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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, (NPS) -- Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Michael V. Finley announced the closure of Dunraven Road between the Canyon Village intersection and Tower Fall because of safety concerns. This closure is effective Wednesday, August 12, 1998, at 8 a.m. The road's surface is in extremely poor condition; it is one of the
narrowest segments on the Grand Loop road system. Dunraven Pass, the park's highest road, crosses through alpine terrain and important grizzly bear and bighorn sheep habitat. The scenic Dunraven Pass route was one of the park road segments identified as potentially feasible for alternative modes of transportation in the 1994. Superintendent Finley said, "We at Yellowstone recognize that the Dunraven road is very scenic and popular with the public. It is only the overriding concern for public safety that requires this unusual closure." Dunraven road was first surfaced in 1935 and last resurfaced in 1942. Until repairs can be completed on the road and as long as the road surface remains unsafe to travelers, the road will remain closed to motor vehicles as well as bicycles. The park has expended additional funds (fee money) in an effort to mitigate safety concerns and keep the road open. These funds were used to patch and fill potholes. Like many other segments of Yellowstone roads, the road base, structure and surface are insufficient to allow small scale patching to be successful. Larger, more extensive, road grader patching will be utilized to repair the road. To date, the park has used 825 tons of material in an attempt to make the road safe and passable. Access remains available to the Tower Fall Campground and General Store via the Tower/Roosevelt junction. Visitors will continue to have access to major park areas. There is no predicted reopening date at this time.
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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (YNET) -- A few weeks ago
I made a trip over to the Little Big Horn Memorial with Andrew Mason, our intern, a Junior
at Montana State University - Billings. Andrew is a fine young man with a terrific sense
of humor. Here is Andrew on his first visit to Little Big Horn:
If you are driving to Yellowstone from either I-94 or I-90 I strongly recommend a stop at this place. It is only about half mile off the freeway on I-90 at mile marker 510. You may also want to consider going ahead an buying a fifty dollar annual pass good for ALL National Parks for one year. There is bound to be a National Park somewhere near your hometown which this pass will give you unlimited access to for a year.
Summer Geyser Update YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, (YNET) -- After last year's excitement, frequent eruptions of Splendid and Giant Geysers just to name two of the most exciting happenings last year, this year has been somewhat of a let down. Actually, there is still lots to see, it's just that, to everyone's disappointment, the big eruptions of last have not continued this year. Giant has not erupted since the end of April and Splendid has probably not erupted this year. Fan and Mortar, two other major geysers in the Upper Geyser Basin, have been dormant most of the year and even Beehive Geyser went dormant for a few weeks. A few big things have happened though. Last January, Cascade reactivated out of a decades old dormancy. It has slowed down significantly but at last report was still being seen occasionally. Link Geyser, an infrequent but major geyser located near Riverside Geyser, went from completely dead to having a major eruption in less than a week (this occurred last May). Beehive Geyser, other than during a three week dormancy in July, has been a relatively frequent performer, often being seen twice a day. All the predicted geysers are still performing about normally. There have been some minor changes but that is about all.
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