Yellowstone News and Information

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  NEWS RELEASE Yellowstone National Park's winter season begins Dec. 15, 2023 Top things for visitors to know about a winter visit Snowcoach along the Madison River with bison NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date:  December 13, 2023 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park’s winter season begins Friday, Dec. 15. Annually from mid-December until mid-March, visitors can travel most of the park’s roads from the West, South, East and North entrances by approved  commercially guided snowmobiles and snowcoaches  and via the  non-commercially guided snowmobile access program . Currently, there is limited snowfall on roads in the eastern, western and northern parts of the park. This means that visitors will be able to travel in the park, however, the type of transportation used on park roads by commercially guided snowmobile or snowcoach tour companies will depend on road conditions. Throughout the winter season, park staff will work

  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 East Entrance to the east end of Sylvan Pass (6 miles). Check the  biking we

  Yellowstone National Park 2023 road improvement projects $216 million invested to improve safety, access and experience on park roads Lewis River Bridge                                                                                               NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date:  March 27, 2023 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – There will be four major road improvement projects in Yellowstone National Park in 2023. All four projects will cause  delays  (Lewis River Bridge, Old Faithful to West Thumb, Yellowstone River Bridge and Northeast Entrance Road). It’s important that visitors plan accordingly for these delays located along the park’s southern and northern road corridors.  The park's North Entrance (Gardiner, Montana) and Northeast Entrance (Silver Gate and Cooke City, Montana) are open to all traffic with no restrictions. Both road corridors were repaired after last year's  historic flood event . The National Park Service (NPS)

  NEWS RELEASE Nearly all entrances and roads in Yellowstone National Park will be closed Nov. 1; Last day to enjoy most of the park will be Oct. 31           NPS / Jacob W. Frank MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – The West, South and East entrances and nearly all roads in Yellowstone National Park will be closed to regular vehicle traffic Nov. 1. The park annually closes roads at this time of year to prepare them for the  winter season  and  snowmobile and snowcoach  travel, which will begin Dec. 15. The last day for visitors to drive most roads will be Monday, Oct. 31.     Park roads that will be closed Nov. 1 include:  Mammoth Hot Springs to Norris  Norris to Canyon Village   Canyon Village to Lake Village   East Entrance to Lake Village (Sylvan Pass)    Lake Village to West Thumb   South Entrance to West Thumb   West Thumb to Old Faithful (Craig Pass)  Old Faithful to Madison   West Entrance to Madison    Madison to Norris  Tower Junction to Canyon Junction (Dunraven Pass) closed for the se

  NEWS RELEASE Yellowstone visitation statistics for September 2022;  Commemorate 150 Years of Yellowstone News Release Date:  October 17, 2022 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park hosted 567,587 recreation visits in September 2022. This is a 36% decrease from September 2021 (882,078 recreational visits), the most-visited September on record, and an 18% decrease from September 2019 (693,118) which was the last year before COVID. On June 13, all entrances to Yellowstone National Park closed due to  historic flooding . Park visitors were evacuated over the next 24 hours. On June 22, the East, South and West entrances to the park reopened on a limited entry basis. On July 2, entry restrictions on the East, South and West entrances were removed. The North (Gardiner, Montana) and Northeast (Cooke City/Silver Gate, Montana) entrances remained closed to visitor vehicle traffic through September. Visitors traveling to the park in the co

Yellowstone National Park scrambles to meet road reopening deadline

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The melting roads of Yellowstone National Park  Perhaps you’ve heard the legend of the melting roads in Yellowstone National Park.  The rumor is based in truth but, as you might expect, badly misrepresented.  It has nothing to do with potential volcanic activity; rather, thermal ground and asphalt don’t play well together and pose a considerable challenge for road maintenance and engineering. Yellowstone  Caldera  Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Michael Poland, geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey and Scientist-in-Charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. No doubt you’ve heard the story—roads have melted in Yellowstone National Park, which is supposedly evidence that the region is “heating up” and that a volcanic eruption is imminent.  This story gained a lot of traction in 2014—that was the year of a magnitude-4.8 earthquake (the largest to have occurred in Y

  Yellowstone National Park flood recovery: Change to access from the Northeast Entrance into the park It’s critical that visitors traveling to the park stay informed about what’s open and closed. MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Major construction repairs will begin substantially on Tuesday, Aug. 2. Contractors will be working on all damaged sections of the park’s Northeast Entrance Road near Cooke City/Silver Gate, Montana. This requires alterations to the closures on the road. The road had previously been open to bicyclists and pedestrian traffic to Barronette Meadow. Due to significant work beginning on the road this week, the road will be closed near the Warm Creek Trailhead and picnic area. This will still afford access to visitors and residents but will provide room for construction work to begin, including staging of equipment and materials needed to make repairs. It is estimated that repairs will be completed by Oct. 15, facilitating traffic between the park and Cooke City/Silver Gat