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I wouldn't attempt it that early myself, even after this poor of a snow year. The high elevations in that region have actually retained snow pretty well this season. The northern Winds have better high elevation snowpack right now than they did on this date last couple of years, interestingly...

Very nice! Looks like a perfect one for earlier in the season. Fully agreed on the campground too. It's so nice and quiet now.

What a day for a trail race! Love the wildflower photos. Good to see good rainfall down there. Same weather up here for the weekend.

Welcome! Sounds like you've got a great setup. Be sure to share your travels this summer! I love the Canadian Rockies.

Yes, whether you try Fairyland or not, and whether you get there or not, you'll have plenty of fun in the area. Remarkable place with so much to see. Enjoy!

Also very likely on the way to Coffee Pot. Maybe there's a better way to Coffee Pot farther uphill, but we didn't find it last year. Brutal deadfall experience. It was not bad there for a while between Coffee Pot and Fairyland. But it gets bad again as you get closer to your destination. I...

The person lowest down is @Parma! Great times!

Love that loop! Interesting to see that first bit of webbing you showed. That wasn't there either time I've been, but it's been 6 years now.. I remember having a lot of trouble with that spot the first time I did it!

9U4? I've stayed there twice. I love it. Only Bechler region site I've never gotten condensation in my tent at haha. Good sized cooking area, right next to Mountain Ash Creek, very flat, plenty of room for tents in a few directions. I don't know if I have any good pictures but I will check and...

I'm planning a trip that passes through the area around Labor Day, and when I checked two days ago, there were hardly any reservations even around then. I'd bet you'll be good! But knock on wood anyway because I seem to have jinxed Scatman when I said I thought he'd easily get a Firehole site...

Glad you decided to join up! Looking forward to seeing/hearing about your trips!

Do you mean OA1, 2, and 3? Assuming so, I just am always surprised how popular those ones are, and really surprised you couldn't get any of them with such an early lottery date. Were you shooting for a holiday weekend or anything?

I don't know exactly why, but it's often a harder area for us to get when we've done shuttle routes from Lone Star to Bechler. I guess they're nice for overnighters from the Old Faithful area? OA3 is a great spot.

I'd be pretty surprised if you couldn't get those! I've had trouble getting OA sites a couple times before, but that's been on much later lottery dates. Love 8R5; long spur trail to get there!

Or you can be like the CDT thru hiker that just rolled up to us at our Moose Creek Meadow site 2 years ago and made himself at home without asking!

Yeah aside from the most popular spots, you can still get permits in most areas with no problem.

How did everyone's lottery submissions go? I got one for the first time in a couple of years, and the other people I know who put in did not get a date.

Yeah it sounds like something that would be a hit around here! Haha.

I asked him if it's useful, and here's his response: "Depends what they mean as useful haha. To me, it's really interesting because he goes into more depth and history about trails that do not exist anymore. If you're just casually using it to explore yellowstone, it's a bit dense, but as...

Glad it was a hit! Enjoyed the additional details about the trail. I understand why it's abandoned, but it's still too bad there's not an official route up there. The book was Yellowstone Trail and Backcountry Field Guide by Thomas P Bohannan. He said he also found a few discussions about it...