corvette62

Has anyone toured Yellowstone National Park in a Vette? I know most roads are paved, however is there any concern about rock (chat) roads or any other hazards? We would only be touring the highlights.

turbod

Can't help, not in a Vette.

But we did it this winter, 300 inches of snow in a Cat track vehicle. That's the only way you can get in and out in the winter. It was beautiful there.

LTVN68

I tried to get into Yellowstone coming down from Laurel, MT in a new Z in late May. Beartooth Pass 30' of snow......Yellowstone Park.....snow every day.....so I did not get in. However, if you get to Yellowstone, don't miss Cody, Wyoming and the Buffalo Bill Museum. I stayed at The Cowboy Village....nice rooms in log cabins.....and had a great steak at the Wyoming Steak and Chop House. Great historic town where mountain man Jeremiah Johnson is buried. Great country. I am sure the roads will be fine.

Torchsport

The park has great roads. If you go, you MUST drive Beartooth Pass, from Red Lodge Montana, thru Wyoming, and back into Cooke City Montana. That is right at the northeast entrance of the park. So beautiful! Been on the pass 7 years in a row. Takes your breath away! Search my thread from last week titled "2 fun in Raazor country"!

laread

We toured Yellowstone July 2010. The roads are good but there were a lot of people there. Be sure to allow plenty of time as sometimes traffic is stopped or moving pretty slow. This happens when someone notices wildlife and stops to watch. The road isn't wide enough to allow the other traffic to get around the parked cars.

I had a hard time finding a parking place away from all the other vehicles at the major attractions like "Old Faithful". The scenery was great.

phileaglesfan

I've done it more than a few times in different vehicles including my C6. Roads are good in the park, construction can be an issue. Remember that everyone stops to watch wildlife if you want to or not so give yourself plenty of time. Avoid long weekends or weekends at all if you can. Beartooth and the pass near it are amazing. Don't forget the Grand Tetons, easy driving but the Tetons are amazing. Fill up away from the park. Jackson, Cody, etc.

truckplay

all roads are paved in & out of the park. the parking lots for camping are not. some of the roads east & south of the park are a bit rough but paved.

wombats777

Roads are fine but traffic can be a PITA during peak season.

WAwatchnut

All roads in and out of the park are usually paved. We ran into 8 miles of gravel starting at the east entrance back in 2007 . You might want o double check the road conditions (IIRC, they post them on the website).

Otherwise, it was a great way to see the park. Ran into two other Vettes - looked like mom and daughter in one, and dad and son in the other.

JoesC5

We had eight Vettes at Yellowstone three years ago. The roads are very good. To solve the problem of finding parking spots at the attractions, the driver being able to watch the scenery, etc, we stayed in Gardiner, Mt and had a tour bus pick us up at the motel ~7 Am. The bus took us all over the park, stopping at the attractions, letting us off the bus, and then picking us up later, etc. The driver had a PA system and was constantly telling us about the park and the wildlife. That alone was worth the price of the bus tour. The tour bus dropped us off at our motel around 6:30 that evening.

We were able to get close and personal with the park, while our Vettes were safe in the motel parking lot. Both occupants of each Vette were able to relax and enjoy the scenery, as they were both riding in the bus, sitting high where they could see over the large amount of cars in the park, while some wide body Mom pushing a baby stroller, was between someone else's cars, not our Vettes, in the various attraction's parking lots.

JRHAWK9

We were there in July of '09 and the roads were horrible in certain areas. They were doing road contruction at that time though too so things may be different now. We didn't even get to see certain parts of it because I didn't want to deal with the roads in those areas. I talked to some bikers and they recommended I avoid certain areas.

corvette62

Thanks to everyone that replied to my request of touring Yellowstone in a C6 vette. We are going to give it a try. Just seems like the thing to do. May consider the park, tour bus, option once there. We have about a 1000 mile trip to get there. Even that will be enjoyable in a vette.

JoesC5

They have tour busues out of Gardiner, Mt., Mammouth Hot Springs(in yellowstone park) and West Yellowstone, MT.

Mad*Max

make sure to post the pics

ladder13

We did the Tetons and Yellowstone last June. At the Yellowstone Inn there was a group of Corvettes from Illinois, must have been about 10 of them. We saw them throughout the park during our 4 day stay.
Some of the roads are really rough in the park.

usraptor

I rode it on my Harley three years ago and it is absolutely beautiful. I had a hard time keeping my eyes on the road.