Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks

[tzifanya54]

There's a fairly short but quite steep (it's basically one long switchback all the way down) trail that takes you right to the top of the waterfall. I can't remember the name of it right now but I've done it a couple of times, and I'd recommend it. The trail itself is rather boring but it has the advantage of being stroller-friendly and the "payoff" at the end is quite nice.

+1
Definitely worthwhile as well.

[yakrot]

I should've been a little clearer, (it's probably obvious once you've been there, but I shouldn't assume everybody knows what I'm talking about) the waterfall I'm talking about is the lower falls, it's in the Canyon Village area.

For seeing wildlife, (particularly bison,) IME the best place has always been the Hayden valley area. i.e. the area between Canyon Village and the Lake.
I was told by a ranger that the road at the northern part of the park,  between mammoth springs and where you get the road heading down to canyon village is supposed to be good for seeing bears but when I went there we didn't see anything at all. (I wouldn't judge based only on that. I was in Yellowstone for one day on this trip and drove through most of the park, it was pretty rainy that day and save for a few deer/elk we didn't see any animals anywhere.)

I believe it's called either uncle toms trail or uncle toms cabin trail +1 I really enjoyed it as well
Edit: I'm talking about a diff trail that is not stroller friendly basically a bunch of steps to get a real good view of the lower waterfall. If you have kids then you are stuck with this trail of not skip it for uncle toms...

[Something Fishy]

I believe it's called either uncle toms trail or uncle toms cabin trail +1 I really enjoyed it as well
Edit: I'm talking about a diff trail that is not stroller friendly basically a bunch of steps to get a real good view of the lower waterfall. If you have kids then you are stuck with this trail of not skip it for uncle toms...

Uncle Toms is the exact opposite of stroller friendly...

+1 on Hayden Valley, there's a good reason its called the Serengeti of the west. Also the Antelope Flats area of the Tetons usually has a high concentration of wildlife.

[yakrot]

Cmiiw the trail Whyme is talking about takes you right on top of the falls right where I have drawn an arrow
The trail in talking about is where I took this pic

[whYME]

Cmiiw the trail Whyme is talking about takes you right on top of the falls right where I have drawn an arrow

yes, exactly.

[JunkYardUnz]

yes, exactly.

It's called lower falls, it's 600 feet downhill. I just did it with a stroller. Every one passing me though I was nuts. Most ppl have baby carriers.

[JunkYardUnz]

I'm planning a Yellowstone/grand Teton trip in August
I would appreciate if anyone could give me their favorite sites in both
thanks

Just got back from Yellowstone. How many days are you planning to stay in a park ? How many kids and what ages ? Where are you staying ?

[yslkwd]

Sunday to Thursday
me my wife and little baby
staying as of now in Driggs Idaho

[Something Fishy]

staying as of now in Driggs Idaho

You realize that that's a 4-hour drive to Yellowstone, right? Even to the Tetons it's a very difficult 1-hour drive over Teton Pass.

Doesn't sound remotely practical to me, let alone with a baby.

[henche]

You realize that that's a 4-hour drive to Yellowstone, right? Even to the Tetons it's a very difficult 1-hour drive over Teton Pass.

Doesn't sound remotely practical to me, let alone with a baby.

The drive over is excllent

[Something Fishy]

The drive over is excllent

Not if it rains... Very steep grade and very high up. Not something most people want to drive twice a day.

[JunkYardUnz]

You realize that that's a 4-hour drive to Yellowstone, right? Even to the Tetons it's a very difficult 1-hour drive over Teton Pass.

Doesn't sound remotely practical to me, let alone with a baby.

Driggs to the West Yellowstone entrance is two hours, but its a fun drive (I had to stop for cows in the road). Then again I am not sure I would want to do it everyday. Then you are going to need to drive all around Yellowstone. Its not really all that practical. If its not too late, see if you can get a place in Big Sky MT. Its a little less than an hour from West Yellowstone and there is what to do in Big Sky itself. If you PM me, I can give you the number of place we stayed at, it cost us $200 on Airbnb (I used the gift cards from the Amex promo,so it netted me around $100 a night) for a nice three bedroom townhouse.

[Something Fishy]

Driggs to the West Yellowstone entrance is two hours

Right on that count, my mistake. For some reason I timed it to the East entrance instead of West .

[Yitzshpitz]

Driggs to the West Yellowstone entrance is two hours, but its a fun drive (I had to stop for cows in the road). Then again I am not sure I would want to do it everyday. Then you are going to need to drive all around Yellowstone. Its not really all that practical. If its not too late, see if you can get a place in Big Sky MT. Its a little less than an hour from West Yellowstone and there is what to do in Big Sky itself. If you PM me, I can give you the number of place we stayed at, it cost us $200 on Airbnb (I used the gift cards from the Amex promo,so it netted me around $100 a night) for a nice three bedroom townhouse.

Finding hotels is the hardest part of Yellowstone trip. Everything is an hour deive from any hotel. Near Jackson Hole through a chabad discount we found something nice, close to white water rafting and other stuff but not that close to yellowstone.

[yakrot]

That's why you have to stay at old faithful inn

[JunkYardUnz]

That's why you have to stay at old faithful inn

And you probably made your reservation a year in advance and paid a pretty penny for a room. Are the rooms even nice ? What type of hotel would you compare it to?

[yakrot]

And you probably made your reservation a year in advance and paid a pretty penny for a room. Are the rooms even nice ? What type of hotel would you compare it to?

Crazy story...I booked my room the day of my stay iirc it was $200 (all lodging is controlled by the national parks, so the prices are kept relatively low) it's really hard to compare it to anything else.

[Yitzshpitz]

And you probably made your reservation a year in advance and paid a pretty penny for a room. Are the rooms even nice ? What type of hotel would you compare it to?

+1

I tried 3 months in advance and they were pretty much booked.

[whYME]

Did anyone here consider camping in the park?

[henche]

Did anyone here consider camping in the park?

Yah. Did.