What an Awesome 😎 gig to have found on helping out in the park! Is there any way you could tell me where I can apply to come help or get a job there helping? I can cook, clean, I have the personality of an empath well I care for others well being & I think that would show thru my work! Please message me or let me know how I apply! Thank you 🙏🏻 I am watching your Zion national park video now & what Beauty there is in Yellowstone!
It's just so heartbreaking for the folks in Gardiner. I stayed in Gardiner at The Roosevelt my last visit to Yellowstone three years ago. Great location for visiting the park. The park's original entrance, the Roosevelt Arch, is located there. I hope it's okay and doesn't have damage from the flooding.
Everyone has memorable moments of YNP. When I was 4 we were camping and woke up to a foot of snow in August. The bears got into our cooler and it is where I learned to whistle! ( I am 65 now)Thanks for your reports and we will keep praying for all involved in this flooding.
Hello from East Tennessee. My son works at Yellowstone in sustainability. He said he was ok where he was at but it was bad in the north of the park. I really like your videos keep us informed. Stay safe
Cooke City is open and accessible via Chief Joseph. Many of the business are running very limited times because of the lack of access from the park. To many people are saying we are completely cut off, which is not true.
That was the best "inside" reporting on the situation out there! I was out there with my wife and two teenagers around July Fourth last summer and we stopped into Lake General Store and ate lunch in front of Lake Yellowstone during a thunderstorm. Our prayers go out to everyone impacted by this!
Thanks for this information. I’m a big fan of Yellowstone since the 1960’s. Camping, hiking, and as an employee during my retirement years. So glad to have this update because to me, Yellowstone is my home!
I worked at Grant Village in ‘84 so am glued to anything Yellowstone! Great update on the current conditions! It’s my dream to come back to work there in my retirement (and live in my own RV of course). I ❤️ Yellowstone! I hope you all get through this flooding ok!!
Hey thanks for the great inside reporting! Much appreciated. Using an old wagon Trail? You might be surprised. Some years back in California when they had a major landslide over I 80 they re-installed the pony express for mail, and it worked quite well. People kind of laughed at it at first but when they found out how quick they really were and how much easier made life for the people that were trapped behind this landslide and they didn’t laugh so much anymore. So food for thought. Keep up the good work and again thank you for the reporting and you helped me understand what was going on and I’m blind. So if you can make me understand what’s going on, you’re obviously doing a fantastic job! Thank you
The less we speak about California the better. COMMIEFORNIA, its government and the people living in the state are a special kind of brain dead and stupid.
Todd, outstanding job reporting from the Park. Your reports are the best information available for what’s happening around the park. Thank you and take care.
Thanks for your updates, my family lives in Livingston. I cannot imagine the challenges facing the park and neighboring communities. I imagine the wildlife will be running free this summer!
I live just outside of red lodge and they have people volunteering to fill sand bags to keep the water from rising, I check in often and it seems to be receding. Highway 308 is open from red lodge going to Cody Wyoming. The national guard is blocking some roads, and also directing traffic. Stay safe everyone! My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who have lost their homes. We will overcome this.
We met Ranger Harlan last year. Great guy! So sorry about what is happening right now…. Thank you, Todd, for all the information you are providing. Stay safe.
Those old wagon trails can still be useful by military vehicles. You'd be amazed at where a 6x6 five ton truck can go. Those could be used for resupply if things get bad.
It is not a wagon trail. It has been used as a bike trail and one way vehicle traffic for years. You could drive a Prius on it. It is not wide enough for two way traffic and it does not have a heavy traffic road base. I would bet good money the eventual north route will be through parts of it if not all of it.
Great reporting & using the map to give people an idea of where the damage is in relation to Yellowstone Park as a whole as well as some of the surrounding areas. In 1975 we visited Yellowstone coming in thru the northeast entrance from Red Lodge.
Thanks for all your info. I keep checking daily for your updates. Have reservations for the week of the 27th. Staying in west Yellowstone. Crossing our fingers that we can see some of this beautiful park.
Your map tour was very informative. I really appreciated the detailed information. I had no idea how much the road destruction will affect some of those people.
