Yellowstone National Park’s North Entrance at Gardiner, Montana, to close Aug.16-17 to foot and bicycle traffic

Yellowstone National Park’s North Entrance at Gardiner, Montana, to close Aug.16-17 to foot and bicycle traffic

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on Aug. 15. It is reproduced in full below.

* A 1-mile stretch of road currently open only to foot and bicycle traffic at Yellowstone National Park’s North Entrance in Gardiner, Montana, will close Aug.16-17 as crews remove a piece of heavy equipment currently in Gardner Canyon.

* This closure will include a quarter mile on either side of the roadway and a section of the Gardner River.

* Anglers who want to fish the Gardner River may do so from the confluence with the Yellowstone River to the section of the Gardner River located directly east of the North Entrance station.

* On Aug.18, access will be available again by bicycle (on paved roadways) and foot through the North Entrance to fish and hike in areas not identified as closed.

* The closure may be lifted earlier if the work is completed ahead of schedule.

* Visitors are reminded that the North Entrance Road that connects Gardiner, Montana, to Mammoth Hot Springs is closed and not drivable due to several washed-out road segments from the historic flood event in June.

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service

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