Access to the greater Gibbon Falls area is closed effective immediately, as road construction between Norris and Madison on the Grand Loop Road forces the National Park Service to cut off access to the area. The closure will run through the entire 2009 season.

Signs are posted along the riverbank showing the closure area. Motorists are allowed to stop and park only at un-barricaded pullouts outside the area where traffic control personnel are guiding traffic through the construction zone. 

The road project enters a new phase August 17, when the road will be completely closed to all traffic between Artist Paint Pots and the Tuff Cliff Picnic Area. During this full closure, anglers will be allowed to access the Gibbon River between Artist Paint Pots to the bridge north of the Monument Geyser Basin trailhead and from one mile south of Gibbon Falls to the Tuff Cliff Picnic area as long as they don’t walk on, along, or near the road.

(For up-to-date information on road closures and conditions in Yellowstone National Park, visit our page on current road conditions.)

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