![]() The openings for other services has changed as well.Īnd, if you do go this weekend, be prepared for very, very limited services. ![]() Things seem to change often for instance, the status of the Old Faithful Inn Dining Room has changed from being closed for all of 2021 to potentially opening down the line, with a date to be determined. If you’re planning an April or March visit, peruse the new listings closely. We’ve updated our 2021 Yellowstone Opening and Closing Datespage to reflect some new opening and closing dates for the spring for Park services from multiple concessionaires. May 14: South Entrance to West Thumb, Lake Village to West Thumb, West Thumb to Old Faithful (Craig Pass), Tower Junction to Tower Fall.Īnd, of course, the road between the North Entrance and Mammoth Hot Springs to the Northeast Entrance and eventually Cooke City is open all year.May 7: Tower Junction to Calcite Springs.May 7: East Entrance to Lake Village (Sylvan Pass), Canyon Village to Lake Village.April 16: West Entrance to Madison Junction, Mammoth Hot Springs to Old Faithful, Norris to Canyon Village.Weather permitting, here’s the opening schedule for when the Yellowstone roads open: And we’ll continue to need to make future investments to protect the investments that we’re making today to prevent them from deteriorating into the future.Yellowstone roads open this Friday, when western portions of the Grand Loop road will allow motorized traffic at 8 a.m. “And at the same time, understanding that we’ll continue to have deferred maintenance needs. “We are doing the very best that we can to protect the infrastructure of this park,” he said. “Thanks to funding from Congress, the Great American Outdoors Act has provided a significant amount of funding to parks here in Wyoming,” said Jenkins.Īt the celebration of the opening of the Old Faithful Inn earlier this month, Sholly noted that construction projects such as these are absolutely necessary. Jenkins and Sholly both praised Congress for making road construction projects like these possible – especially considering the increased traffic that the Parks have witnessed in recent years. “That’s the road that goes from Moose, where park headquarters in the visitor center is, to the Jackson Hole resort village.” “The largest project that we have going on at Grand Teton this summer is the wholesale reconstruction of part of the Moose-Wilson Road,” said Chip Jenkins, Superintendent of Grand Teton National Park. However, other popular routes in the Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks will be undergoing reconstruction this summer. Two other scenic drives in the area - the Beartooth Highway just northeast of the Park, and Highway 14A over the northern Big Horn Mountains - will also open for the season. More Road Openingsĭunraven Pass won’t be the only scenic route opening Friday. The pass on the Grand Loop Road between Tower and Canyon was named for the nearby mountain. Gannett was inspired by Lord Dunraven’s 1876 book, The Great Divide, in which Dunraven devoted over 150 pages to Yellowstone, after his participation in a hunting expedition there in 1874. Nearby Dunraven Peak was named in 1878 by Henry Gannett, a geographer working with the U.S. The 6-mile road, which splits off from the Grand Loop Road, leads to Mount Washburn and connects Tower Junction with the Canyon developed area. ![]() The pass, at 8,859 feet, is the highest pass in Yellowstone. “We’re excited to be able to tell people they can venture back to there,” said Katrina Wiese, the CEO of the West Yellowstone Chamber of Commerce. There will be an official ribbon cutting at noon on Friday.Īnd it’s not just Cody leaders who are anxiously awaiting the opening of Dunraven Pass. The opening of the road will be celebrated by Park staff, as well as Cody community leaders, as the area is closest to the East Entrance of Yellowstone. ![]() “Once again, the circle between Cody, Cooke City (Montana), Lamar Valley, Dunraven and back to Cody will be back open,” Sholly said. Since 2020, with Dunraven Pass closed, anyone traveling the northern loop of roads in Yellowstone has had to go miles out of their way to access the Northeast Entrance from the south or east. “This is a section of road that hasn’t been worked on since the 1930s,” he said. Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly said the work was sorely needed. It’s been closed for the last two years as part of a $28 million improvement project. It’s been a while since drivers could use the road. ![]() The pass that is named in his honor, which is the highest altitude road in Yellowstone National Park, will open for the first time in two years on Friday, with all the pomp and circumstance befitting the Anglo-Irish nobleman for whom the nearby Dunraven Peak is named. The Fourth Earl of Dunraven would be pleased. ![]()
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