My boyfriend and I cycled here (we are currently in West Yellowstone) from Southern California and the park shut down the very morning we were supposed to ride in. So sorry for all of those who lost everything. Thanks for the update!
I don’t recall hearing off such devastating flooding in Yellowstone before. My heart goes out to everyone affected by this weather event. I’m sure that your detailed reporting is much appreciated by everyone affected and also people with plans to travel there for holidays too. Regards from Scotland 🏴
Thanks Todd for your inside reporting from Yellowstone! Im hoping to come see your area at some point but will wait til things get better there. Again you are doing as fantastic job and you are very knowledgable on the area. From a few miles from Great Smoky Mtns Tennessee.
Thank you very much. We have been planning a trip to Yellowstone for the past year which we have scheduled for a month from today. Your updates are a big help.
I am so thankful for this update. I lived in Livingston as a child , visited Yellowstone many times. I just knew it affected that area I so loved. Prayers for all.
Thank you for providing just detailed information. I just canceled my cabin reservation in cooke city for the 3rd week of September. So sad to hear of all that has happened in Yellowstone.
Thank you so much for the best update! Have not been there since Summer ‘74 when 7 of us rode horses from Wind Rivers to South Glacier Park … that inlcuded along the east side of the park resupplying at Cody and then Gardner … and then along Galletin Range tops where it snowed in late August. Amazing memories as a 24 year old! Especially when our horses suddenly bolted side ways 100 miles an hour upon being down wind from some buffalo LOL … and the mosquitoes & horse flies on the remote east side were the most nasty intense we encounted all Summer. That trip inspired me to move from Alta Utah to Bozeman in 1978 while it was still a tiny town without a strip. Again, thanks so much for this great report and am with you in your awe of such mind blowing country! Will never forget skiing Tetons for a week either!
Thank you thank you for all the info. You seem to be giving the best updates I can find. We are a traveling medical professionals family and we are actually moving to Worland Wyoming in around 2 weeks. Being in yellow stone as often as possible was the goal with it being only an hour and a half from Cody. I truly appreciate the info you are putting out there. Thanks!
Great updates. Left Flagg Ranch, June 1. after a nurse at Lake Village convinced me that I have a oxygen levels problem with elevation. We had to back track with our trailer to Riverton Wy
First time here to your site. Just terrific. Came down to Yellowstone in 2013 from Ontario Canada. We were just there for the day as a family while road tripping across USA and then into Alberta Canada. June of that year, the day before we left Ontario, the Trans Canada Hwy was completely washed out thru sections of Alberta. Rather then cancel, we re-routed ourselves and went down and across US and then hoped after 10 days repairs would make it passable for us to continue on to BC. It was and we did 🙂 Thank you so much for your 'shout-out' to get help/assistance to all concerned in the areas devastated and crippled by this major weather event. I've subbed. Thank you for your high-value info explained well. Your work is appreciated. Keep staying well and safe!
Hey Todd, thanks so much for your updates. Really enjoying your channel and the way you provide info, history and use of maps. Very helpful. I'm out in California and a Yellowstone visit is on my bucket list.
Cindy: Good luck with Convid 19, I'm afraid Yellowstone will only end up being on your bucket list permanently. These fires and floods are being done deliberately through weather modification programs and cloud seeding in the skies by the globalists. Lassen in California is also on fire (deliberately set on fire). They want everyone in prison, no traveling for anyone. Kinda like a new lock down and its just going to keep getting worse as we move forward.
Hey Todd. The last time I was in Yellowstone i was 8. We stayed in the Fishing Bridge campground. Yellowstone is my favorite of all the national parks. We saw a moose swimming across the lake. I’m 66. I wish I could be there right now.
I remember the cabins at Fishing Bridge, and the ‘General Store’… heck I’ve even fished off of fishing bridge multiple times… can’t do that anymore… I also remember ‘bear jams’ (traffic jams caused by bears blocking the road begging for food with their cubs!)… growing up the design of the trash bins in the park kept changing as they tried to create a trash can the bears couldn’t get into… they would think they had the problem solved…but then the bears would figure it out and the process would start over again!
Thx for the updates. My son Johnny from NY is working his first summer at the Lake Lodge. Say hello to him for me if you see him LOL. Updates are great.
