Suggestions in a Yellowstone and a Beartooth trip

I wouldn't rule out Thorofare because of the logistics. I did an out-and-back from nine-mile TH down to Bridger Lake and back a few years back and absolutely loved it. The miles go easily because it's effectively flat. If you're like me and used to big mountains at high elevations, you can crank out the days here. Swam in Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone River, and Bridger Lake. Saw 2 ranger parties and one hiking party in 7 days. There are also water taxis. You won't regret it if you take that trip.
 
I've done a very similar route in the Beartooths in 2019. Marvelous country, quite rugged. Be glad to help with any questions you might have.
 
I found the Beartooth much easier to bang out miles vs. the Ortenburger trip I did with Joey years ago. If you decide on the Tetons, feel free to shoot me a message.
 
lol ....... Beartooths are like freeway walking.
 
Great description, Bob. Island Lake, Lady of the Lake, etc are like being on the congested freeway in an urban area. Once you get a few miles out, it's like a rural freeway with occasional construction, lol. I'm headed back to both the Tetons and Beartooth again this year. Beartooth 8/11 through 8/19 with the Maulers if you're around. Tetons in September.....again. Hope you're doing well.
 
Thanks to all for the answers. In the end I have decided to go two years to the area and make two different trips. There are so many things to see that I think it is worth it. And hope it's not three because the more I read trip reports on this forum the more areas I want to visit. For 2024 I have this one in mind:
Day 1: Flight from Madrid to Billings.
Day 2: Beartooth Hwy and in the afternoon from Slough Creek Th to 2S4 camp.
Day 3: 2S4 to Frenchy Meadows, take South Fork Bull Trail to the Patrol Cabin at the intersection with Buffalo Fork Trail
Day 4: Down to the Trailhead. Sleep in Tower.
Day 5: Visit the Park and sleep in Turpin Meadows
Day 6: From Turpin Meadows to North Buffalo Fork and sleep somewhere once past the Falls
Day 7: Follow the trail until the end and off trail until reach Ferro Lake and then Marston Pass and sleep next to Younts Peak (there are two ponds in the toe)
Day 8: Younts Peak pass and down to North Fork Yellowstone River. Sleep somewhere (around Woodward Canyon intersection?)
Day 9: Go to Bridger Lake.
Day 10 and 11: Come back to the TH following Atlantic Creek Trail and the CDT
This second backpacking trip would be between 80 -85 miles.
Day 12: Come back to Billings

Then, the following year we would do the Beartooth and Lamar Valley backpacking trips, having one more day because we haven't to visit Yellowstone NP
 
@Bob

In that Beartooth route that you shared, do you recall how significant the boulder hopping was?
 
We only had to carry the dog (75lbs yellow lab) 6 or 7 times for a short distance. The longest boulder field I've encountered there is just below Mariane Lake. It's not part of the route listed above and was over 100 yards. Don't get me wrong. You'll encounter boulder fields, but nothing difficult along the route listed above. Pretty smooth sailing.
 
Ymyr said:
My name is Alejandro, I am 44 years old and I live, as I have said, in the south of Spain. Here backpacking, as you understand it, is very different because it is practically forbidden to put the tent anywhere that is not a Campground.
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My partner and I were recently theorizing what backpacking in various European countries might be like. Certainly a bummer about Spain. This makes me wonder how many countries in the world are similar to the United States in their access to the outdoors and ability to hike and camp most places. Might make an interesting thread topic actually...
 
Ah, you are correct. I commented on this not long after waking up this morning and am unsure how I ended up on this thread, but didn't notice the age on mobile when looking at it.

As for my response, unsure how it seems weird, and my post history shows that I am not a spammer or bot. A thread about backpacking culture (or lack thereof) and issues faced in other countries around the world seems like an interesting one to me. Perhaps not entirely on topic for the thread, but this forum sees very little activity and I try to comment where I can to continue to keep it lively.

Unsure about other old threads that were commented on but don't believe they were from me.
 
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punkwood said:
Perhaps not entirely on topic for the thread, but this forum sees very little activity and I try to comment where I can to continue to keep it lively.
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Don't think so...... Forum has a lot of activity
 
Bob said:
Don't think so...... Forum has a lot of activity
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It is steady enough for sure, but I wouldn't call it a lot.. I am a heavy forum user, it is about the only way I enjoy interacting with the internet today, and have been on some hobby forums for almost 25 years. Forums as a whole are far less active than they used to be.

There is a steady stream of activity siphoned into a few areas of the forum, but other areas are very quiet and there aren't many topics posted outside of trip reports and the occasional discussion about planning a trip (all good stuff, and the most important stuff here, I would say). Most of the topics on the first page of General Discussion have less than 10 replies, almost half of them have between 0 and 2 replies. The second page looks about the same. Further, many thread responses are from the same small circle of people.

The further back you go in the archives here, the more threads, responses and varied discussion topics you see. That isn't unique to BCP, it is the same with every message board on the net. Young people aren't using message boards the way they used to, and older folks use the internet less than they used to.

To the point, though, the person who responded to me knows that I am not a spammer as they have reacted and responded to various posts I've made, and I am unsure why my friendly thoughts on part of the thread would be targeted as weird. I did absent-mindedly overlook the date of this thread, but that is no big deal.

All (well intentioned) activity is healthy for forums as they sink to social media and other avenues of online communication (Reddit, Discord etc). I have seen a handful of great forums disappear in the last 10 years due to dwindling activity. I’ve only found this one recently but really enjoy it.
 
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I don't use any of the other Internet crap... No facebook, twitter etc. Just this forum and a mapping program. Order some stuff online sometines. Where I live it's sometimes faster/cheaper than driving to town. Over ten years you need to remember people age, things they do change ..

No big deal resurrecting something... You just may not get an answer from the OP.
 
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