Is summer very short?

[RockyMtnr]

I'm not understanding why Idaho would claim it? West Yellowstone MT is out the west gate. Red Lodge MT is out the north. Cody WY is to the East and Jackson ... among other little burgs is to the south. What have I been missing all these years? Idaho has Driggs and Targhee but they're by Jackson, not Yellowstone.

[jdavid93225]

Originally Posted by RockyMtnr

I'm not understanding why Idaho would claim it? West Yellowstone MT is out the west gate. Red Lodge MT is out the north. Cody WY is to the East and Jackson ... among other little burgs is to the south. What have I been missing all these years? Idaho has Driggs and Targhee but they're by Jackson, not Yellowstone.

There is an area of about 50 square miles of Yellowstone that is in Idaho. It is a strip a little over two miles wide that runs along the western edge from the south boundary up to the Montana state line, about 25 miles to the north. If you head directly west from Old Faithful, you will hit this strip just below the Montana line for about the last two miles before crossing the park's western boundary.

[RockyMtnr]

Originally Posted by jdavid93225

There is an area of about 50 square miles of Yellowstone that is in Idaho. It is a strip a little over two miles wide that runs along the western edge from the south boundary up to the Montana state line, about 25 miles to the north. If you head directly west from Old Faithful, you will hit this strip just below the Montana line for about the last two miles before crossing the park's western boundary.

Thank you JDavid ... just devalued Yellowstone by a big number! And doubled Idaho's value!
Oh, I suppose I should bite my finger-tongue on that one ... I enjoy Swan Valley and the Targhee area and some of the StumpCreek/Palisades area of Idaho ... I suppose I can live with them owning a border to the park - just don't recall ever knowing it.
And besides, they have the Sawtooth Wilderness area - which is competitive to yellowstone in raw beauty..
Thanks for the info JD.

[Bree1950]

This is good..I've got a team of siberians and (1) 182 pound malamute..I'm set..

[MRVphotog]

Well, GTNP plows the park roads in the spring but doesn't allow cars for a couple of weeks so it is one big pathway with million dollar views used mainly by locals to bike, roller blade etc.

On the Wyo only week the logistics would be easy as there are entrance gates at each road coming into the park. The downside is that they would have to do it when the park opens to vehicles and many times that time of the year there is not much to see with the huge snowbanks along the roads, lakes are still frozen over.