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Despite high snowpack this winter, one Yellowstone expert is warning the park’s climate is changing dramatically.

What comes down must get shoveled off, at least in Yellowstone winterkeeper Jeff Henry’s wintry world.

Yellowstone National Park has released its new Winter Use Adaptive Management Plan, after over a year of discussion and debate.

With declining snowpack predicted throughout the Rocky Mountain West due to climate warming, a recent study suggests snow levels in some parts of Yellowstone won’t be deep or consistent enough to support a full season of over-snow travel as early as mid-century, according to two Yellowstone-area scientists.

With sections of Yellowstone National Park just opening or still closed because of heavy snowpack in May, it's no surprise visitation has been down this year when compared to the record year of 2010.

The lack of snowpack on the Beartooth Pass -- and the unlikely chances more will be on the way -- is forcing the closure of a popular summer ski and snowboard camp as well as foreshadowing what could be a very, very dry summer in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.