Thanks so much for your very thorough report! We are not getting this information anywhere else, really appreciate it! 🤠 Stay safe out there my friend.
I’ve been enjoying your updates after finding your channel a few days ago. We live up on Flathead lake and we spent last week in Glacier Park. Floods were being predicted for this week and compared to Yellowstone, they’ve been relatively minor. Back in 1964 there was similar flooding in West Glacier, the main entrance to park. The road and bridge were destroyed and I don’t remember how long it took to rebuild, but it definitely took some time. Take care and thank you for your reports.
@Park Junkie Hey Todd!! I hope life is treating you kind. You've got an amazing channel here brother. Very cool. Haven't seen you since the ol' Zion Days, you're looking good man. Thank you for this update today!! Crazy as hell
Appreciate the information your giving. My wife and I have plans for a trip through Yellowstone in September. Hope the repairs to infrastructure go well! We shall see.
Thank you Todd. You seem to be the best source of information on ‘what the conditions are in and about Yellowstone.’. We’re looking forward to a visit in early August and are booked near the Western entrance; so, you’re keeping our hopes up. Best wishes and stay safe.
See my post above or below Lower loop ( south loop) likely to open next week ( entrances of Jackson Hole, Cody and West Yellowstone) with odd even license plate days for entry.
I watched a park webcast yesterday and you should be prepared for some restrictions if you keep your reservations. They talked about limiting the number of visitors, permits to be on the loop road, etc.
I took that stage coach road once a number of years ago. I think I got on it somewhere behind the hotel or the general store in Mammoth . It was a nice drive, overlooking Gardiner at one point from high up. The road ended near the park entrance booth--still inside the park, I think.
Yes sir you are very correct about temps in Cody, 85 today and forecasting 93 for tomorrow. Traveled to Cody to work for the summer first time. The town is very busy, lots of things to keep you busy for many days, least of which is the Rodeo every evening 🐎 , but lots of disappointed visitors because of the current park closure. 'You can't fight mother nature'
Been there years ago. Thanks for the updates. I've been to all those places, so am familiar with all you talk about. It will be interesting to hear how the wild life, and the geological sites fare. Keep the info coming.
Really enjoy your videos and appreciate all the information. I once did a Backroads Bicycle tour of the park. 6 days of cycling thru the park, up and over the continental divide, it was fabulous. Would love to go back to the park some day!
Yes. The Old Yellowstone Road from Gardiner to Mammoth is a dirt road, high in the hills. It wouldn’t be able to handle much traffic. Maybe a supply road but not a main tourist route.
My husband and I took a trip out there a couple of years ago. My doctor, who goes there a couple times a year, told me to take the side roads when you see the brown signs on the side of the road. So the first one we came to on our first day, we saw a bear. We never got to see any moose or wolves, but we saw tons of other animals. It was a great trip. I hope to get back some day.
Aloha Todd, we’ve had a lot of Ham operators from the northern area using my linked repeaters for a couple of days and they were doing a fine job! Todd WH6DWF ADMIN-Western Reflector Founder of the World Radio Network Semper Fi 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Great information, thank you so much! We are supposed to be in Yellowstone all next week, so I really appreciate the updates. You are very easy to listen to, and your knowledge of the park makes it simple to understand the areas of such an enormous park. I am really upset with the washouts as this was supposed to be a once in a lifetime vacation for us so I hope they allow visitors in at least some of the park before we are out of the area, but it is what it is, and I am really glad that everyone affected is safe.
So sorry for all those folks the flooding has impacted their livelihoods. Thank you for the specific update on the park, You can't get anything as detailed from the national news organizations. Keep up the good work and counting on allowing tourist in to the undamaged parts of the park. Hope you can get footage of some of the damaged areas later as the water recedes. Mother nature is all powerful.
My sister and family lives in Billings. We have visited all the towns that were badly flooded. We send out prayers for their recovery. Our community is cleaning up from being hit by a tornado so we know how devastating their losses are.
Just behind the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel is the "Old Gardiner Road" which was the original North Entrance Road. It's a single lane, one way road starting from just behind the Mammoth Hotel exiting at the North Entrance Station where you pay to enter the park. It's not always open but I've found it to be in good shape when open on high ground not affected by streams or rivers. I'm sure the park service will use it as an option to supply Mammoth. It's 4 miles long and was replaced, not sure when, by the current road that was washed out that parallels the Gardner River through Gardner Canyon.
