Tag Archives: Tower Junction

All roads in Yellowstone National Park are now open, as crews cleared out the Dunraven Pass and opened the Tower Junction/Canyon Village section of road at 8 a.m. today.

Improving road conditions in the Sylvan Pass and the decreased chance of snow slides are causing Yellowstone National Park officials to open the East Entrance for travel 24 hours a day.

The Yellowstone National Park road between Mammoth Hot Springs and Tower Junction is now open, as road crews remove several car-sized boulders from the roadway; the move opens access to the Park from Cooke City.

Adding to the travel woes in Yellowstone National Park: More potential landslides are forcing National Park Service officials to keep the Mammoth Hot Springs-Tower Junction road closed indefinitely while safety checks get underway. And: more snow!

The remains of Peter Louis Kastner, the Oklahoma man missing in Yellowstone National Park since May, was discovered off trail by researchers. A subsequent autopsy showed that Kastner died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The search goes on for a man missing in Yellowstone National Park since early Monday morning; with family members worried about his mental state, National Park Service officials are asking for help from the public.

Though the temperatures have been a little colder than normal for this time of year, apparently the Yellowstone bears are listening to their internal clocks, with the first sightings starting in late February.