DB Rea wrote:

On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:53:00 -0500, Conan The Librarian wrote:

Be prepared for anything from clear weather with temperatures in the
upper 70's or 80's, to overcast and near freezing. I was fishing the
Firehole at Biscuit Basin in early September when a freak snowstorm blew
through. It didn't last, but it sure added to the ambience.

First, a confession. I've lived within a couple of hundred miles of the
park all of my life, yet have never fished there.

Good gawd, man ... you shouldn't be admitting something like that on
this group.

So with that out of the
way, here's a little experience with the seasonal weather.

Conan is in the ballpark about the range of wx conditions, but stretch it
out on both ends by a few tens of degrees. After Labor Day until the snow
starts to STICK is the best time of year in Yellowstone, but be equipped
for anything from 90 to well below freezing.

That doesn't surprise me. The conditions I described where what I
experienced in *one* trip. :-)

It can snow (and has) any day
of the year in Yellowstone. Probably won't get those road-closing feet of
snow in any given storm until at least mid-October.

Some cousins of mine were trapped at Old Faithful Inn for three days a few
years ago in mid-October. Radio reception there is not great, there's one
fuzzy channel on the tv, no satellite service, no cable, but an awful lot
of old decks of cards and board games and a piano in the lobby. They and
about a hundred of their new friends from all around the world spent quite
a bit of time playing checkers and gin and whatever until the plows could
get the roads open.

I can think of worse fates than that. :-)


Chuck Vance (though I'd prefer to be *drinking* gin rather than
playing it)