I visited Yellowstone in 2018. What an awesome park! I saw a zoom(?) conference call with the Yellowstone Superintendent the other day. I think it was broadcast by a local TV station and posted on YT. The superintendent seemed very pessimistic with regard to the road between Mammoth and Gardiner. He mentioned they might abandon the existing road and build a new road away from the Yellowstone river. I assume for both structural/infrastructural reason and also for ecological reasons to keep the roadway away from the river. But either way (repair existing road, or build a new one), its going to take a long time, and I assume a solution won't be done this year.
Glad I came across your channel. I appreciate the information you’re providing around the happenings within Yellowstone and how the Park Service is navigating the challenges in front of them. Wondering if eventually the Army Corp of Engineers will be assisting in the rebuild of infrastructure. Thank you!
Thank you for these updates. 🍻 Any info on volunteering would be much appreciated. My son and I have been planning a 2 week Father’s Day backcountry trip in Yellowstone and grand Teton for the last year. Now we’re planning on helping however we can for at least the first week. Our Jeep will be rolling in on Monday.💪🏼
Check out the links I posted. I’m sure one of the orgs could use your help. And any folks in Gardiner or Cook City could also use a hand. Take lots of mosquito repellent, that standing water will become a problem. 💕
Thanks for the info. Really great to have your channel to rely on for information. I have reservations at the Lake Hotel 2nd week in Sept. I live in Salt Lake and I have family coming out from Ohio/Indiana to see Yellowstone for the first time. We will only have 3 days in the park so was planning to stay in the southern portion anyway . . . so, hoping they can figure out how to get supplies in at least for the lower park before then. Funny thing for us is that the last time we had family out from back east to see Yellowstone was summer '88!
My friend, you know how to live, and you have a good life going on, congrats to you, thanks for the great video sir and honest information you are providing, stay safe bud!!! I'm enjoying a cup of coffee right now as I'm watching your videos ☕
I have been visiting Yellowstone, my favorite National Park since I was a kid more than 70 year ago. I've visited at least 20 times. We have plans to visit in mid July. Your videos are actually the best info I have been able to find on updates. Thank you. We have reservations for the cook out. Simply hoping and praying.
I am so grateful for your updates! We are planning a visit next July. I have been worried for days that we might miss out. Some of that damage looks like it will take a few years to repair. Maybe there is a chance we will be able to see it after all, even if not the whole thing. 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks for the detailed updates, I was supposed to be there next week!! You helped me decide its far better to rebook. I'll be rebooking for June of next year when flights become available.
Per conference call this morning 6/16 at 9:30 AM with Park superintendent Cam Sholly, The south i.e. the lower loop with entrances from West Yellowstone , Jackson or Cody is likely to open next week with odd even license plate days for entry. Upper loop is closed for the remainder of the summer
@@shill3282 what about the people who have lodging reservations, can they go inside on their first day of reservation? I have a reservation at canyon lodge from 27th. Do you have the recording of the conference call by any chance? Also did they talk anything about Canyon Village?
The Old Gardiner Road is not an old wagon trail. It's a road. It's not paved, but it's not so primitive. They are already working to improve it so that they can move supplies and personnel. Regardless, they'll figure out how to get supplies in. Even if they can't use it, it's a three-hour drive around to the west gate, which isn't unthinkable.
Best "inside" reporting on the situation out here! Really appreciate your forthright approach and avoiding the rumor mill.
What an Awesome 😎 gig to have found on helping out in the park! Is there any way you could tell me where I can apply to come help or get a job there helping? I can cook, clean, I have the personality of an empath well I care for others well being & I think that would show thru my work! Please message me or let me know how I apply! Thank you 🙏🏻 I am watching your Zion national park video now & what Beauty there is in Yellowstone!
It's just so heartbreaking for the folks in Gardiner. I stayed in Gardiner at The Roosevelt my last visit to Yellowstone three years ago. Great location for visiting the park. The park's original entrance, the Roosevelt Arch, is located there. I hope it's okay and doesn't have damage from the flooding.
