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Entrances to Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone Country Providing three of the five entrances to Yellowstone Montana Visitor National Park, Montana isn’t just the first gateway Information Centers into the park, it’s the most inspiring. BELGRADE NORTH ENTRANCE: GARDINER, MONTANA The only year-round entrance into the park for Have questions while on the road? Learn more at personal vehicles is through Gardiner and leads BELGRADE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE straight into the heart of Yellowstone. 10 E. Main St. • 406.388.1616 visityellowstonecountry.com, or call us. Our travel team [email protected] is waiting to answer questions at 1.800.736.5276. NORTHEAST ENTRANCE: visitbelgrade.org COOKE CITY-SILVER GATE, MONTANA Enter through Cooke City during the spring, summer or fall to traverse the winding . BIG SKY MONTANA ROAD CONDITIONS WEST ENTRANCE: WEST YELLOWSTONE, MONTANA Know before you go. Check updated Montana road From this picturesque, all-American small town, conditions by calling 511 or 1.800.226.ROAD (7623), take a guided snowcoach or snowmobile tour of BIG SKY & GREATER YELLOWSTONE the park. VISITOR CENTER or visiting mdt.mt.gov/travinfo. 55 Lone Mountain Trail 406.995.3000 [email protected] visitbigsky.com YELLOWSTONE COUNTRY MONTANA BIG TIMBER Townsend Custer k C ree R SWEET GRASS COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ile C enm A Gallatin Boulder te Z (Open Memorial Day Weekend - Labor Day Weekend) Six Radersburg Toston Y • National 1012 Highway 10 406.932.5131

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Jenny Lake WEST YELLOWSTONE Visitor Center Hiking Museum Downhill Skiing & Snowboarding Fishing Golfing ke River Nordic Skiing WEST YELLOWSTONE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Sna Mountain Biking Bird Watching & VISITOR CENTER Dog Sledding Horseback Riding Rock Climbing 30 Yellowstone Ave. • 406.646.7701 Jackson Sleigh Rides [email protected] Hole Canoeing Ice Climbing Snowcoach Tours destinationyellowstone.com Whitewater Rafting Zip Lining Snowmobiling Indicates free Wi-Fi Printed in Montana for free distribution. Farmers Market ATV Take the scenic route. Let our rivers wind their way in and our mountains grab hold. Be charmed by our towns. Get lost for a little while, in a place you’ll (happily) It’s time to go. Learn more at VisitYellowstoneCountry.com, never really return from. Boldly go in the direction of a life well lived. Your thirst for adventure—for the unknown and all that comes with it—will be more than or call us. Our travel team is waiting to answer questions at r quenched. Explore the unexpected. Because pictures are oneRive thing. But well-told 1.800.736.5276. ater tales about undiscovered places are even better. Stillw Absarokee Loop 420

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supremely gorgeous landscape with 20+ peaks towering over 12,000 feet. Take this route to YellowstoneWhitehall captivating Gallatin Canyon.N Travel along the Gallatin River—the blue-ribbon trout waters of “A River Runs terraces, make it one of the country’s most popular destinations. You might even call it the Great American A Logan Mt Douglas Manhattan G Lewis E K National Park in the summer season, from Red Lodge to Cooke City. Along the way, pull over and explore Through It” fame—past rugged rock formations and canyon walls, deep forests and valleys that go on forever. Vacation. Experience the allure of bubbling earth, a ragged Grand Canyon, crashing waterfalls, famous rivers, 11298’ & ClarkThree 287 55 Caverns O alpine plateaus, glacial lakes, lushly forested valleys and cascading waterfalls. Cardwell Forks2 Roadside Attraction Alert: Bighorn sheep, along with the occasional bear, moose or deer. the wildlife-laden Lamar Valley, and Corwiniconic Springs timbered lodges. k La Belgrade Willow Bridger Bowl e R Jefferson Hood e Creek r Island 359 A Jardine C

