Yellowstone NP West Entrance Scheduled To Open For 2022 Motor Vehicle Season

The spring and summer traveling season in the nation’s first national park is about to begin.

The west entrance to Yellowstone National Park, as well as two of the main roads on the west side of the park, are scheduled to open to motor vehicle traffic this coming Friday, beginning at 8am.

The other two main roads are from Mammoth Hot Springs to Old Faithful and from Norris to Canyon Village.

Changing weather conditions could force park officials to temporarily re-close those roads, until it’s safe to open them again.

This week is National Park Week and Yellowstone National Park will waive entrance fees at the west, north and northeast entrances this Saturday.

The roads connecting the north to the northeast entrances of the park are open year-round.

Other roads within the park are still closed and snowplow crews are working on clearing them.

The east entrance to the park is scheduled to open on May 6th and the south entrance on May 13th.

Last year the park had record visitation numbers, and this year marks the 150th anniversary of the park.