Anyone ever been to Great Basin National Park?

[hatrack]

I saw an article in the paper about it this weekend, and it looked great - towering mountains, bristlecone pine forests, huge caves and a distinct lack of visitors, which sounds right up my alley.

Any input welcome - thanks! ;-)

[Kolesar]

1. One of my coworkers worked there as a plant biologist

He worked for the federal government doing tree surveys in many western locations. He was urging me to make a detour there while I was vacationing in Utah. The mountains are tall enough to get above the treeline and into alpine tundra, I understand.

Have you tried www.nps.gov ?

[Newsjock]

2. Take the Lehman Caves tour

The full version. Highly recommended. Often a waiting list on summer weekends.

If you go hiking, beware -- this is mondo rattlesnake country. But it's certainly not crowded.

Also, buy your goodies and gas long before you get there -- there's nothing except one small town for miles and miles in any direction. And the closest malls are clear back at I-15 way up in Provo.

[joeybee12]

3. Only the very outskirts of it during the winter when most of the park was

closed.

However, I would recommend it just because it is such a contrast to the desert landscape that surrounds it--the park seems to come out of nowhere.

[Bozola]

4. Many times.

Damn darkest nights, and a hell of a long way from anywhere.


One of my favorite parks.

[hatrack]

5. Sounds like my kind of place!

The only question is whether to first go there, or to Theodore Roosevelt National Park - another contender for the "least crowded" crown.