Going to Yellowstone

[pwr2tow]

Dang, Well I have been looking at a couple of pickup campers that are fold downs. There is a 8' foot and 10 foot fold down type for $1,500 each. Nothing fancy by any means but maybe good enough for a 3 week trip. Would it be wise to be camping in such a rig around bear country???? Maybe I'll have to keep looking for a hard side pickup camper. I figured the fold down kind would be more fuel friendly.

 

[dwillmoth]

One thing to remember about Yellowstone and the surrounding area, quite a few campgrounds in and out of the park shutdown after Labor day. We stayed at the West Yellowstone KOA a few years ago, great people, clean, easy to get to. We had originally made reservations to stay in the park at a campground on the Southern edge of the park, after we pulled in and saw the place the wife refused to stay. 20 amp power, and nothing but dirt. At the time that was the only campground in the park with basic services. It is a great trip not a bad tow either.



Don

 

[nps]

Dang, Well I have been looking at a couple of pickup campers that are fold downs. There is a 8' foot and 10 foot fold down type for $1,500 each. Nothing fancy by any means but maybe good enough for a 3 week trip. Would it be wise to be camping in such a rig around bear country???? Maybe I'll have to keep looking for a hard side pickup camper. I figured the fold down kind would be more fuel friendly.

If you go to this link and click on Fishing Bridge, it will tell you that hard-sided campers only are allowed. Suspect because of Grizzly and his relatives (Yogi Bear musta escaped out of jail! :-laf )



So to answer your question - looks like the Nat Park Svc doesn't think it too wise to camp in bear country with soft sides, although there is no mention of a hard-sided requirement in the other camp grounds.



Now you guys got me thinkin of going up there this summer.

 

[Fireman Dave]

The hard sided requirement only applies to Fishing Bridge. I think it's to conserve the limited full hook-up space that they do have (which is only in Fishing Bridge) for those who really need it. Pop-ups, tents, etc... are fine in the other areas. I think they require that people with non-hard sided units store their food in their vehicles. I don't remember for sure. If they don't actually require it, they definitely do suggest it. We saw them leave a note in the site next to us for leaving a bag of dog food outside their trailer. They're that serious about keeping the bears out of the campgrounds. They've come a long way in the last 40 years, and they don't want to go back to the days when the bears saw the campgrounds as their dining room. Once a bear associates people with food, there's a bigtime problem. Anyone see the Grizzlyman movie?



pwr2tow - I wouldn't hesitate to camp in a folding camper - just be careful with food storage.

 

[bombero]

The best museum in the western USA is in Cody Wy. The Buffalo Bill Historical Center is a must see. Also several good RV parks in Cody. Have a great time!!

 

[pwr2tow]

Thanks, Cody is on the schedule.