Combine Glacier NP with Yellowstone and Grand Teton?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know your family best and your tolerance for driving, but that is a LOT of time in the car. For context, Portland, Maine is about the same distance from DC as Grand Teton is to Glacier.

We did Yellowstone/Tetons a few years ago and loved it but there is some park fatigue also- it will be more special if you don’t try to do too much in one trip.

I bet the drive between Grand Teton and Glacier is prettier than the Jersey Turnpike.

[Anonymous]

We spent about 10 days in Grand Teton and Yellowstone last summer and then a week in Glacier this summer. I liked having the time to really explore each park separately and it would've been too much for my family in one trip. Both trips were really great though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know your family best and your tolerance for driving, but that is a LOT of time in the car. For context, Portland, Maine is about the same distance from DC as Grand Teton is to Glacier.

We did Yellowstone/Tetons a few years ago and loved it but there is some park fatigue also- it will be more special if you don’t try to do too much in one trip.

I bet the drive between Grand Teton and Glacier is prettier than the Jersey Turnpike.

No doubt! But it’s still a lot of time in the car.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Literally just did it a few weeks ago. It certainly depends on your family’s tolerance for driving, but it is doable and I didn’t think it was overly exhausting.

We did a version where we added in Utah. I flew into SLC a day early, rented the car, and drove up to meet the rest of the family who flew directly to Glacier Airport in Kalispell/Whitefish. 4 nights there and then did the drive down to West Yellowstone for two nights and did the west side of the park, and two nights at Canyon Village on the east side. Did a drive and stop at the Tetons and then down to SLC for everyone to fly home. I would have liked another day to explore the Tetons more, but the 4 and 4 for Glacier and Yellowstone was good.

If you are not price-sensitive, there is a better version where you fly into Kalispell and out of Jackson. Airfare and the car will run you more, but fewer nights would be needed to do the same trip.

We did exactly this including the SLC piece. It’s a lot of driving but was worth it.

[Anonymous]

Did the drive from Glacier to Big Sky. It was soo much further than we realized. Our kids were little so by the time we got to Big sky we bailed on Yellowstone. We were exhausted. If kids are older it’s probably fine. I think we were just unprepared

[Anonymous]

I drove DC to Chicago, to the Black Hills, to Yellowtone/Grand Teton, to RMNP, and back home. It was a memorable trip especially with all the tiny America in between. So it just depends on your tolerance for driving. This would be easy if you’re ok with it what you’re describing.