Is summer very short? (Sheridan, Cody: living, price, dangerous)

[RockyMtnr]

Originally Posted by jkb826

Just a comment on the long winters here in Wyoming. They seem to be getting shorter and shorter all the time. This year we did have a killing frost in September but had no snow on the ground until Thanksgiving. At least that was how it was in Sheridan. Cant talk for rest of the state.

Good point jkb - in addition, the last couple of years I lived there, we had dew. DEW!! Not just once or twice - but several times. Not only that, the rains were more like eastern rains - not just hit & miss but 3 days steady. The last winter I was in Evanston (last winter '06/07) the snow was different as well - instead of just 3 or 4 feet at a time once or twice a week, it was 18" every day - somewhat akin to a warmer, southern Idaho snow. Things are definitely changing.
Now, there are different patterns that I saw come in over the years. In the SW and central parts, it is not abnormal to have a September blizzard but then, almost nothing (except cold) until Christmas day or the day after - and then all heck cuts loose - keeping you busy and shivering until April.
May is a great month for Yellowstone - made 10 trips thru one May - in a convertible. Probably a bad time for Bear Tooth Pass though - and that's a must-see if at all possible.

[Earniefan]

jkb826 - I was talking to a friend in Laramie who said the same thing about the weather, it's just not as cold as soon or as long as it was even 10 years ago. We better enjoy it while we can, the weather will cycle back soon enough.

[jkb826]

Having lived in Wyo all my life I have seen a big difference. I can remember when we would have snow on the ground from late Oct to March with just maybe a January thaw. That is not the case at all anymore. It comes and goes all winter but usually doesnt stay on for all that long.

Yeah I don't think Beartooth Pass usually opens up until Memorial day and then only if the weather cooperates. I highly recommend that drive to everyone. A great day trip from the Cody area is going into Sunlight Basin down Dead Indian over to Cooke City for lunch and down Beartooth Pass into Red Lodge for supper and then on home. You cover some awesome country that way.

[MRVphotog]

The lowlands of the Cowboy state is the northeast, the southeast is the high plains, Laramie sits at 7200.

Wyoming just in the Wind River range alone there are 44 peaks at 12,000 and above. I would venture to guess New Mexico has not more than a couple. Regarding Colorado, half the state is as flat as a pancake.

Here's a trivia question I always have fun with. There are four 13er's in Wyoming, the Grand Teton, Cloud Peak, Gannet Peak...can you name the 4th?

[jkb826]

Originally Posted by MRVphotog

The lowlands of the Cowboy state is the northeast, the southeast is the high plains, Laramie sits at 7200.

Wyoming just in the Wind River range alone there are 44 peaks at 12,000 and above. I would venture to guess New Mexico has not more than a couple. Regarding Colorado, half the state is as flat as a pancake.

Here's a trivia question I always have fun with. There are four 13er's in Wyoming, the Grand Teton, Cloud Peak, Gannet Peak...can you name the 4th?

Not sure what the answer to that is but when I googled mountain peaks in Wyo I came across this website that gives a great long list of peaks in Wyo that are 13,000 or greater Peak Lists - Peakbagger.com

[cvanripe10]

Visit yellowstone when the animals are more active?? I thought the idea was to avoid all the grizzlies lol.

[MRVphotog]

Originally Posted by jkb826

Not sure what the answer to that is but when I googled mountain peaks in Wyo I came across this website that gives a great long list of peaks in Wyo that are 13,000 or greater Peak Lists - Peakbagger.com

:lol: your right.....That's what happens when you go from a feebe memory. I checked my 30 yo Bonney Guide to Wyoming Mountains which is held together by duct tape I used it so much hiking around the state in my younger days and there are 56 13er's in the Winds listed.

I remember the correct trivia question:

All but 3 of the 13er's in Wyoming are in the Wind River Range. One is the Grand Teton, one is Cloud Pk, what's the 3rd? No fair looking at the peakbagger site.

[RockyMtnr]

Originally Posted by cvanripe10

Visit yellowstone when the animals are more active?? I thought the idea was to avoid all the grizzlies lol.

Ripe1, your chances of seeing a bear of any kind are a bit slim. I walked it, eliwoppered it, drove it and even baited it for years - I heard roughly 5,002 stories of bear ... which was roughly 5000 more stories than actual sightings. I suppose if I counted "disappearing butts in the black of night" then I could get the count up to seven or eight. Heard growls - but just did not want to traipse up the trail to verify, know what I mean? Saw a few more cats than bear. Now in Wisconsin, California, North Carolina and even Idaho, I saw more bear than I did in Wyoming.
Let 'em be, Ripe1, let 'em be.

[tiedyed]

Hike Taggert Lake Loop in early Fall in Grand Teton Park and you will see black bear. Just don't run away too fast and trip.

[jdavid93225]

Originally Posted by MRVphotog

I remember the correct trivia question:

All but 3 of the 13er's in Wyoming are in the Wind River Range. One is the Grand Teton, one is Cloud Pk, what's the 3rd? No fair looking at the peakbagger site.

I found one in the Absaroka Range that isn't one of the ones mentioned. I found it on my topo map at 13153 ft. I won't name it, in case others want to guess.