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A o L 1 Gate B s A U.S. Highway 212 r 84 S ROAD: G e Cataract f A f Res downtown Bozeman and America’s dinosaur history at the 191 e C 287 345 J Hollowtop C WYOMING Mammoth MILES: 68 TIME: 3 hours Mtn 10604’ Museum of the Rockies. En route from Bozeman to Big NORTH ENTRANCE Lower Lake O Norris Gallatin 1 NORTHEAST Norris Hot Springs Hot Springs R 191 Sky, keep your eyes peeled for the Storm Castle Peak rock ENTRANCE Fork Trail O Gateway Tower-Roosevelt 22 O T formation just past Spanish Creek. 19 M Quake Lake Cooke City Rock Creek Sheridan T McAllister N Ennis 3 S Tower Fall Silver Gate 4 Vista Point MONTANA Lake 4 2 BIG SKY HEBGEN Nevada LAKE City Ennis Hike Ousel Falls—short and scenic—and extend your 20 WYOMING 287 287 Beartooth Beartooth Gallatin Canyon journey with a stay at Lone Mountain Ranch Lamar Valley NORTHEAST All-American Road Pass Virginia ENTRANCE 249 2 or Big Sky Resort, both offering world-class, year-round Grand Canyon City 2 Canyon Norris Geyser Norris 18 of the Yellowstone Big Sky activities and a premier, western lodging experience. Village 357 Basin 2 16 17 20 WEST ENTRANCE Yellowstone Falls 287 3 MADISON VALLEY Yellowstone Madison 3 Artist Paint Pots Take a state Highway 287 West detour for boating Airport 4 Sulphur Caldron 1 4 (WYS) West 15 RED LODGE COOKE CITY-SILVER GATE E MONTANA Gardinerand fishing at —a Madison River reservoir G Yellowstone Mud Volcano 14 Fishing Visit the Carbon County Historical Museum and Explore the Cooke City Mining Museum or rentN 191 and premier spot for big rainbow, brown and cutthroat Lower Geyser A WYOMING Bridge explore the Beartooth Gallery at the Carbon County an ATV and head to the old mining trails inR the Basin Lake Village trout. Quake Lake marks another popular fishing 5 Fountain 12 Arts Guild & Depot Gallery before hitting the mountains above town. Or, take to the trailsT by 11 S Quake Lake Hebgen location in the area. Midway Paint Pot

E highway. For outdoor fun, head to the Yellowstone horseback or by foot; hike Hemingway’s muse—R Crazy 33 Lake Geyser Basin 6 C 13 Wildlife Sanctuary or hike the Wild Bill Lake Loop Creek—or the Clarks Fork Trail. Inside the park, drive 287 W 4 WEST YELLOWSTONE Upper Geyser West O 7 87 Basin Yellowstone (easy/0.5 miles), Silver Run Loop (easy/5.3 miles), or through the Lamar Valley for epic wildlifeN watching. Thumb EAST ENTRANCE S This idyllic mountain town serves as the west entrance to 8 Lake Basin Lakes Trail No. 61 (moderate/5.1 miles) just WEST Old

IDAHO IDAHO ENTRANCE the park, and lodging and amenities here are stellar. Before 9 outside of town. 20 Faithful 4 heading into Yellowstone, don’t miss the Grizzly & Wolf 10 509 West 55 Discovery Center and the Zipline Adventure Park. Grant MONTANA SHOSHONE 2 STOP AND PLAY ALONG THE WAY Lakeview Village

Hike the out-and-back Lower Lake Fork Trail in HEART 5 INSIDE THE PARK LAKE Absaroka—featuring multiple off-route adventures— LEWIS Beehive ROUTE: Bozeman to Big Sky LAKE and explore the Beartooth Wilderness in the Custer Embark on a long and scenic, point-to-point hike through . ROAD: U.S. Highway 191 Yellowstone via the Bighorn Pass Trail or the Fawn Pass Trail. 191 MILES: 44.1 Note that a short connector trail between the two can be 89 used to make a Bighorn/Fawn loop hike. B 3 VISTA POINTS 58 minutes 287 R TIME: SOUTH ENTRANCE I Pull out at Rock Creek and Beartooth Pass vista D G points for scenic views and fresh mountain air. BEARTOOTH HIGHWAY. KURT MINSTER

