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Yellowstone Roads Open for Spring

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Date: May 28, 2010 update info
Time: 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Event Cost: varies
Venue: Yellowstone Roads Open for Spring, Yellowstone National Park,WY
Contact: Yellowstone National Park
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Website: nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/hours.htm
Event Details:

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 road construction and weather-related restrictions.

Roads will open to motorized, wheeled vehicles as follows:

  • April 16, 2010 - Weather permitting, west-side roads open to motor vehicles. Mammoth to Norris Junction to Madison Junction to Old Faithful; Madison Junction to West Entrance. In addition, Norris Junction to Canyon opens to wheeled vehicles.
  • May 7, 2010 - Weather permitting, Canyon to Lake, Lake to East Entrance opens to wheeled vehicles.
  • May 14, 2010 - Tower to Tower Fall opens to wheeled vehicles. Lake to West Thumb, West Thumb to Old Faithful, and South to Old Faithful opens to wheeled vehicles. Cooke City via Colter Pass to the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway intersection to the Long Lake gate shall open as soon thereafter as possible.
  • May 21, 2010 - Long Lake Gate over the Beartooth, and Tower Falls to Canyon will be open.

In the spring, before park roads open to motorized vehicles, some roads are open to non-motorized recreational vehicles such as bicycles, roller skis, and roller blades. There will be some administrative vehicles traveling the roads at this time so be careful.

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