PARK ENTRANCES-Winter Opening Opening Dates are Snow Permitting and all dates are subject to change!! See our Winter Use Planning page for current information.
Gate
Opens
Closes
East
May 1
Nov. 2
West
Apr. 17
Nov. 2
North (open to wheeled vehicles only to Mammoth Terraces during the winter season)
Apr. 17
Nov. 2
Northeast
Open all year (closed Cooke City via Colter Pass to the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway intersection to the Long Lake gate during the winter season until late May)
Please Note: All road and facility opening and closing dates are weather dependent. Changes in this schedule may occur. Campgrounds close on the morning of the dates listed.
Did You Know?
There were no wolves in Yellowstone in 1994. The wolves that were reintroduced in 1995 and 1996 thrived and there are now over 300 of their descendents living in the Greater Yellowstone Area.