Favorite National Park you have visited
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OtherHautes-Pyrénées
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OtherMt Blanc -- Chamonix
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I’m currently in Yosemite.
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OtherAngels landing at Zion is my favorite hike of any.
Arches is the most unique of any imo. Crazy rock formations and a lot of them look like huge dildos which is always fun.
Grand Teton though is my favorite in the country because of the mountains, lakes and wildlife. Seeing moose and grizzlies up close is awesome. -
Yellowstone - BRB, Old Faithful
I've seen moose pretty close at Grand Teton and Yellowstone. Never seen a grizz in the wild. How close/scared were you? Were you strapped?AtomicDawg said:Angels landing at Zion is my favorite hike of any.
Arches is the most unique of any imo. Crazy rock formations and a lot of them look like huge dildos which is always fun.
Grand Teton though is my favorite in the country because of the mountains, lakes and wildlife. Seeing moose and grizzlies up close is awesome. -
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Grizzlies scare the shit out of me. 2 were in the meadow across from Jenny lake turn off. Saw them safely from the road.dnc said:
I've seen moose pretty close at Grand Teton and Yellowstone. Never seen a grizz in the wild. How close/scared were you? Were you strapped?AtomicDawg said:Angels landing at Zion is my favorite hike of any.
Arches is the most unique of any imo. Crazy rock formations and a lot of them look like huge dildos which is always fun.
Grand Teton though is my favorite in the country because of the mountains, lakes and wildlife. Seeing moose and grizzlies up close is awesome.
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Olympic - #TeamJacob or #TeamEdward?We took a trip out to Bella Coola, BC when I was a kid. We had stopped along the Atnarko river and I was fishing a big gravel bar. I heard some rustling in the brush, and a grizzly cub popped out on the bar and looked at me.
I immediately grabbed my shit and beat feet back to the camper. About 2 minutes later, the sow came out of the brush - I bet that bear was 7-800 pounds. It wandered around a while, tore the shit out of a rotten log, then they both rambled back into the brush.
I decided not to fish there any more. My mom got a great photo of the sow and cub - it was framed on the wall at our house for years.
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The thing I dig about the Smokies is how non-Western it is. But I like most things Southern. Plus, I've timed it to pump gas for the Ford Bronco fest there a couple of times.dnc said:
Good chit on Voyageurs. Looking forward to it and Isle Royale.IPukeOregonGrellow said:I’m a fan of the Smokey Mountains for it’s combination of hiking, history and freeness. The abandoned hillbilly farms are cool and Gaitlinburg and Asheville are cool drinking towns.
Redwood is the best on the West Coast.
Voyageurs is probably the most underrated one and also the one that takes the biggest physical toll on your body portaging canoes from lake to lake.
I’ve been to the smokies more than any of them. Gatlinburg and Asheville are very cool in different ways and GSMNP is pretty but they just can’t compare to the mountains out west for me. I know it’s not fair to compare them but it’s hard not to. Shenandoah is similar but a full step down.
The key for Voyageurs (and I'd imagine Isle Royale, though I've only made it to Marquette in extreme Northern Michigan and not the three-day dinghy to the park) is timing it so there's enough night sky to see the Aurora Borealis but it's also not Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald weather. May or September, really. -
Mt Rainier - DoogItUp.gifLeast favorite park was probably Shenandoah. Drive an hour west into WV and the scenery is much better.
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Yellowstone - BRB, Old Faithful
Yeah I think Shenandoah is at the bottom of my list as well, just below Hot Springs and Gateway Arch which got an undeserved promotion to NP status.huskyhooligan said:Least favorite park was probably Shenandoah. Drive an hour west into WV and the scenery is much better.
