{"id":11806,"date":"2022-08-01T18:17:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T00:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/?p=11806"},"modified":"2022-08-01T18:18:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T00:18:11","slug":"11806","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/?p=11806","title":{"rendered":"Washed-out Yellowstone roads may reopen by mid-October"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11804\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11804\" style=\"width: 771px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/52229130012_46154c0e72_k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11804\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/52229130012_46154c0e72_k-771x514.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"771\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/52229130012_46154c0e72_k-771x514.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/52229130012_46154c0e72_k-336x224.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/52229130012_46154c0e72_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/52229130012_46154c0e72_k-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/52229130012_46154c0e72_k-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/52229130012_46154c0e72_k-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/52229130012_46154c0e72_k-1568x1046.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/52229130012_46154c0e72_k-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/52229130012_46154c0e72_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heavy equipment lines the Old Gardiner Road as improvements continue in the wake of June flooding that closed broad sections of road leading from the Montana communities of Gardiner and Cooke City into Yellowstone National Park. (NPS photo\/Jacob W. Frank)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">CODY, WYO. \u2014 The north and northeast entrances to Yellowstone National Park could reopen to general visitor traffic as soon as mid-October if repair work runs according to schedule.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly shared that ambitious construction timeline Monday afternoon on a community conference call with residents and business owners in the Cooke City, Mont. area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sholly also reassured residents of the isolated alpine communities around Cooke City that they would be able to drive to either Gardiner, Mont. or Cody, Wyo. \u201cno matter what happens\u201d with repairs.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Torrential rains and melting snow in mid-June washed out broad sections of the roads leading from Gardiner and Cooke City into the park, leaving those entrances closed and their tourism-dependent economies struggling with devastating economic losses.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sholly said Monday that he has reviewed plans for repairing both roads and has a high confidence level that fixes can be made by contract deadlines of October 15.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI think we\u2019re going to be able to execute this,\u201d he said. \u201cI know how important it is to everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sholly cautioned that the weather might pose the only major unexpected snag in plans, and that heavy snows in September could derail construction schedules.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">But he was scheduled to meet this week with the directors of the departments of transportation from Montana and Wyoming to agree on a plan for plowing an 8-mile section of U.S. Highway 212 east of Cooke City known as \u201cthe plug\u201d if repairs could not be completed in time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt would be foolish to not think about having a plan for plowing the plug in place, just in case,\u201d Sholly said. \u201cBut I think we\u2019re going to hit these timelines. I think we\u2019re going to be fine. No matter what happens, there will be access\u201d out of Cooke City this winter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For decades, the National Park Service has plowed the Northeast Entrance Road through the Lamar Valley, connecting Gardiner and nearby park headquarters in Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo. to the remote mountain communities of Silver Gate and Cooke City, which lie just outside the park\u2019s Northeast Entrance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Wyoming Department of Transportation and Park County, Wyo. have traditionally plowed the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway and a section of U.S. Highway 212 to Pilot Creek, a little more than 4 miles south of the Montana border and just over 8 miles southeast from Cooke City. That has allowed snowmobilers coming from Wyoming to use a parking area at Pilot Creek for parking trucks and trailers, and the 8-mile section of unplowed road to access a network of backcountry trails in the Beartooth Mountains around Cooke City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A newly formed group of regional residents and business owners met last week to advocate for plowing the plug and ensuring continued snowmobile access to trails in the area. The Park Access Recommendation Committee (PARC) expressed concerns last week about repair timelines before Sholly\u2019s announcement Monday, and outlined a goal of building a broader winter tourism economy across the region, connecting the Montana communities of Gardiner, Cooke City and Red Lodge with Cody, Wyo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sholly dismissed a rumor Monday that the Park Service might stop plowing the Northeast Entrance road if Montana and Wyoming plowed the plug.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThis is the first time that\u2019s ever been brought up to me, and I have no intention, no matter what happens, of shutting down access to Yellowstone from Cooke City in the winter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">PARC members said Monday they still plan to meet with state and local officials later this month to make sure the plug is plowed, regardless of the status of road repairs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThis is about our future economic survival,\u201d PARC organizer Terri Briggs said after Sholly\u2019s conference call. Briggs is the owner of the Big Moose Resort and president of the Cooke City Chamber of Commerce, and said the community \u201chas got to start growing our winters here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThings just keep dwindling in the winters,\u201d she said, \u201cand with the summer we\u2019ve had now, a lot of businesses aren\u2019t going to make it if we don\u2019t do this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Contact Ruffin Prevost at 307-213-9818 or <\/i><a href=\"mailto:ruffin@yellowstonegate.com\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>ruffin@yellowstonegate.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CODY, WYO. \u2014 The north and northeast entrances to Yellowstone National Park could reopen to general visitor traffic as soon as mid-October if repair work runs according to schedule.\u00a0 Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly shared that ambitious construction timeline Monday afternoon on a community conference call with residents and business owners in the Cooke City, Mont. 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