MT traffic:
http://roadreport.mdt.mt.gov/travinfomobile/ is a good map for showing current MT traffic.
WY traffic;
http://map.wyoroad.info/hi.html
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Saturday, September 6, 2014
turnouts
Jenny Lake turnout
Oxbow Bend Turnout
Lakeshore Trail: "2. Colter Bay (Brochure available) Lakeshore Trail, 2.0 miles RT, 1 hour, 200 ft
total climbing, EASY Level trail follows Colter Bay shoreline; provides views of Jackson Lake and the Teton Range." - NPS
Schwabacher Landing: "When we visited in June 2014, the access road to the landing was being repaved and although unfinished the road was suitable for any car. This is a great spot for a picture of the Tetons with reflections in the creek. Also a good spot to see some beaver dams" -trip advisor. Road was closed in 2013 for the sequestration, but is open now. Is due East of Teton Glacier Turnout.
glaciers
NPS: "Snow blankets Grand Teton National Park in winter. As spring approaches that blanket shrinks; however, even in the heat of summer, snow and ice are present in the form of glaciers and snowfields. An average of 450 inches of snow falls in the Teton Range each year, feeding the glaciers and snowfields each winter, while the warm temperatures of the summer season eat away at this surplus of snow. Today, summer melt is outpacing winter snowfall and the glaciers are retreating." " Starting over two million years ago, ice flowed across this valley many times only to melt and begin again. At one point, ice over 3,000 feet thick flowed south from Yellowstone and across the valley floor burying the town of Jackson with 1,500 feet of ice. " "For a good view of a glacier, drive four miles north from Moose along the inside park road to the Teton Glacier turnout. You will find an interpretive sign that will illustrate where the glacier can be found on the range."
"“For a glacier to remain a constant size, snowfall at the top must equal melting at the bottom. More snowfall causes a glacier to advance, meaning to grow larger. Less snowfall results in retreat. At any size, to be called a glacier, snow fall compacted into ice must flow under the pull of gravity" - waymarking.com
"The majority of the glaciers in the Tetons have north or east aspect, with the exception of Falling Ice Glacier on Mount Moran, which faces southeast. All the glaciers are located on the east slope of the mountain range, and like the glaciers of the Wind River Range, this is most likely due to the decreased solar radiation and predominantly westerly winds (Fryxell, 1935)." - glaciers.us
" All of the existing glaciers in Grand Teton National Park were created during the Little Ice Age (1350–1850 A.D.) and have been in a general state of retreat since the mid-1800s" - wikipedia
"Schoolroom Glacier is a small glacier in Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming.[2] This Teton Range glacier lies adjacent to the south Cascade Canyon trail at an altitude of 10,400 ft (3,200 m), approximately 12 mi (19 km) from the trailhead at Jenny Lake. " wikipedia
"“For a glacier to remain a constant size, snowfall at the top must equal melting at the bottom. More snowfall causes a glacier to advance, meaning to grow larger. Less snowfall results in retreat. At any size, to be called a glacier, snow fall compacted into ice must flow under the pull of gravity" - waymarking.com
"The majority of the glaciers in the Tetons have north or east aspect, with the exception of Falling Ice Glacier on Mount Moran, which faces southeast. All the glaciers are located on the east slope of the mountain range, and like the glaciers of the Wind River Range, this is most likely due to the decreased solar radiation and predominantly westerly winds (Fryxell, 1935)." - glaciers.us
" All of the existing glaciers in Grand Teton National Park were created during the Little Ice Age (1350–1850 A.D.) and have been in a general state of retreat since the mid-1800s" - wikipedia
"Schoolroom Glacier is a small glacier in Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming.[2] This Teton Range glacier lies adjacent to the south Cascade Canyon trail at an altitude of 10,400 ft (3,200 m), approximately 12 mi (19 km) from the trailhead at Jenny Lake. " wikipedia
Thursday, September 4, 2014
fall colors
"While no one can accurately predict exact "peaks" of fall colors, in the Tetons, the third week in September has historically been about the peak for fall colors. And of course, some years are better than others!" - nps.gov
"In my experience, the last week of September and 1st week of October would be the Yellowstone/Teton prime time for a normal year. Earlier than the last week of September can still be good in the higher elevations.
"But I've seen years when the first cold front moves in mid September the parks are covered in snow with highs in the 30's. " another random guy on flickr
"Yellowstone is alittle different. The fall color is confinded mostly to Lamar Valley in the northern part of th park. " same flickr dude
'I usually leave the parks around Sept 25 and can miss the height of the fall colors which are really in the first week of October. But the weather again. The cottonwood tress along the Snake River turn earlier then aspens in the other parts of the park. " - flickr dude
farmer's almanac peak foliage dates: "Wyoming: Oct. 5-14" and "Montana: (Central) Sept. 28-Oct. 9; (Western) Oct. 5-21"
"In my experience, the last week of September and 1st week of October would be the Yellowstone/Teton prime time for a normal year. Earlier than the last week of September can still be good in the higher elevations.
Dry weather in the months before foliage season will usually cause the foliage to turn a bit early, but not by a lot. More important, the season of worthwhile color will be shortened, and maybe by quite a bit - very hard to predict.
Yellowstone is not the place to see fall color - the overwhelming majority of trees in Yellowstone are evergreens. You go to Yellowstone for animals and thermal features, and neither will be affected much by a dry year. Some animals that move to higher elevations in the summer (bear, elk) may return to lower elevations earlier than usual for water, which would make them more visible.
On the other hand, the Tetons are always good. The advantage in Jackson Hole is the Snake River - in a dry year, the river still delivers water to the trees on either side, and that's where most of the fall color is. You will also find animals in abundance in Jackson Hole, too." - random guy on tripadvisor"But I've seen years when the first cold front moves in mid September the parks are covered in snow with highs in the 30's. " another random guy on flickr
"Yellowstone is alittle different. The fall color is confinded mostly to Lamar Valley in the northern part of th park. " same flickr dude
'I usually leave the parks around Sept 25 and can miss the height of the fall colors which are really in the first week of October. But the weather again. The cottonwood tress along the Snake River turn earlier then aspens in the other parts of the park. " - flickr dude
farmer's almanac peak foliage dates: "Wyoming: Oct. 5-14" and "Montana: (Central) Sept. 28-Oct. 9; (Western) Oct. 5-21"
Sunday, August 31, 2014
mammoth area
2 hr 21 min, 75.9 mi drive
8:30 hit the road
10:45 arrive Mammoth
2:45 head to cabin
5:00 arrive cabin
Mammoth ranger programs:
Opal Terrace (across the street from the rest):
Minerva Terrace (looks like the best one to me)
Palette Spring:
Cleopatra:
Mammoth Overlook bottom:
Mammoth Over look top:
Lamar Valley and Bear Tooth
9a leave cabin
10:30a arrive Lamar for wolf watching
2:30a leave Lamar head to Bear tooth
3:00 Bear Tooth stops
5:30 check in Yodeler.
Red Lodge restaurants:
Bridge Creek Backcountry Kitchen & Winebar http://www.eatfooddrinkwine.com/ people like it a lot, but it doesn't look like too much stuff that the kids would want to eat (no burgers or chicken tenders)
Sam's Taproom and Kitchen: people like it, some people say there are lot of children there at lunch, they do have burgers, etc. http://redlodgeales.com/sams-tap-room/menu/
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