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Grumman
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 Posted - 15 June 2010 : 11:45:59
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Jim and I have an amazing opportunity to camp in Yellowstone and have a look for a couple of days. Has anyone travelled to that area recently that can offer some advise? I am looking particularly at tent camping with dogs and concern for their safety. We tent camp all the time with them and as ridulous as it sounds, it actually sounds like there might be some sort of safety issue! Can anyone help me out, is this a case of them trying to keep pet from the park?
Thanks
Lisa
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vic
a post-count junkie
Canada
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Posted - 24 July 2010 : 18:12:54
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| I've been to Yellowstone 4 times and camped and hiked there. My advice....don't take a dog there. |
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Dusty Boots
addicted to OAC
Canada
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Posted - 25 July 2010 : 00:33:16
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There's a lot of Griz in the Yellowstone area and dogs are known to harass bears. Bears get mad and then chase dogs. Guess where dogs run to for safety?
For the sake of your dogs, as well as yours and the wildlife, leave 'em at home!
Here's a couple of Griz I saw last year in Yellowstone;
Even though this guy was a long way off, you could tell he was the size of a Volkswagen!
I also saw lots of Black Bear but didn't take any photos cause I see lots of them normally
There are lots of these guys real close by. They roam all through the park
They may look slow and ponderous, but believe me when I say they are incredibly quick when they want to be. I could smell this guy's breath from my motorcycle. Nervous? ... Yup!
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vic
a post-count junkie
Canada
1197 Posts |
Posted - 25 July 2010 : 17:40:14
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| Great pictures from Yellowstone, one of my favorite places. There's nothing anywhere else in the world like this. Yellowstone was the first national park in the world and is famous for its wildlife and geothermal features. It has the largest geothermal area in the world, fully half of the planet's collection. It's 300 geysers make up two thirds of all those found on earth. Combine this with more than 10,000 thermal features composed of brilliantly colored hot springs, bubbling mud pots and steaming fumaroles, and you have a place like no other. |
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Dusty Boots
addicted to OAC
Canada
614 Posts |
Posted - 29 July 2010 : 11:09:41
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Last night CNN reported that there were 3 separate bear attacks, at 3 different National Forest Campsites, in the Gallatin National Forest, just on the fringe of Yellowstone NP's Silver Gate(Cooke City)
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/07/28/montana.bear.attack/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn
I'm familiar with all three campsites, as I was planning on staying at one of them on my last visit there, but decided to stay at one between the East Gate and Cody, WY instead.
All three attacks were not 'food related'.
There is a healthy bear population(Both Black and Griz), in and around Yellowstone and all National Forest campsites in the area provide metal 'Bear Boxes' at each campsite to store all your food and any item with a scent. They are there for a reason.
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vic
a post-count junkie
Canada
1197 Posts |
Posted - 29 July 2010 : 15:53:21
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We just heard that on the news last night too.....scary having a bear come into your tent in the middle of the night....especially if it's planning on killing you. Had that happen when I was 18 when a bear came into our large tent cabin in the middle of the night through the tarp door....lucky for us our pot banging scared it away.
Also heard on the news last night that climbers fell coming down from Mt. Rainier into a crevasse and one was killed. We're headed there in one week with our hiking club. I climbed 14,410 foot Mt. Rainier about 10 years ago....the crevasses scared me the most.....I just stick to the groomed trails now between 5 and 7 thousand feet in the alpine meadows where all the beautiful wildflowers are. |
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