomed (for snowmobiles and the snow coaches) and is skatable although motorized traffic beats up the trail. If you ski from Old Faithful to West Yellowstone the 50K will be generally downhill but a lot of flat. (You can ride a snow coach to Old Faithful). Whoever does the road grooming also sets some classic track near Old Faithful, but again, the snow machines tend to run over ski tracks. Most of the trails around Old Faithful are classic skier set track. The geology of the geyser basin (as in Old Faithful) results in wamer ground conditions that West Yellowstone and the snow transforms faster than outside the basin. The park website has sketch maps of the ski trails. Snowmobile restrictions (of a couple of years ago) required "best available technology" meaning mufflers and 4-cycle engines, and liscened guides to keep watch over the snowmobilers. The rules also limited them to something like 900 per day. There are better places to ski with respect to snow, but Yellowstone is hard to beat re scenery and wildlife. We had difficulty conforming the to the Park's wildlife separation distance rule when a couple of bisons started running down the trail we skiing. Edgar Thanks. We live in Idaho are thinking about making a trip over. Jim -- |
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Jim,
We found a great way to ski the park and get away from the snow machines was to stay in the park at Old Faithful Snow Lodge. You can catch a snow coach in, and then you can ski around to the geyser basins, to Mystic Falls, Kepler Cascades and Lone Star geyser. You can also catch a snow coach to the trail head for Fairy Falls (and then ski back to the lodge along a power line if you want to avoid the road) and you can catch a snow coach over to the Canyon area if you'd like to ski that area. You can do the same basic thing by staying in Gardiner or Mammoth (which has some advantage since you can drive there, but the ski conditions are generally better in the Old Faithful area), but its a long way from the north entrance to Old Faithful in a snow coach. It is also a long way on skis from West Yellowstone to Old Faithful and there is a lot of traffic, even in the winter, along that road. James wrote: Has anyone done any skiing in Yellowstone? Jim |
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Kent Fletcher wrote:
Jim, We found a great way to ski the park and get away from the snow machines was to stay in the park at Old Faithful Snow Lodge. You can catch a snow coach in, and then you can ski around to the geyser basins, to Mystic Falls, Kepler Cascades and Lone Star geyser. You can also catch a snow coach to the trail head for Fairy Falls (and then ski back to the lodge along a power line if you want to avoid the road) and you can catch a snow coach over to the Canyon area if you'd like to ski that area. You can do the same basic thing by staying in Gardiner or Mammoth (which has some advantage since you can drive there, but the ski conditions are generally better in the Old Faithful area), but its a long way from the north entrance to Old Faithful in a snow coach. It is also a long way on skis from West Yellowstone to Old Faithful and there is a lot of traffic, even in the winter, along that road. James wrote: Has anyone done any skiing in Yellowstone? Jim Thanks, Jim -- |
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James wrote:
Has anyone done any skiing in Yellowstone? Jim Thanks, Jim I was there two years ago on snowshoes: http://www.grandshelters.com/trip-re...of-geysers.htm We headed west of O.F. Going up the sides of the lava flows is generally an avi hazard. Ed Huesers Http://www.grandshelters.com |
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