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288 a 6 MIDWAY GEYSER BASIN 16 CANYON VILLAGE G Livingston 295 McLeod Columbus 11 ROUTE: Columbus to Absarokee to Nye 7 UPPER GEYSER BASIN 17 YELLOWSTONE FALLS Bozeman 1 ROAD: State Highway 78 + Secondary R Hot Springs E IV 345 295 R 8 AREA 18 GRAND CANYON OF THE YELLOWSTONE R Highway 420/Stillwater River Road TE Gallatin Cliff Swallow WA STILL Gateway Fishing Access Site MILES: 35.5 9 WEST THUMB 19 TOWER-ROOSEVELT AREA 191 33 22 53 minutes 540 Absarokee TIME: ROOSEVELT ARCH Pine Beehive 10 GRANT VILLAGE 20 LAMAR VALLEY Mallard's Rest 55 Nye to Fishtail to Absarokee 2 Creek ROUTE: Fishing Access Site 2 R E Tippet Rise V I 5 R Art Center 5 E ROADS: Secondary Highway/Nye Road N 1 Nye O LIVINGSTON T 4 Fishtail Indicates some ADA accessibility. For more information, please visit S 4 W O 23.3 L MILES: L Explore this arts mecca along the Yellowstone River, where E www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/accessibility.htm Y fishing and floating opportunities abound. Pine Creek Lodge offers TIME: 26 minutes Emigrant Pray modern-rustic lodging and live, outdoor music during the warm season. Round outB your stay with a truly western horseback riding E 1 COLUMBUS 3 CLIFF SWALLOW FISHING ACCESS SITE 3 experience. A R This full-service town sits at the foothills of the Handicapped-access, bathroom facilities, fishing pier. Chico Hot T FALL FOR COLOR IN YELLOWSTONE COUNTRY Springs Mt Douglas O Beartooths on the Yellowstone River, offering plenty 2 11298’ O Autumn in Yellowstone Country is pure gold. There’s room to spread out, MALLARD’S REST FISHINGT ACCESS SITE of fishing opportunities plus backpacking and hiking. H 4 NYE stretch your legs, cast a line, and breathe in the crisp mountain air. The Big Sky Miner 13 miles from Livingston at mile marker R 42, you’ll find what might be Visit the Museum of the Beartooths for a lesson in A Hike the 6.5-mile out-and-back Stillwater River brown trout are biting and the elk are bugling. Fall is the time to take a the most scenic part of the drive and the ultimateN in Montana views. the history of the area. G E Trail through a gorge and up a river canyon to Sioux scenic drive, float a river lined with the vibrant hues of the season, fish 3 Charley Lake. Another popular, family-friendly option a famous-blue-ribbon trout stream, explore a captivating small town, or CHICO HOT SPRINGS + YELLOWSTONEGranite Pk. 12799’ HOT SPRINGS 2 ABSAROKEE is the 1.4-mile out-and-back Woodbine Falls trail Corwin Springs Highest Point in Montana hike a less-crowded park. It’s the time to see Montana in full color. Stop in Pray for a soak at Chico Hot Springs, a historic resort A popular road-trip stop, adventures often begin in featuring a waterfall. settled in the foothills of the Absarokas. Or, soak in the views this scenic valley community—including horseback WINTER IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK Yellowstone Gardiner 30 minutes south of ChicoSilver at YellowstoneCooke Hot City Springs, just 10 riding, rafting and fishing theStillwater River, and Monument 3 5 FISHTAIL + TIPPET RISE ART CENTER Yellowstone is open all year long, and winter is especially magical. In an Hot Springs 4 minutes north of the park.Gate hiking in the nearby Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. Mtn 10056’ Enjoy good food at the historic Fishtail General Store epic contradiction, steaming geysers erupt from sparkling, pure white Mammoth and creek fishing access at Rosebud Isle. Visit the snow. From West Yellowstone, take a snowcoach or snowmobile tour into Hot Springs NORTH ENTRANCE 4 GARDINER Lee Metcalf NORTHEAST unique Tippet Rise Art Center for films, musical the park to view Steamboat Geyser—the world’s largest—or overnight at Wilderness This quaint, full-service townENTRANCE is a mere 5 miles from the park’s performances and large-scale art installations. the iconic Old Faithful Snow Lodge. ROUTE: Livingston to Gardiner impressive Mammoth Hot Springs terraces—stop along the way ROAD: U.S. Highway 89 at the famed Boiling River. Gardiner will get you into Yellowstone via the iconic Roosevelt Arch in any season, offering the only MILES: 54.3 L A wintertime personal-vehicleM entrance. Gardiner also makes 58 minutes A TIME: the perfect launchingR V point for whitewater rafting and wildlife A L L watching tours. E Y TIPPET RISE ART CENTER

WINTER IN YELLOWSTONE COUNTRY MONTANA SNOWMOBILING West Yellowstone is one of the “best of the best” snowmobiling destinations in North America. The season starts early and ends late, averaging 153 inches of dry, powdery snow each year. Cooke City is equally amazing, with late-season backcountry snowmobiling extending into June and sometimes even July. NORDIC SKIING Nordic skiing + supervolcano = a volcanic winter wonderland with miles of untouched snow through national forests and state parks. Notable trails in Yellowstone Country: Lone Mountain Ranch in Big BIG SKY RESORT. JEFF ENGERBRETSON Sky, Crosscut Mountain Sports Center in Bozeman and Rendezvous Ski Trails in West Yellowstone.

Hibernation is for the bears. You’re a snow seeker and Montana’s Yellowstone Country is an alpine mecca of DOG SLEDDING diverse winter terrain, both wild and tamed. The region gets over 400 inches of the fluffy white stuff every Mush your way through Montana trails to a hot springs soak or a backcountry yurt. Outfitters and season. So get out, feel the crunch of snow underfoot, breathe in the crisp winter air and leave your tracks on lodges in Big Sky and West Yellowstone offer half-day, full-day or overnight guided excursions of as many mountains as you can. this increasingly popular winter activity. SLOPES AND RESORTS SLEIGH RIDES Home to three of Montana’s four largest ski areas, Yellowstone Country owns some of the best skiing in North It’s as enchanting as it sounds. Pure mountain magic. Experience the spirit of winter in America. Big Sky Resort offers 5,800 acres of terrain with 4,350 feet of vertical drop and unbelievable views. Yellowstone Country with a horse-drawn sleigh ride. Glide across the snow toward a romantic Bridger Bowl is known for its light, dry powder and the steep chutes experts crave. Red Lodge Mountain dinner at Lone Mountain Ranch in Big Sky or make a new family memory exploring the provides the ultimate ski vacation—mixed terrain, spectacular vistas and inviting après decks. winter wilderness.