Yellowstone To Open For Winter

Above, Lower Yellowstone Fall. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Yellowstone National Park issued a news release to announce the start of their winter season. It was posted by the East Idaho News.

The release reads in part:

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyoming — At 8 a.m. Saturday, December 15, select roads in Yellowstone National Park will open to the public for motorized oversnow travel. 

Visitors will be able to travel the park’s interior roads on commercially-guided snowmobiles and snowcoaches from the West and South Entrances. Visitors who have proper permits can also participate in the non-commercially guided snowmobile trips. 

Travel between the North Entrance and Swan Lake Flat will be limited to commercially-guided snowcoaches. This section will remain closed to visitor snowmobile use until more snow accumulates on the road. Plan accordingly and stay informed. 

Travel from the park’s East Entrance over Sylvan Pass is scheduled to begin Friday, Dec. 22, depending on weather. 

The road from the park’s North Entrance at Gardiner, Montana, through Mammoth Hot Springs to Cooke City, Montana, is open to wheeled vehicle travel all year.

To read more, go here.