Vail Access

[murph13]

Does anyone know which gates will be open tommorrow.  I walk in from a closed gate and was wondering how long it will take for the masses to get to my area.  If the only open gate is the vail side, I will be alone for quite awhile. Thanks

[7mm ed]

the steamplant gate will be open and i think thier opening northfork 6am

[BlackRidge]

the steamplant gate will be open and i think theyre opening northfork 6am

Yup, around an hour before shooting light

[murph13]

Hey thanks guys, sounds like the rigs will be rolling in shortly after shooting light then......not what I was hoping for......

[Hunterman]

You'd better be in line yesterday if plan on hunting before noon...

Hunterman(Tony)

[pwdr-brnr]

maulqueen gate opens @ 6:00 a.m.(thats where game check usually sits) a lot of weyco,. employees are already camped in there..good luck to all

[Ridgerunner]

CAn't wait to hear the report, one of these years I need to check it out for myself, I hear all the stories about how crowded it is, just doesn't seem like it could be all that popular but maybe it is. 

[bobcat]

Well out of all the hunters in the Puget Sound area, probably half of them that don't go to eastern Washington, go to Vail. That's how crowded it is.   

[7mag.]

I'm glad I've never been there. Sounds like a great place.....to avoid.

[BigGoonTuna]

never hunted it, but i can remember driving up to the skookumchuck river to look around on a weekday morning during modern season  it reminded me of the banks of the puyallup river during a humpy run.

[trapperguy22]

does anyone know are they opening north fork sunday morning?

[Rdnkgirl88]

nope. they only open the main line and the E 150 gate.

[toothfangclaw]

I was there today. It was busy, no doubt, but it didn't seem as bad as I've been reading.

[bobcat]

I was there today. It was busy, no doubt, but it didn't seem as bad as I've been reading.

So how many deer did you see?

[PolarBear]

I saw one Jeep in Rainier with 4 guys in it and a tiny deer on one of those trailer hitch mounted cargo baskets that came out of Vail.