[cdt-l] Blame it on the Tetons

Fri Feb 9 14:34:21 CST 2007

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>    1. Blame it on the Tetons (Trey Corkern)
>    2. Re: Blame it on the Tetons (Slyatpct at aol.com)
>    3. Re: Blame it on the Tetons (Slyatpct at aol.com)
>    4.  Blame it on the Tetons (Ginny & Jim Owen)
>    5. Re: Blame it on the Tetons (Slyatpct at aol.com)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 17:35:23 -0700
>From: "Trey Corkern" <treyis3 at gmail.com>
>Subject: [cdt-l] Blame it on the Tetons
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>Has anyone detoured thru the Tetons on their CDT adventure?  I would like 
>to work out a route using the Teton Crest Trail, etc., and then possibly 
>bypassing silly, crowded Yellowstone altogether if possible.  If anyone has 
>done a contiguous route thru this area, I would appreciate some input.  
>Thanks..
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>Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 19:55:52 EST
>From: Slyatpct at aol.com
>Subject: Re: [cdt-l] Blame it on the Tetons
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>I'm pretty sure Goof went through the Tetons a couple years ago, but it
>would be hard to by-pass Yellowstone completely since the Tetons are 
>directly
>south.
>
>Goof did a journal on Trail Journals which would probably help explain but
>it seems to be down right now.
>
>_http://trailjournals.com/goof/_ (http://trailjournals.com/goof/)
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>Yellowstone is only busy in a few places...
>
>Sly
>
>In a message dated 2/8/2007 7:35:36 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>treyis3 at gmail.com writes:
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>Has anyone detoured thru the Tetons on their CDT  adventure?  I would like 
>to
>work out a route using the Teton Crest Trail,  etc., and then possibly
>bypassing silly, crowded Yellowstone altogether  if possible.  If anyone 
>has done a
>contiguous route thru this area, I  would appreciate some input.
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>Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 20:22:31 EST
>From: Slyatpct at aol.com
>Subject: Re: [cdt-l] Blame it on the Tetons
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>In a message dated 2/8/2007 7:56:28 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>Slyatpct at aol.com writes:
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>Goof did  a journal on Trail Journals which would probably help explain but
>it seems to  be down right now.
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>It seems to be working now.  The entry is his last day in Yellowstone  and
>his first in the Tetons.
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>_http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=76694_
>(http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=76694)
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>Sly
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>Message: 4
>Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:14:26 -0500
>From: "Ginny & Jim Owen" <spiritbear2k at hotmail.com>
>Subject: [cdt-l]  Blame it on the Tetons
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>Trey wrote:
> >Has anyone detoured thru the Tetons on their CDT adventure?  I would like
> >to work out a route using the Teton Crest Trail, etc., and then possibly
> >bypassing silly, crowded Yellowstone >altogether if possible.  If anyone
> >has done a contiguous route thru this area, I would appreciate >some 
>input.
> >  Thanks.
>
>Pine Needle and Love Barge both did something like that last year.  Can't
>vouch for contiguous though.  Seems to me like the route would entail lots
>of roadwalking, although mostly dirt roads.
>
>As Sly said, Goof did it in 2004 - and if memory serves his hike was
>contiguous through there.  Check Trailjournals.com
>
>OTOH - out of curiousity - why do you think Yellowstone is all that 
>crowded?
>   And why do you think the Tetons would be any less crowded?
>
>One of our memories of Yellowstone (in 1999) was sitting on the porch at 
>Old
>Faithful eatling ice cream and watching all the monkeys (tourons) scurrying
>around.  It was a zoo - and really, really funny.  When we left Old
>Faithful, the only person we saw that day was a northbound thruhiker.  In
>2006, we did a different route - and saw just one backpacker in 100 miles 
>or
>so.  And no zoo, except at the tourist centers.
>
>It CAN be done with no real problem.  Just be sure you get the right maps.
>
>Walk softly,
>Jim
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>Message: 5
>Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 01:30:57 EST
>From: Slyatpct at aol.com
>Subject: Re: [cdt-l] Blame it on the Tetons
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>spiritbear2k at hotmail.com writes:
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>One of  our memories of Yellowstone (in 1999) was sitting on the porch at 
>Old
>
>Faithful eatling ice cream and watching all the monkeys (tourons)  
>scurrying
>around.  It was a zoo - and really, really  funny.
>
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>Keywords  are "eating ice cream".  Old Faithful may have been a  zoo, but
>being right on the trail it made for a quick resupply and food was good  as 
>was
>the ice cream!
>
>Sly
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