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Yellowstone National Park

Operating Hours & Seasons

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Check News Releases or Current Conditions for any unscheduled entrance closures due to adverseweather conditions.

Please refer to our Opening and Closing Dates for Facilities and Road Construction Scheduleregarding closures not related to the weather.

Check here for Visitor Center dates and hours.

ROAD OPENING AND CLOSING DATES

Some Park Areas, Entrances & Roads are Not Open Year-round!!

Summer:

Park Areas, Entrances and Roads open on different dates. Detailed information is listed above and on theOpening and Closing Dates for Facilities . The Summer Season runs from approximately mid-April to thebeginning of November.

Visit the Opening and Closing Dates for Facilities for additional scheduled opening and closing dates forAreas, Campgrounds, Entrances, Lodging, Roads, and more.

Fall Road Closures:

October 14, 2008: Roads close to the public at Tower Fall to Canyon Jct. and Long Lake via

Beartooth Pass to the Montana Stateline. (GATES CLOSE AT 8 A.M.).November 3, 2008: all park roads closed to the public at 8 a.m. except from the North Entrance toUpper Mammoth Terrace, and Mammoth via Tower Junction to Northeast Entrance. Cooke City viaColter Pass to the Long Lake gate is not maintained for wheeled vehicle travel.

Fall: Fall weather is unpredictable; roads may be closed temporarily by snow or other weather conditions.Snow tires or chains may be required. Please Note: The section of the Beartooth Highway (Highway212), between the junction of Highway 296 and Red Lodge, Montana, closes in winter on a scheduledetermined by amount of snowfall. Travel between Red Lodge and the Northeast Entrance is notpossible on Highway 212 until it opens again in the spring.

2008-2009 Winter Oversnow Vehicle Road Opening and Closing Schedule

December 15, 2008- Roads open to oversnow travel (except North to Northeast Entrance which isopen year-round to wheeled vehicles).2008-2009 Winter Road Map

Park roads close to oversnow travel at

9:00 pm on Sunday March 1, 2009: Mammoth to Norris Junction9:00 pm on Tuesday March 3, 2009: Norris Junction to Madison Junction and Norris Junction toCanyon9:00 pm on Sunday March 8, 2009: All groomed roads in the park are closed

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Refer to Winter Daily Weather Reports for information about temperatures, snowfall, road conditionsand Sylvan Pass.

Winter: The season runs from approximately mid-December to mid-March. The only park road thatremains open to wheeled-vehicle use year-round is the road from the North Entrance at Gardiner,Montana, to the Northeast Entrance at Silver Gate and Cooke City, Montana. Snow tires and/or chainsmay be required. Only over-snow vehicles are allowed on other park roads.

Spring:

The North Entrance to Northeast Entrance at Silver Gate and Cooke City, Montana is open all year.Please note that this road is closed to east/west travel just east of Cooke City from late fall to early spring.

Once an Entrance/Road opens, it is open 24 hours a day. The only exceptions are caused by roadconstruction and weather-related restrictions.

Roads will open to motorized, wheeled vehicles as follows:

April 17, 2009West side roads open to motor vehicles. Mammoth to Norris Junction to MadisonJunction to Old Faithful; Madison Junction to West Entrance; Norris Junction to CanyonMay 1, 2009Canyon to Lake; Lake to East EntranceMay 8, 2009Tower to Tower Fall; Lake to West Thumb; West Thumb to Old Faithful; South toOld Faithful. Cooke City via Colter Pass to the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway intersection to theLong Lake gate shall be open as soon thereafter as possible.May 22 (if snow and plow conditions allow): Tower Falls to Canyon via Dunraven Pass; Long LakeGate to Red Lodge via Beartooth Pass.

Spring: Before park roads open to motorized vehicles, some roads are open to non-motorized recreationalvehicles such as bicycles, roller skis, and roller blades. There will be some administrative vehicles travelingthe roads at this time so be careful. See the Spring Biking Page for a map and more information.

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Did You Know?You cannot fish from Fishing Bridge. Until 1973 this was a very popular fishinglocation since the bridge crossed the Yellowstone River above a cutthroat troutspawning area. It is now a popular place to observe fish.

Last Updated: June 25, 2008 at 14:16 EST

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