@@Chillaxing113 Well said, Alice
Exactly!
Definitely agree.🙂👍
Everyone has memorable moments of YNP. When I was 4 we were camping and woke up to a foot of snow in August. The bears got into our cooler and it is where I learned to whistle! ( I am 65 now)Thanks for your reports and we will keep praying for all involved in this flooding.
I’m 66. We had an aluminum cooler with a lock. The bears opened it and ate all the bacon but left everything else. I hope I visit YNP again.
I am in my 70’s. My folks honeymooned there. The bears started trying to tip their trailer over!
Hello from East Tennessee. My son works at Yellowstone in sustainability. He said he was ok where he was at but it was bad in the north of the park. I really like your videos keep us informed. Stay safe
Cooke City is open and accessible via Chief Joseph. Many of the business are running very limited times because of the lack of access from the park. To many people are saying we are completely cut off, which is not true.
That was the best "inside" reporting on the situation out there! I was out there with my wife and two teenagers around July Fourth last summer and we stopped into Lake General Store and ate lunch in front of Lake Yellowstone during a thunderstorm. Our prayers go out to everyone impacted by this!
Thanks for this information. I’m a big fan of Yellowstone since the 1960’s. Camping, hiking, and as an employee during my retirement years. So glad to have this update because to me, Yellowstone is my home!
I worked at Grant Village in ‘84 so am glued to anything Yellowstone! Great update on the current conditions! It’s my dream to come back to work there in my retirement (and live in my own RV of course). I ❤️ Yellowstone! I hope you all get through this flooding ok!!
Love this. Great update. I Envy your stay, might be an exciting and epic summer! One to remember for sure
Hey thanks for the great inside reporting! Much appreciated. Using an old wagon Trail? You might be surprised. Some years back in California when they had a major landslide over I 80 they re-installed the pony express for mail, and it worked quite well. People kind of laughed at it at first but when they found out how quick they really were and how much easier made life for the people that were trapped behind this landslide and they didn’t laugh so much anymore. So food for thought. Keep up the good work and again thank you for the reporting and you helped me understand what was going on and I’m blind. So if you can make me understand what’s going on, you’re obviously doing a fantastic job! Thank you
The less we speak about California the better. COMMIEFORNIA, its government and the people living in the state are a special kind of brain dead and stupid.
Todd, outstanding job reporting from the Park. Your reports are the best information available for what’s happening around the park. Thank you and take care.
What about the 'Yak'?
Thanks for your updates, my family lives in Livingston. I cannot imagine the challenges facing the park and neighboring communities. I imagine the wildlife will be running free this summer!
I live just outside of red lodge and they have people volunteering to fill sand bags to keep the water from rising, I check in often and it seems to be receding. Highway 308 is open from red lodge going to Cody Wyoming. The national guard is blocking some roads, and also directing traffic. Stay safe everyone! My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who have lost their homes. We will overcome this.
We met Ranger Harlan last year. Great guy! So sorry about what is happening right now…. Thank you, Todd, for all the information you are providing. Stay safe.
Those old wagon trails can still be useful by military vehicles. You'd be amazed at where a 6x6 five ton truck can go. Those could be used for resupply if things get bad.
It is not a wagon trail. It has been used as a bike trail and one way vehicle traffic for years. You could drive a Prius on it. It is not wide enough for two way traffic and it does not have a heavy traffic road base. I would bet good money the eventual north route will be through parts of it if not all of it.
Call in the Army COE.
Drones.😁😁👍👍 The Modern way!!
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Thank you for the Yellowstone updates. This is a great public service. Much appreciated. (Your other NP videos are great, too!)
Great reporting & using the map to give people an idea of where the damage is in relation to Yellowstone Park as a whole as well as some of the surrounding areas. In 1975 we visited Yellowstone coming in thru the northeast entrance from Red Lodge.
Thanks for all your info. I keep checking daily for your updates. Have reservations for the week of the 27th. Staying in west Yellowstone. Crossing our fingers that we can see some of this beautiful park.
Your map tour was very informative. I really appreciated the detailed information. I had no idea how much the road destruction will affect some of those people.
