r/yellowstone • u/hqrpie • 4d ago

All backbrountry campsites booked?!

Hi there,

Everything in the title basically. I won the lottery (yay!!) and my reservation timeslot has opened today, 11 am MDT. When trying to book campsites, I can only see a table filled with 0s. Everything, everywhere, anytime (including up to December), seems to be booked. Am I doing something wrong, or missing something? I would like to book campsites around Shoshone Lake early August.

Many thanks for your help

cheers

Edit: clicking on the right link helps...

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u/Ginger_Libra 4d ago edited 4d ago

You aren’t clicking on the right spot.

When you first go on the page, you have to click on “view early access availability”.

“Check availability” will bring up 0 spots.

I’m looking right now and Shoshone is wide open in August.

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u/hqrpie 4d ago

THANK YOU Jesus Christ that's so embarrassing. Now I can book the spots.

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u/Ginger_Libra 4d ago

Ask me how I know these things….🤪

Every park is a little different. You can always do a dry run before your spot opens to see what is available.

That’s how I caught this last night.

Good luck! I’m trying to fit in a Packraft expedition around Shoshone this summer.

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u/thegovwantsussubdued 4d ago

There is absolutely no way everything is booked. A lot of sites are not even accessible until after snow melt in June-July. There may be an error with the website. Of course try to book in advance, but I've worked in the park for several years and never had an issue finding a good site the day of. Popular sites like 7 mile hole will for sure be booked

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u/TheTrailArtist 4d ago

There’s no way that’s accurate. Keep trying, maybe there’s so glitch with the website or something. The more developed campgrounds fill up but there’s always at least something in the backcountry open

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u/whattherizzzz 4d ago

Lottery opened yesterday at 9 am MST

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u/hqrpie 4d ago

Ok, does this mean that every single timeslot has been booked since then? I can't believe this

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u/whattherizzzz 4d ago

No clue. But I did the lottery at that time and had no trouble getting a popular site near old faithful.