Roads in Yellowstone National Park will open to the public for travel by snow coaches and snowmobiles on Sunday. Visitors will be able to travel the park’s interior roads on commercially-guided snowmobiles and snow-coaches from the North, West, and South Entrances.
Visitors who have proper permits can also take non-commercially guided snowmobile trips. However, the East Entrance Road over Sylvan Pass won’t open for over-snow travel until Sunday, December 22nd. Meanwhile, the road from the park’s North Entrance at Gardiner, Montana, through Mammoth Hot Springs to Cooke City, Montana, is plowed and open to wheeled-vehicle travel all year.
Old Faithful Visitor Education Center, Geyser Grill, and Bear Den Gift Shop and Ski Shop will open Sunday, and Old Faithful Snow Lodge and Cabins and Obsidian Dining Room will open Monday. To the north, Mammoth Hotel, Mammoth Hotel Map Room Barista/Bar, Dining Room, Terrace Grill, Mammoth Gift Shop and Ski Shop will also open for the season Sunday.
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