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Yellowstone Roads Open For Summer

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Jan Wesner Childs

Published Date

May 27, 2025
A yellow tour vehicle drives on a clear road surrounded by snow-capped mountains.

Dunraven Pass is in the Wyoming section of Yellowstone National Park/NPS

Yellowstone National Park's Dunraven Pass, which runs between Canyon Village and Tower Fall in the Wyoming section of the park, is officially open for the summer season.

"This means all roads in the park are open and accessible," a post on the park's Facebook account read.

Most roads in Yellowstone are closed from early November to late April. The only one typically open in winter runs through the Montana section from Gardiner to Cooke City.

The update, posted Friday, noted that even in summer temporary road closures can still occur due to bad weather or other hazards. Visitors should check the park website for current road conditions and closures. Visitors can also dial (307) 344-2117 for recorded information, or text 82190 to 888-777 for mobile phone alerts. It's also important to check road conditions outside the park.

Yellowstone spans 2.2 million acres, or more than 3,400 square miles, in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. It became the country's first national park on March 1, 1872. There are five separate entrances to the park and while timed entry reservations aren't required traffic can be heavy during the peak summer months.

Yellowstone is known for its geothermal features and wildlife, both of which are dangerous to tourists who don't follow park rules. Already this year, a dumpster-diving grizzly was put down and a Florida man was gored by a bison. 

The park logged more than 4.7 million visits last year, making it the 14th most popular NPS site. Yellowstone officials recently put out a video of top 10 tips for visiting this summer.

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