Sylvan Pass
A 35° Fahenrheit morning surrounded by mist and snowcapped mountains hardly seems like the first day of the summer season, but that didn’t deter a long line of locals and visitors eager to enter Yellowstone National Park on Friday morning. The East Entrance of Yellowstone was scheduled to officially open at 8 a.m. on May…
It may be Yellowstone’s summer season, but avalanches are causing temporary closures of the East Entrance, stopping the already steady flow of tourists. After multiple temporary closures, officials at Yellowstone National Park are advising tourists passing through the East Entrance to anticipate more closures this week. The reason is an increased avalanche danger in the…
Today, Yellowstone National Park opens sections of the Grand Loop Road from the West Entrance to Mammoth Hot Springs – not to vehicles, but bicycles. Starting today, cyclists “willing to brave the unpredictable elements of spring” in Yellowstone National Park can ride the 49 miles of the Grand Loop Road between the West Entrance and Mammoth Hot Springs. The following sections…
The “summer season” for Yellowstone National Park officially ends on Monday, Nov. 8, as most park entrances will close after the first weekend of November. After months of record-breaking attendance, winter has come to Yellowstone National Park. As more snow falls, it becomes increasingly difficult for tourists to traverse the park in their cars, trucks,…
The first major snowfall in Yellowstone National Park temporarily closed significant portions of the Grand Loop Road this weekend – a sign winter is close. On Sunday, Sept. 19, Yellowstone officials announced the temporary closure of a section of the Grand Loop Road. For two and a half hours, the road between Old Faithful and…
Spring has sprung, and Yellowstone National Park is ready to begin another season by opening the only route between the park and the rest of northwest Wyoming. Weather-permitting, the East Entrance Road in Yellowstone National Park opens Friday, May 7 East Entrance to Lake Village (Sylvan Pass) and Lake Village to Canyon Village will open…
If enacted, these changes would change the accessibility of Yellowstone National Park thru both the East and South entrances. The National Park Service has opened a public comment period on the proposal to adjust aspects of the opening and closure dates and times at both of Yellowstone’s Wyoming entrances. These would be adaptations to the…
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