Yellowstone National Park’s North Loop Open To All

Following continued efforts from Senators Jon Tester and Steve Daines and Congressman Matt Rosendale, the National Park Service has announced that Yellowstone National Park’s north loop reopened July 2, effectively opening 93 percent of roads in the park. The recently implemented Alternating License Plate System, which limited traffic in the park, will also be suspended.

“With the reopening of the Yellowstone’s north loop, Montana’s gateway communities are open for business,” said the Montana delegation. “We appreciate the swift work of the Department of Interior and the National Park Service to reopen the park, and we look forward to continuing to work together to spur activity in gateway communities as we recover from recent flooding. This is a great step towards rebuilding, and will provide a needed boost to economies in southwest Montana.”

In addition to roads in the south loop, visitors will now be able to access Norris Junction to Mammoth Hot Springs, Mammoth Hot Springs to Tower-Roosevelt and Tower-Roosevelt to Canyon Junction (Dunraven Pass). Visitors can access the south and north loops via the East Entrance (Cody, Wyo.), West Entrance (West Yellowstone) and South Entrance (Grand Teton/Jackson, Wyo).

The North Entrance Road (Gardiner to Mammoth Hot Springs) and Northeast Entrance Road (Cooke City/ Silver Gate to Tower-Roosevelt) remains closed to visitor vehicular traffic while temporary repairs are completed. Visitors may access the park on foot through these entrances in order to recreate (fish and hike) in areas not identified as closed, and the park will evaluate authorizing bicycle use through these entrances up to damaged road sections in the near future.