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LungButter
6/14/2022 8:42am
6/14/2022 8:42am
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6/22/2022 5:07pm
Seems like Mother Nature has had enough of Yellowstone being raped by tourists and wants a break. Feel bad for folks who are gonna lose belongings and jobs but it'll sure be good for the park to get a break from the tourists for awhile. It's pretty sad how overrun it's become and the stupidity that people display there.
Current conditions of Yellowstone’s North Entrance Road through the Gardner Canyon between Gardiner, Montana, and Mammoth Hot Springs.
— Yellowstone National Park (@YellowstoneNPS) June 13, 2022
We will continue to communicate about this hazardous situation as more information is available. More info: https://t.co/mymnqGvcVB pic.twitter.com/S5ysi4wf8a
Video near Yellowstone National Park shows a house falling into the raging Yellowstone River on Monday.
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 14, 2022
Heavy rain and melting snow have caused flooding, damage and triggered evacuations in and around the park. https://t.co/aSUy3KQD9C pic.twitter.com/QPudzkm1aj
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I for one am glad that the park is effectively shut down right now. It needs a break from us.
Especially in recent years the overcrowding has been disgusting.
It is quite possible to "love something to death".
Edited to add: I too take access to Public Lands very serious. I have spent thousands of my own dollars and hundreds of hours of my own time fighting for and defending it. We have a lot of idiots in this country who would love to see it sold off and privatized.
as for Yellowstone, i've only really ever been in the Winter snowmobiling near West Yellowstone so i've never witnessed the crowds first-hand. but i know it's been bad especially the last couple years.
As you said, the whole national park system is being over-run. I won't even go near Zion anymore.
I went to Zion this winter during pretty rare snow/whiteout conditions. It was amazing with almost no one there. No way I’m ever going back during any “peak” season.
For years we could walk from our cabin over to the gorge, hike around all day, and never see another human.
Not anymore.
We avoid the place now from Friday morning thru Sunday night.
Even during the week people are flying up and down the road, marked for 20mph, leading to the gorge.
Trash, cars parked blocking the forest service road, smoldering fire pits, tree stumps from citified idiots chopping down trees for firewood, etc... are taking their toll.
Even guys on dirt bikes poaching hiking trails.
We've had a place above the gorge for a dozen years now.
The last few years it's gotten insane.
Pit Row
It has since been revised to this:
A reservation is required to drive into or through Yosemite National Park from 6 am to 4 pm daily. If you are planning to arrive after 4 pm, please do not arrive at a park entrance station until after 4 pm. Vehicles blocking roads will be cited.
Well, after seeing what y'all are throwing down...combined with the ABSOLUTELY INSANE SHIT I've seen...ESPECIALLY in "Yosemite Valley" where allllll the tourists go to see "Yosemite"...
Examples:
On trails near bus parking: HUMAN SHIT all over the f'ing place. Not Kidding. This is right on the Merced River near what once was a prime fishing spot.
Stupid-Ass-TERRIBLE drivers! Never-mind the dumb-asses SPEEDING or, worse yet...revving their Loud Assed Motorcycles and Cars...but...NO WORRIES! You won't believe how expansive a ticket for violating any of that is...and I'm certainly "OK with it". Parking Violations will cost you a fortune, too. I LOVE IT!
The problem for Yosemite, for a long time now, is -or has been- the very same issue(s) many of you are talking about for Yellowstone, Zion and The Gorge.
From what I'm seeing, this "reservation system" is working to slow things down.
Look, we all sound like a bunch of bitchy old guys yelling at the kids,"Get of my damn lawn!". But, ya know what?
We ain't wrong.
I'm jus' sayin'...
Because, I've got a shocker for ya. Yup, right here in the middle of Non-Moto...
I completely agree with you!
I've seen people in remote places in the Sierras during "The COVID" where I VIRTUALLY NEVER saw people prior to COVID.
I apologize if I caused you to fall-over in dis-belief.
I don't have an answer, I fully agree the parks should be open to everyone and that's one of the unique things about the U.S., but I'd also like to see the parks healthy and maintained for many years to come.
I think most people visiting from Europe or other places are generally pretty respectful (it's probably the ugly Americans that leave all of that crap and behave so badly in many cases), but the sheer volume is way out of control. I'm not anti-imigration (legally of course) or xenophobic at all, but sometimes I wonder if we shouldn't do like a lottery system for overseas visitors (and reservations for US citizens). It's gotten that bad....
Damn check out this video these people are lucky!!!!
They're still evacuating people.
Going to be tough on local economies that have grown around the area.
That big house going into the river and floating away was employee housing for park employees.
I wouldn't be surprised to see them not re-open any of the park this Summer.
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