Yellowstone's Historic Mammoth Hotel Undergoing Restoration

Above, the Mammoth Hotel in 2015. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Yellowstone National Park's historic Mammoth Hotel (near Mammoth Hot Springs) is undergoing restoration.

According to KTVQ:

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK - The iconic Mammoth Hotel was built in the 1930s - a time before modern seismic requirements. 

This summer, Yellowstone National Park began a restoration project at the hotel with Phase One completed this fall. 

“We added just about 2,000-square feet of function space, three rooms,” said Michael Keller, general manager of Yellowstone National Park Lodges. “One room can be one large room or broken into two smaller rooms, and then we have a separate boardroom that goes with that. And now we're able to actually do meals, catered events, etc. - the full function services.” 

“There's a lot of steel beams that are hidden inside columns and across other beams that are wrapped in wood so you would never tell they're there but they're there,” said Peter Galindo, park engineer. “This hotel should be good for at least another 100 years." 

Keeping the historic features of Mammoth Hotel was key, right down to the addition of a permanent vestibule and space for the gift shop.

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