Friday, April 21, 2017

Open Today

SOME PLOWING DONE
West Entrance Open
bears, bison abound
WALLPAPER:  SPRING ROAD HAZARDS
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.. It's "EARTH DAY" and the West Entrance to Yellowstone National Park is open for business.
WALLPAPER:  YELLOWSTONE, WEST ENTRANCE
.. The National Park Service has released it's  schedule for Spring openings of roads and facilities.
.. The schedule is tentative for interior roads and the area just outside the park and into the wilds beyond Cooke City.
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The major road opening dates are:
April 21: Mammoth to Old Faithful; Madison to West Entrance; Norris to Canyon.
May 5: Canyon Junction to Lake; Lake to East Entrance (Sylvan Pass).
May 12: Lake to West Thumb, West Thumb to Old Faithful (Craig Pass), and South Entrance to West Thumb; Tower Junction to Tower Fall.
May 26: Tower Fall to Canyon Junction (Dunraven Pass)
May 26: Beartooth Highway.
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.. For basic information about lodging, road conditions, fishing, camping, facilities, etc. visit the Yellowstone National Park website. Click around the pages and watch the park unfold.
.. Interior roads and northeast roads will open as close to schedule as possible - depending on snow removal.
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.. We'll be back with our annual opening day report on the west side rivers and other tidbits - film at eleven, (or so.)
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WALLPAPER:  HOT ROAST BEEF SANDWICH