Yellowstone Opens for the Winter Season Sunday
Yellowstone National Park will open to the public for the winter season as scheduled on December 15. Park spokesman dan hottle says Beginning at 7:00 a.m. Sunday morning, visitors will be able to travel to the park’s interior roads on commercially guided snowmobiles or snowcoaches from the North, West and South Entrances. Spokesman Dan Hottle says travel through the park’s East Entrance over Sylvan Pass is scheduled to begin December 22. The road from the park’s North Entrance at Gardiner, Montana, through Mammoth Hot Springs and on to Cooke City, Montana, outside the park’s Northeast Entrance is open to wheeled vehicle travel all year.
Hottle says they received a good deal of snow over the past few weeks. He says park staff members will continue to closely monitor road conditions and weather forecasts that can have an impact on roadways and guided oversnow travel operations. Weather during the winter season is extremely unpredictable in Yellowstone and road closures or delays can occur with little or no warning. Visitors are reminded to come prepared by carrying personal emergency survival equipment in their vehicles and dressing appropriately for outside activities in extremely cold weather.