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Originally Posted by Our03z4

Just in case you don't know...most NP require timed entry permits. If you haven't reserved them by now you maybe SOL. If you think about camping at all it's to late to book. Now a way around the timed entry is to get there very early before slots start. We did this for Rocky Mountain NP and many other parks. You'll really want to do that anyway because all parks are unbelievably crowded in the summer...so much so we won't even go until the season is over in the fall. We went to Suislaw NP that's usually packed but we went in November, we literally had the park to ourselves. Makes it feel like an actual adventure. My in-laws went to parks during summer and they couldn't believe the difference in photos. Mine had no people in them.

Originally Posted by dreamingat30fps

Ugh are they doing that at Tetons and Yellowstone? Is it all year or only the summer? When we went we just had our yearly pass both in 2019 and 2021 no issues getting in. In 2019 we went in the RV and yeah no way we were going to be staying in the park last minute like that. We actually found a really nice RV park almost an hour outside Tetons in Dubois. We actually had a great time in that little town. They had a crazy 4th of July parade... so many old tanks and other military vehicles... probably don't want to fuck with Dubois.

The only bears we've seen was actually on the drive into Tetons from Dubois. We saw one large grizzly on a hill side and we saw a baby bear running through some field.

Timed entries are not required at either park.