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creekster · 02-12-2008, 11:53 PM

Does anybody know if there is a paved road all the way around Yellowstone lake? Does nayone have recommendations for riding in Yellowstone?

SteelBlue · 02-13-2008, 12:29 AM

Watch out for Grizzly Bears?

Coach McGuirk · 02-13-2008, 12:45 AM

http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/u...y/drv_yell.htm

No road that is all the way around......I have no recommendations for cycling, I have only driven through when I was 16.

creekster · 02-13-2008, 01:06 AM

Thanks for the mapo, coach. I had seen onw like it and thought that maybe there was a road but that it just wasn't shown. More plannign will be required.

bluegoose · 02-13-2008, 03:55 AM

Roads??? We don't need no stinkin' roads.

creekster · 02-13-2008, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by bluegoose

Roads??? We don't need no stinkin' roads.

my triple does, and the wife wants to use it there.

RC Vikings · 02-13-2008, 05:17 AM

I've done what I call the lower loop four times and the upper loop once. For the lower loop I start at West Yellowstone and go into Madison, Old Faithful, West Thumb, Fishing Bridge, Canyon, Norris back to Madison and finish back at West. You cross over the continental divide twice from Old Faithful to West Thumb so their is quite a bit of climbing. The 14 miles from Norris to Madison is my favorite stretch of road for biking. Mostly downhill along the river with numerous waterfalls along the way. It's about 125 miles total.

The upper loop is longer and much tougher. It goes West, Madison, Norris, Mammoth, Tower, Canyon, Norris and back to West. The climb from Tower to Canyon is absolute brutal. This loop is less traveled but very tough. It's about 135 miles.

Let me know if you want to do it this summer because I would love to join you. Also you can't bike all the way around the lake.

creekster · 02-13-2008, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by RC Vikings

I've done what I call the lower loop four times and the upper loop once. For the lower loop I start at West Yellowstone and go into Madison, Old Faithful, West Thumb, Fishing Bridge, Canyon, Norris back to Madison and finish back at West. You cross over the continental divide twice from Old Faithful to West Thumb so their is quite a bit of climbing. The 14 miles from Norris to Madison is my favorite stretch of road for biking. Mostly downhill along the river with numerous waterfalls along the way. It's about 125 miles total.

The upper loop is longer and much tougher. It goes West, Madison, Norris, Mammoth, Tower, Canyon, Norris and back to West. The climb from Tower to Canyon is absolute brutal. This loop is less traveled but very tough. It's about 135 miles.

Let me know if you want to do it this summer because I would love to join you. Also you can't bike all the way around the lake.

Thanks for the info. We may try it this year. I'll let you know, although I ma not sure you would want to ride with the triple train, which is not an express.

02-12-2008, 11:53 PM	#1
creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	bike riding in yellowstone Does anybody know if there is a paved road all the way around Yellowstone lake? Does nayone have recommendations for riding in Yellowstone? __________________ Sorry for th e tpyos.

02-13-2008, 12:45 AM	#3
Coach McGuirk Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: The Bubble Posts: 606	http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/u...y/drv_yell.htm No road that is all the way around......I have no recommendations for cycling, I have only driven through when I was 16. __________________ "Hey! It's all ball bearings nowadays. Now you prepare that Fetzer valve with some 3-in-1 oil and some gauze pads. And I'm gonna need 'bout ten quarts of anti-freeze, preferably Prestone. No, no make that Quaker State. "

02-13-2008, 01:06 AM	#4
creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	Thanks for the mapo, coach. I had seen onw like it and thought that maybe there was a road but that it just wasn't shown. More plannign will be required. __________________ Sorry for th e tpyos.

02-13-2008, 12:29 AM	#2
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	Watch out for Grizzly Bears?

02-13-2008, 03:55 AM	#5
bluegoose Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,919	Roads??? We don't need no stinkin' roads.

02-13-2008, 05:17 AM	#7
RC Vikings Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rexburg, Idaho Posts: 2,236	I've done what I call the lower loop four times and the upper loop once. For the lower loop I start at West Yellowstone and go into Madison, Old Faithful, West Thumb, Fishing Bridge, Canyon, Norris back to Madison and finish back at West. You cross over the continental divide twice from Old Faithful to West Thumb so their is quite a bit of climbing. The 14 miles from Norris to Madison is my favorite stretch of road for biking. Mostly downhill along the river with numerous waterfalls along the way. It's about 125 miles total. The upper loop is longer and much tougher. It goes West, Madison, Norris, Mammoth, Tower, Canyon, Norris and back to West. The climb from Tower to Canyon is absolute brutal. This loop is less traveled but very tough. It's about 135 miles. Let me know if you want to do it this summer because I would love to join you. Also you can't bike all the way around the lake.