Yellowstone News and Information

  Where to stay when visiting Yellowstone National Park: Best hotels and lodges

The Wolves of Yellowstone and the People Who Watch Them

Mammoth Hot Springs seeing changes, park officials share why

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Hypoliths: Life thriving under the beach-white sinters of Yellowstone's hydrothermal areas While most attention is given to the hot springs, geysers, fumaroles, and mud pots in Yellowstone’s hydrothermal areas, there are lessons just beneath the surface about how life might have taken shape on Earth billions of years ago. Yellowstone  Caldera  Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Dr. Jeff Havig and Professor Trinity Hamilton, researchers in Plant and Microbial Biology and Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Minnesota. A s one walks along the boardwalks in one of the many hydrothermal areas in Yellowstone National Park, there is a feast for the senses—the rotten egg smell of hydrogen sulfide, the blasting spray of geysers, the bubbling and boiling water in hot springs, the hiss of gas escaping fumaroles, the low thumping of mud pots, and the dazzlingly bri...

  Select Yellowstone National Park roads open to public April 21 Visitors: Expect winter conditions       Spring road conditions 2023         NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date:  April 13, 2023 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Beginning at 8 a.m. Friday, April 21, 2023, select roads in Yellowstone National Park will open to the public, weather permitting. Roads routinely open this time of year and remain open until Nov.1, when they close in preparation for the winter season.   On Saturday, April 22, entrance fees will be waived in celebration of  National Park Week . Roads open April 21   West Entrance (West Yellowstone, Montana) to Old Faithful (via Madison Junction) Mammoth Hot Springs to Old Faithful (via Norris Junction and Madison Junction) Norris Junction to Canyon Village Additional  park roads  will open throughout May, weather permitting. The park's North Entr...

  Yellowstone National Park’s Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel spring 2023 opening delayed; Flood-damaged wastewater system still being completed      Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel with Sepulcher Mountain       NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date:  April 12, 2023 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park’s Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel spring 2023 opening has been delayed until the wastewater treatment system in the area is completed and operational. Due to the heavy winter and difficult construction conditions, the new system will not be operational by April 28 as originally planned, the scheduled Mammoth Hotel opening date. The park is working closely with contractors to complete the project as quickly as possible.   The  hotel closed  immediately after the 2022  historic June flood  because of damage to the area’s wastewater system. The North Entrance (Gardiner, Montana...

  2023 spring bicycling between Yellowstone National Park’s West Entrance and Mammoth Hot Springs begins April 7 Cyclists - Anticipate higher than usual snowbanks and stressed wildlife on roads; Do not crowd or push wildlife on roads and be prepared to wait or turn around      Bison walking on road in spring        NPS/Jacob Frank News Release Date:  April 5, 2023 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Beginning Friday, April 7, bicyclists willing to brave the  unpredictable weather  of spring in Yellowstone National Park can ride 49 miles between the West Entrance in West Yellowstone, Montana, and Mammoth Hot Springs. The following  roads  between the West Entrance and Mammoth Hot Springs will open to bicycling: West Entrance to Madison Junction Madison Junction to Norris Junction Norris Junction to Mammoth Hot Springs As conditions allow, bicycles will also be permitted from the Ea...

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The Mount Washburn hike in Yellowstone National Park with kids! 

Mass Yellowstone Hunt Kills 1150 Bison