Grand Teton NP - Colter Bay Improvements

[jackiemac]

Not sure if any of you have seen the request for comments on a legacy plan for Colter Bay.

Link below for info if you're interested.

ParkPlanning - Winter 2023-24 Public Engagement

parkplanning.nps.gov

 

[tanglemoose]

I will have to look... sure wish everyone would express need to reservations AND first come first serve sites, we need both. There are times reservation great and others when we like to wing it and i think 50 percent would like both, so as clients, please us both!!

 

[Professor David]

We visited the Grand Tetons last summer. What an amazing place! We stayed at the Gros Ventre campground which is a fantastic campground...larger sites with wide enough roads for larger rigs... but needing some updating with the dump station. We didn't stay at Colter Bay Campground but did visit to check it out during our visit. Our impression of Colter Bay campground: in a magical location but the RV sites are very, very tight...stacked right next to each other...also it would be very difficult to maneuver a larger size RV around very tight gravel roadways. Not the type of place we like to stay for more than one night on the way to some place. Did not see any plans to improve the RV sites in any of the concepts. I'll write a comment suggesting improvements of the RV sites but not sure there are any plans for this?

 

[Western Slope]

$112 plus "incremental charges" to camp in very tight sites.

 

[Larry N.]

Our impression of Colter Bay campground is in a magical location but the RV sites are very, very tight...staked right next to each other

Sounds like you're talking about the commercial campground. The park campground has sites among the trees.

We stayed at the Gros Ventre campground which is a fantastic campground...larger sites with wide enough roads for larger rigs

Depends on where you are in Gros Ventre. The site we had several years ago was rather snug, among trees, and our class A just barely fit. And, it was right next to another rig, not more than 20 feet away. Lovely place, though.

 

[Professor David]

Sounds like you're talking about the commercial campground. The park campground has sites among the trees.


Depends on where you are in Gros Ventre. The site we had several years ago was rather snug, among trees, and our class A just barely fit. And, it was right next to another rig, not more than 20 feet away. Lovely place, though.

We have very different impressions. Colter bay seemed packed together...though there are plenty of trees...
Our site at Gros Ventre was fairly isolated with nothing but nature and the river in the back...though some of the sites were not so great.

 

[jackiemac]

We stayed at both campgrounds last year. And have stayed at Gros Ventre several times previously.

Gros Ventre does have some sites close together or backing each other and some farther apart. We love that place. I feel when they relaid the concrete pads a few years ago, they could have/should have made some longer. The dump station rules were implemented a few years ago because the river was showing signs of pollution. Many folks not actually staying there would pop in to use it.

Colter Bay, as Larry states has an RV park with hook ups (not sure if full) in the trees which are very close together. We drove around it and weren't keen. The campground sites have parallel spaces and are actually fairly spacious, although you are parked closely together, especially if bigger rig, you have a lot of room in your spot behind rig.

I think the roads need work. Too many potholes. Other than that I like the rustic feel and would hate it to become busier than it already is.

 

[Larry N.]

We have very different impressions. Colter bay seemed packed together...though there are plenty of trees...

OK- yes they are close for a forested campground, but your description sounded to me like a commercial place with rigs 20 feet or less apart in a row. Sorry I misunderstood...

 

[jackiemac]

OK- yes they are close for a forested campground, but your description sounded to me like a commercial place with rigs 20 feet or less apart in a row. Sorry I misunderstood...

That is the RV Park in that photo...

Here is the campground- parallel parking.

abs 2nd pic looking into the site.

 

[Professor David]

OK- yes they are close for a forested campground, but your description sounded to me like a commercial place with rigs 20 feet or less apart in a row. Sorry I misunderstood...

I agree that sites can really vary in a particular campground. I did notice that several sites in Gros Verde were not so great. If available, I've been checking to see if there is a youtube video tour of a campground before booking a sites. Still amazes me of all the information on the internet...some actually quite useful.

 

[Larry N.]

Depends on where you are in Gros Ventre. The site we had several years ago was rather snug, among trees, and our class A just barely fit. And, it was right next to another rig, not more than 20 feet away. Lovely place, though.

This is the campsite I mentioned above -- just now came across the picture.

 

[Western Slope]

We have been camping this month through Wyoming and South Dakota. Except for heavy snow forecasted on Thanksgiving day in Colter Bay, the remainder of the weekend there still remains above 0F for the lows.

 

[Tulecreeper]

And to think, people not only purposely go camping in places like that, they also purposely live there year round.