Yellowstone Grizzly RV Park
West Yellowstone, MT
We have stayed at Grizzly several times, and it's always an enjoyable place to stay. With about 300 sites they get a lot of business, and this time was no different. From previous stays we know that there are different levels of sites at different price points, depending on amenities you want. We chose a motorhome friendly site that was a pull through, had a cement patio, and a concrete strip that ran the full length of the site next to the gravel parking pad. That way no matter where your exit door wound up you would always step out onto a concrete walkway. But like everything else, the better the site, the more you pay for it. Our 50 amp FHU site was about $95 a night including taxes and fees. The site was spacious, had a nice manicured grass area and a mature tree that provided shade in the afternoons to sit outside and enjoy the weather.
There are several restrooms with showers throughout the park, and all are in good shape and handicapped accessible. One of the complaints we had read from previous reviewers was the lack of cell signal in the park. The park does offer free Wifi for basic internet use, but it is not guaranteed at every site. Our T-Mobile router worked well here though, and the newer 5G equipment worked best. I speed tested both the older router with the older 4G LTE bands, and the newer router that had both 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz bands. As expected the newer bands were much faster and more reliable than the older router bands. A few different cell signal apps I use identified the main usage band as band 66. We were able to surf and stream easily, but there were periods of some buffering in times of heavy usage, like around dinner time. The pic below shows the differences in Wifi speeds with different equipment. The top line is our older 4G router with older bands. The next two lines are the new router with the new bands. The middle test is the 5Ghz band.
The park has a store on site, a pavilion for groups, and playground for kids. A pet walk area is all around the outside perimeter of the park, and is easily accessible through several openings in the fence.
One feature I didn't get to work was the park cable. Apparently it didn't like my antenna booster system on the OTA antenna, and it interfered with the channel search. But we usually just streamed for our entertainment needs, so the loss of cable was not an issue.
A big benefit of this park is it location to the west gate entry of Yellowstone park. At just 4 blocks away you can be there in minutes, but that is all dependent on the amount of traffic waiting to get into the park. They usually had 4 entry stations open, and one being on the far right that is just for pass holders and prepaid entries. The other three lines were for passes or persons paying cash or buying passes for entry. The longest we waited in line to get in was about 10 minutes, as the park personnel do their best to keep the lines moving.
Once inside the park all bets were off as crowds at favorite geologic attractions could be packed, or even a sudden “animal jamb” could stall traffic for ˝ to a full hour while spectators scrambled for views and pictures of various roaming wildlife.
The park is also very close to all of the West Yellowstone downtown area, and can be easily accessible by walking or bike. Although the crowds could be tough at times, I highly recommended putting Yellowstone park on your bucket list. Just leave lots of time as there is an amazing amount of stuff to see.
Diane's blog was just posted with tons of pics and info on the visit.
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