Heading up in late September- plan to haul ass up, and mozey back down, skirting the east side of the Windy’s. Should we bring the mtb’s?
I’ll be heading up next week to finally pick up the GFC! Stoked! Also going to haul ass up there and camp in the way back. Buddy heater, a fire and some star lights FTW
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Heading up for 11/12 install from Denver and will unfortunately be hauling ass up and back. Looking forward to seeing more GFCs around town!
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Heading up from Littleton next weekend. Leaving Thursday after work. Staying in Daniel, WY Thursday night, then going to explore Yellowstone/Tetons on Friday. Install Saturday morning, then plan to camp up shadow mountain near the Tetons Saturday night. Little bit more exploring Sunday morning, then heading back to Littleton.
Getting mine installed Sunday Dec 12th. Excited. Still planning my trip. I’m in Greeley area.
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Had a great trip, came back through Yellowstone, then headed down 285 to Dubois and camped about 15 minutes out of Dubois at Red Canyon off the Windy River St a free spot right by the river, right off the highway. Actually a really great spot right there. The sounds of the River drowned out the highway noise and the moon and stars put on a hell of a show. If i has another day i would have gone west thought Craig/steamboat area but i had to get back. First night in the camper was awesome as to be expected! Yellowstone colors were popping, saw a bear, a moose, some geysers and some bison.
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Any recommendations for spots in Yellowstone? Did you have to make any reservations? We are heading up from Denver July 29th for a 30th install then working our way down for a few days. Neither of have been to yellowstone as adults so we really want to stay a night if not two.
I would REALLY recommend making reservations if you plan on staying in the park. You’re looking at peak season crowds at that time.
There are decent spots in the NF north of Yellowstone an hour or so. Maybe stay in the NF the night of your install and in the park the following night? That would give you at least a day or two to drive the loop and do some day hikes.
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I wasnt able to camp in Yellowstone unfortunately, I drove through on the way back down though Dubois WY, Then camped about 10 miles south of that at a cool little boondock site on the Red canyon of the Windy River area. I got the site off the IOverlander app. I did find some cool looking spots from that app tho. Definitely reccomend staying west of the 1-25 highway. Western WY is gorgeous.
Awesome! Thanks, yeah I have two reservations for “camping” in the park, might be perfect to kind of shake down the GFC and work on our setup with a little more ease. Do you know do you need reservations to enter the park as well if you have a reserved camp sight? The website is a bit ambiguous with that, I also have the DV pass which I think is free admission to the park so.
How long ago was your trip?
We have not needed reservations the two times we’ve been through the park, but many parks are trending towards reservations for popular hikes and parking areas. Worth researching for sure.
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Good tips. I am heading up Thurs from Den. Install is Friday and need to be back by Sun night or Mon AM. So sadly a bit quick soo. Hoping to find some cool places to explore/camp heading back south…just have zero plan currently.
I went up last October to grab the GFC. I had to get up and back pretty quick but It would be awesome to take some time and get lost a bit!
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My two cents…
If you have time cut down through the Paradise Valley, into the north entrance of Yellowstone, out through the northeast entrance and Lamar Valley, catch Chief Joseph Highway to connect to the back side of the Bighorns and either drive the north or south highway through the Bighorns. Enjoy that part of the adventure as much as you can and then blaze back to Denver on the interstate from there.
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Thats pretty much our exact time line end of July, let me know how it goes!
Ended up doing a quick loop given weather/openings.
Left Denver Wed PM to friends house in Buffalo, WY by the Big Horns. Made it to Bozeman the following day for install.
Then spent the next 2-3 days going south from Bozeman to West Yellowstone to Tetons back to Denver. Was a bit brisk and snowy but awesome!
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Highly recommend Gaia GPS and iOverlander for finding dispersed camping.
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Hello, I see you have your platform camper listed for sale. We are looking to buy a Ram 1500 5.7 and your camper may be what we would want. Is it still for sale? Are you also selling the truck and would be looking to sell it as a package? You can email me at lray.cff@gmail.com if you have further information. Thank you.
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We just returned from a loop - Grand Junction, CO to Bozeman, back through Yellowstone, Jackson, and the Flaming Gorge. It was EPIC. We camped in the national forest. Turns out, with a GFC, you don’t need roads 