Road Construction Projects

• Stop your car, roll down the windows, turn off your engine, smell the pines, and relax!
• Look for "photographic opportunities." It's a great year for brilliantly-colored wildflowers.
• Listen for Yellowstone's famous songbirds.
• Meet your neighbors, exchange stories, and the latest wildlife sightings.

Yellowstone National Park Road Construction Updates (click to view Yellowstone Roads)

NOTE: During the fall season, visitors to Yellowstone can expect to encounter winter driving conditions. Travelers should be prepared for blowing snow and icy roads. These conditions can temporarly close parks roads. Visitors can call the 24-hour road information line at (307) 344-2117

Norris-Madison Gibbon Canyon Project

• Beginning August 17, 2009 this section of road is closed for the remainder of the summer and fall seasons. This includes a total closure between Artist Paint Pots through Gibbon Canyon to the Tuff Cliff Picnic Area just north of Madison Junction. (This includes the Monument Trailhead.)
• During this full closure, anglers will be allowed to access the Gibbon River between Artist Paint Pots to the bridge north of the Monument Geyser Basin trailhead, and from one mile south of Gibbon Falls to the Tuff Cliff Picnic area, as long as they don’t walk on, along, or near the road.
• The road will be open for snowmobile and snowcoach travel for the December 15 scheduled start of the 2009-2010 winter season.
• Despite the closure, park visitors will still be able to travel to and between all major locations in the park. However, it may take more time than normal to travel between some locations during this time.

• The Beartooth Highway is CLOSED for the winter season. Travel between Red Lodge and the Northeast Entrance is not possible on Highway 212 until it opens again in the spring.
• Beartooth Highway updates: (888) 285-4636

• Yellowstone Park updates: (307) 344-2117
• Canyon Area:  New travel pattern on North Rim Drive, one way, south to north.
• South Entrance to Jackson: Construction also occurring south of Yellowstone with 30 minute delays and possible night closures; call (307) 739-3614 for updates.

• October 13, 2009, Roads close to the public at Tower Falls to Canyon Jct. and Long Lake via Beartooth Pass to the Montana State line. (GATES CLOSE at 8:00 AM).
• November 2, 2009 - all park roads close to the public at 8:00 AM except from the North Entrance to Upper Mammoth Terrace, and Mammoth via Tower Junction to Northeast Entrance. Cooke City via Colter Pass to the Long Lake gate is not maintained for wheeled vehicle travel.
• December 15, 2009 - Most roads (including the West Entrance in West Yellowstone) open to oversnow travel (weather and snow conditions permitting).

• Bridge and road work in process from the three miles south of the Big Sky Junction (MT-64).
• Montana Highway updates: (800) 226-7623 or visit www.mdt511.com

• Reduced (35 mph) speeds and detour onto temporary bridge.