{"id":11688,"date":"2020-05-13T12:52:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T18:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/?p=11688"},"modified":"2020-05-13T15:36:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T21:36:21","slug":"yellowstone-to-open-south-east-gates-may-18-in-phased-reopening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/?p=11688","title":{"rendered":"Yellowstone to open South, East gates May 18 in phased reopening"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11689\" style=\"width: 771px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Opening-COVID-19-Map-2020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Opening-COVID-19-Map-2020-771x797.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Opening-COVID-19-Map-2020.jpg\" width=\"771\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Opening-COVID-19-Map-2020-771x797.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Opening-COVID-19-Map-2020-336x348.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Opening-COVID-19-Map-2020-768x794.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Opening-COVID-19-Map-2020-1485x1536.jpg 1485w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yellowstone National Park will open its South and East Gates on Monday, May 18.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span><span class=\"s1\">CODY, WYO. \u2014 Yellowstone National Park is set to reopen at noon on Monday, May 18, but only through the south and east entrances located in Wyoming. The park\u2019s other three entrances, all in Montana, will open later, at a date to be determined in cooperation with Montana officials. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Early park visitors expecting to catch a glimpse of grizzly bears or Old Faithful Geyser should pack a lunch, as self-serve gas stations and public restrooms are the only services available during what the National Park Service is calling Phase 1 of what will be a phased reopening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Superintendent Cam Sholly said he wants to follow a slow and cautious approach Wednesday, speaking on a conference call with business leaders and elected officials in gateway communities that rely on park visitors for a large portion of their local economies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Initially, only the lower loop of Yellowstone\u2019s Grand Loop Road will be open, allowing access through Jackson and Cody to Grant Village, West Thumb, Old Faithful, Madison, Norris, Canyon, Fishing Bridge, Lake and Bridge Bay. Roads west of Madison and north of Canyon and Norris will be closed to public travel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sholly had said in April that he was hoping for consensus from the states of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming\u2014along with health officials in five counties. But he acknowledged that counties are seeing varying rates of COVID-19 infections, and a staggered approach to opening park entrances may have some advantages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI would prefer that it\u2019s not just a light switch and the park is open and we get inundated and overwhelmed,\u201d he said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Limiting entrances and services is \u201cnot a long-term solution, but it can help inform all of us better in relationship to how we end up opening all five entrances,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sholly said he will defer to Montana Gov. Steve Bullock on when to open entrances in Gardiner, West Yellowstone and Cooke City, but that he didn\u2019t think Montana was \u201cfar behind\u201d Wyoming on opening dates. Wyoming recently lifted quarantine orders for travelers, while they remain in effect in Idaho and Montana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">About 97 percent of Yellowstone is located within Wyoming, but roughly 70 percent of the park\u2019s summer visitors enter through Montana, primarily at Gardiner and West Yellowstone. May is typically the least busy of the summer months through September in Yellowstone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sholly said he has received no political pressure on the decision to reopen, but he acknowledged the economic urgency of opening a park that drives more than $1 billion in regional tourist spending. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe still have four very solid months in front of us,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we do it right, we can still have a very good year economically.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sholly said he will be relying on visitors to take responsibility for their own social distancing, and that he won\u2019t ask rangers to risk their safety to separate people across a park of more than 2.2 million acres.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe need the public to partner with us to protect each other,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Social distancing will be managed in \u201ccertain areas more than others,\u201d but visitors must keep their distance from each other throughout the park, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Beginning May 18, visitors entering through the South and East Gates will be able to access restrooms, self-service gas stations, trails and boardwalks. Commercial tour buses will not be allowed in the early phases of opening.\u00a0Overnight accommodations will be unavailable until later in the season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Campgrounds, backcountry permits, visitor cabins, additional stores, expanded tours, takeout food service, boating, fishing, and visitor centers will remain closed during Phase 1. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Park Service will eventually consider opening additional facilities and services under Phase 2, but no decision has been made on when that will happen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hotels, full-service dining, commercial tour buses, and ranger programs will remain closed until Phase 3, which will occur only when health conditions allow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Park officials said visitors should come prepared to follow all Centers for Disease Control and local health guidance by practicing good hygiene and social distancing. Face coverings are recommended where social distancing is not possible. People who are sick should stay home and not visit the park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Residents in gateway communities have expressed a range of opinions on reopening Yellowstone and adjacent Grand Teton National Park. Many are anxious to start the summer tourist season. Others are concerned that arriving visitors from across the country might spark new clusters of virus cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon had asked Sholly to reopen Yellowstone, and praised the plan unveiled on Wednesday as a move that will \u201chelp reawaken Wyoming\u2019s tourism industry and help get America\u2019s economy up and going again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While Yellowstone typically staggers its spring opening dates over a few weeks in May, based on snow plowing operations, the park hasn\u2019t operated before for an extended period with gates in one state open while closed in another. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The move presents a scenario that could see Wyoming capture some additional early season tourism spending normally bound for Montana. But Montana officials are sure to be watching how the phased opening affects COVID-19 conditions in Wyoming as they consider plans for opening Montana gates to the park. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>For more information, call 307-344-7381 or visit www.nps.gov\/yell or www.nps.gov\/coronavirus.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; CODY, WYO. \u2014 Yellowstone National Park is set to reopen at noon on Monday, May 18, but only through the south and east entrances located in Wyoming. The park\u2019s other three entrances, all in Montana, will open later, at a date to be determined in cooperation with Montana officials. 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