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Yellowstone closed, roads and bridges washed out
From the National Park Service:
UPDATE: June 13, 2022 at 4:32 p.m.
- Please find a video just posted to Flickr that underscores the severity of the situation in Yellowstone National Park. The park’s helicopter manager recorded the video from the park’s helicopter of the Gardner River and portions of the road between Mammoth Hot Springs and the North Entrance through the Gardner Canyon. Segments of the paved road are eroded and washed out in several places due to high water levels.
- Yellowstone will continue to communicate about this hazardous situation as more information is available.
UPDATE: June 13, 2022 at 2:15 p.m.
All entrances to Yellowstone National Park CLOSED temporarily due to heavy flooding, rockslides, extremely hazardous conditions; Stay informed about road status and weather conditions
- Effective immediately, there will be no inbound visitor traffic at any of the five entrances into Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday, June 14, and Wednesday, June 15, at a minimum.
- Stay informed about up-to-date road conditions in Yellowstone:
- Visit Park Roads.
- To receive Yellowstone road alerts on your mobile phone, text “82190” to 888-777 (an automatic text reply will confirm receipt and provide instructions).
- Call (307) 344-2117 for a recorded message.
- Find photos and videos on Flickr of this extremely hazardous situation in Yellowstone National Park.
- Yellowstone will continue to communicate about this hazardous situation as more information is available.
UPDATE: June 13, 2022 at 1:16 p.m.
Statement from superintendent Cam Sholly about all entrances in Yellowstone National Park CLOSED temporarily due to heavy flooding, rockslides, extremely hazardous conditions:
“Due to record flooding events in the park and more precipitation in the forecast, we have made the decision to close Yellowstone to all inbound visitation,” said superintendent Cam Sholly. “Our first priority has been to evacuate the northern section of the park where we have multiple road and bridge failures, mudslides and other issues. The community of Gardiner is currently isolated, and we are working with the county and State of Montana to provide necessary support to residents, who are currently without water and power in some areas. Due to predictions of higher flood levels in areas of the park’s southern loop, in addition to concerns with water and wastewater systems, we will begin to move visitors in the southern loop out of the park later today in coordination with our in-park business partners. We will not know timing of the park’s reopening until flood waters subside and we’re able to assess the damage throughout the park. It is likely that the northern loop will be closed for a substantial amount of time. I appreciate the efforts of the Yellowstone team and partners to safely evacuate areas of the park and of our gateway community partners who are helping us through this major event. We appreciate the support offered by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service and the Montana and Wyoming governors.”
Yellowstone will continue to communicate about this hazardous situation as more information is available.
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YIKES!
Sure wish we’d get some of that water further out west.
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Unfortunately the Yellowstone River is the major tributary to the Upper Missouri. So more flooding in Hilger’s back yard and down the Mississippi … again.
The Corps of Engineers needs to take a look at my idea/proposal to divert high water flows from the Missouri and Arkansas Rivers through a tunnel/canal system to the Colorado.
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I lived and worked in Yellowstone driving a tour bus there. Many of former coworker are having a real tough right now. We were planning on going up for transportation reunion over Labor Day weekend. I know its too early for a decision, but knowing the area, it doesn’t look good. The Lower Loop will probably open first from West Yellowstone, MT to Old Faithful. Then perhaps up to Norris. Considerable damage to the upper loop road. Cooke city and Silver Gate MT are isolated from each other the outside region by road washouts. Gardiner, Yankee Jim Canyon, Cimmaron Basin, Corwin Springs are all isolated by high water on roadways, or damaged or missing bridges.
Theres been a washout of road in Hayden Valley so Lake are to Canyon is impassableThe road from Mammoth Hotsprings to northgate town of GardinerMT travels thru region of mudstone. Normal rainy days its greasy with small slides. Now the Gardiner River has washed away and under cut the road completely in numerous spots. Most supplies/personnel HQ enter park from North Gate.
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C’Bus is your go to guy for anything Yellowstone.
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The latest from Yellowstone. Put out by Cam Sholly, Yellowstone Park Suptintendent and xanterra parks and Lodges
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