My boyfriend and I cycled here (we are currently in West Yellowstone) from Southern California and the park shut down the very morning we were supposed to ride in. So sorry for all of those who lost everything. Thanks for the update!
I don’t recall hearing off such devastating flooding in Yellowstone before. My heart goes out to everyone affected by this weather event. I’m sure that your detailed reporting is much appreciated by everyone affected and also people with plans to travel there for holidays too. Regards from Scotland 🏴
Thanks for the updates. Thoughts and prayers for all in Amy and Wy. Stay safe!
Thanks Todd for your inside reporting from Yellowstone! Im hoping to come see your area at some point but will wait til things get better there. Again you are doing as fantastic job and you are very knowledgable on the area. From a few miles from Great Smoky Mtns Tennessee.
Great overview, PJ! Thank you! I wish you all the best and everyone getting back to normal just as soon as you can!
Appreciate the updates! Godspeed to the folks up north!
Thank you very much. We have been planning a trip to Yellowstone for the past year which we have scheduled for a month from today. Your updates are a big help.
Thanks for the updates, it's great to get an inside look into what's going on with the situation really appreciate it!
I am so thankful for this update. I lived in Livingston as a child , visited Yellowstone many times. I just knew it affected that area I so loved. Prayers for all.
Thank you for providing just detailed information. I just canceled my cabin reservation in cooke city for the 3rd week of September. So sad to hear of all that has happened in Yellowstone.
Thank you so much for the best update! Have not been there since Summer ‘74 when 7 of us rode horses from Wind Rivers to South Glacier Park … that inlcuded along the east side of the park resupplying at Cody and then Gardner … and then along Galletin Range tops where it snowed in late August. Amazing memories as a 24 year old! Especially when our horses suddenly bolted side ways 100 miles an hour upon being down wind from some buffalo LOL … and the mosquitoes & horse flies on the remote east side were the most nasty intense we encounted all Summer. That trip inspired me to move from Alta Utah to Bozeman in 1978 while it was still a tiny town without a strip. Again, thanks so much for this great report and am with you in your awe of such mind blowing country! Will never forget skiing Tetons for a week either!
Thank you thank you for all the info. You seem to be giving the best updates I can find. We are a traveling medical professionals family and we are actually moving to Worland Wyoming in around 2 weeks. Being in yellow stone as often as possible was the goal with it being only an hour and a half from Cody.
I truly appreciate the info you are putting out there. Thanks!
Great updates. Left Flagg Ranch, June 1. after a nurse at Lake Village convinced me that I have a oxygen levels problem with elevation. We had to back track with our trailer to Riverton Wy
There is the old railroad trail too that is still visible that goes from Livingston down to park .
Thanks for all the information and updates!
First time here to your site. Just terrific. Came down to Yellowstone in 2013 from Ontario Canada. We were just there for the day as a family while road tripping across USA and then into Alberta Canada. June of that year, the day before we left Ontario, the Trans Canada Hwy was completely washed out thru sections of Alberta. Rather then cancel, we re-routed ourselves and went down and across US and then hoped after 10 days repairs would make it passable for us to continue on to BC. It was and we did 🙂
Thank you so much for your 'shout-out' to get help/assistance to all concerned in the areas devastated and crippled by this major weather event. I've subbed. Thank you for your high-value info explained well. Your work is appreciated. Keep staying well and safe!
Hey Todd, thanks so much for your updates. Really enjoying your channel and the way you provide info, history and use of maps. Very helpful. I'm out in California and a Yellowstone visit is on my bucket list.
Lol California
Cindy: Good luck with Convid 19, I'm afraid Yellowstone will only end up being on your bucket list permanently. These fires and floods are being done deliberately through weather modification programs and cloud seeding in the skies by the globalists. Lassen in California is also on fire (deliberately set on fire). They want everyone in prison, no traveling for anyone. Kinda like a new lock down and its just going to keep getting worse as we move forward.
Hey Todd. The last time I was in Yellowstone i was 8. We stayed in the Fishing Bridge campground. Yellowstone is my favorite of all the national parks. We saw a moose swimming across the lake. I’m 66. I wish I could be there right now.
