“This is absolutely crippling for our small communities that rely on so much of the park...'
A raging Gardner River gouged large chunks from the narrow two-lane road that provides tourists and workers access to Yellowstone National Park via its bustling North Entrance on Monday, only two weeks before the summer tourism season would kick into its usual frenetic high gear.
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With warm weather in the forecast, there could be additional flooding this weekend, park officials feared. Yet the hope is to as soon as possible reopen the “southern loop” of the park to timed or reserved visitors via the East, South and North entrances near the communities of Cody, Jackson and West Yellowstone, respectively. That would allow visitors to see attractions like the Firehole River, Old Faithful, Yellowstone Lake, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and Norris Geyser Basin.
“If they could patch those two areas we would have access to the Lamar Valley, which is our bread and butter,” Hahn said. “We have to save our summer. Our season just started this week. You can’t cut us off.” A portion of the road between Cooke City and Silver Gate was washed out at Sheep Creek, according to residents, but has been repaired enough to allow traffic.
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