Most Yellowstone Roads to Close on Monday

The roads to many popular Yellowstone destinations will close to automobile travel in a few days as the park begins preparing for the winter season.

Yellowstone spokesman Dan Hottle says the only road in the park which is open to wheeled vehicle travel all year is the section from the North Entrance at Gardiner, Montana, through Mammoth Hot Springs, Tower Junction and the Lamar Valley on to the park’s Northeast Entrance and the communities of Cooke City and Silver Gate, Montana.

Hottle says all other roads will close for the season at 8:00 a.m. Monday, November 4, so park staff members can begin preparing the roads for limited, commercially guided snowmobile and snowcoach travel beginning December 15th.

At Mammoth Hot Springs, the Yellowstone General Store, Post Office, medical clinic, campground and visitor center remain open all year. Pay-at-the pump fuel is available 24 hours a day all year at all park service stations.