I remember the cabins at Fishing Bridge, and the ‘General Store’… heck I’ve even fished off of fishing bridge multiple times… can’t do that anymore… I also remember ‘bear jams’ (traffic jams caused by bears blocking the road begging for food with their cubs!)… growing up the design of the trash bins in the park kept changing as they tried to create a trash can the bears couldn’t get into… they would think they had the problem solved…but then the bears would figure it out and the process would start over again!
Thx for the updates. My son Johnny from NY is working his first summer at the Lake Lodge. Say hello to him for me if you see him LOL. Updates are great.
Thanks so much for your very thorough report! We are not getting this information anywhere else, really appreciate it! 🤠 Stay safe out there my friend.
I’ve been enjoying your updates after finding your channel a few days ago. We live up on Flathead lake and we spent last week in Glacier Park. Floods were being predicted for this week and compared to Yellowstone, they’ve been relatively minor. Back in 1964 there was similar flooding in West Glacier, the main entrance to park. The road and bridge were destroyed and I don’t remember how long it took to rebuild, but it definitely took some time. Take care and thank you for your reports.
Sir, you are a true hero. We absolutely love your videos and your passion for nature. Please stay safe over there and I hope all is well in your life.
You are awesome! Better than any professional out there. Thank you so much 😊.
Thank you for the thorough update! Love how you use the map. I’m going to share with my family your video so they understand the locations.
I wish you all the best.
I love the use of the map too! Puts it all in perspective!
@Park Junkie
Hey Todd!! I hope life is treating you kind. You've got an amazing channel here brother. Very cool. Haven't seen you since the ol' Zion Days, you're looking good man. Thank you for this update today!! Crazy as hell
Wow I was just there for the prior season at Mammoth. My thoughts are with everyone affected by this event. My prayers go out to all Dearhearts ♥️🙏
Thanks for the updates! I believe that Deleware North's main warehouse for the Yellowstone area is actually located in West Yellowstone.
Thank you Todd for this informative report. We have visited 2 times and stayed at Gardiner and Red Lodge. Be safe. Lee and Mary Laymon, Raleigh nc
Thank you for the continued update’s
Appreciate the information your giving. My wife and I have plans for a trip through Yellowstone in September. Hope the repairs to infrastructure go well! We shall see.
Thank you Todd. You seem to be the best source of information on ‘what the conditions are in and about Yellowstone.’. We’re looking forward to a visit in early August and are booked near the Western entrance; so, you’re keeping our hopes up. Best wishes and stay safe.
I'd cancel unless you think the southern part is worth the trip.
See my post above or below
Lower loop ( south loop) likely to open next week ( entrances of Jackson Hole, Cody and West Yellowstone) with odd even license plate days for entry.
@@kavoro8951 even just visiting Old Faithful and Grand Prismatic is worth the 12 hours long drive for me.
I watched a park webcast yesterday and you should be prepared for some restrictions if you keep your reservations. They talked about limiting the number of visitors, permits to be on the loop road, etc.
@@Don-md6wn see article
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Excellent updates! Thanks for the information and updates, take care!
I took that stage coach road once a number of years ago. I think I got on it somewhere behind the hotel or the general store in Mammoth . It was a nice drive, overlooking Gardiner at one point from high up. The road ended near the park entrance booth--still inside the park, I think.
Thank you for keeping us informed. Such a horrific event for so many. New subscriber. Truly enjoy binge watching your video’s. Stay safe.
Yes sir you are very correct about temps in Cody, 85 today and forecasting 93 for tomorrow. Traveled to Cody to work for the summer first time. The town is very busy, lots of things to keep you busy for many days, least of which is the Rodeo every evening 🐎 , but lots of disappointed visitors because of the current park closure. 'You can't fight mother nature'
Just saw a new post by “The Beartooth Highway” over on Facebook. Cooke City is open! Access is via the Chief Joseph Highway (Wyoming Highway 296)
Been there years ago. Thanks for the updates. I've been to all those places, so am familiar with all you talk about. It will be interesting to hear how the wild life, and the geological sites fare. Keep the info coming.
The wildlife are Thrilled.
Thanks for the updates!
Really enjoy your videos and appreciate all the information. I once did a Backroads Bicycle tour of the park. 6 days of cycling thru the park, up and over the continental divide, it was fabulous. Would love to go back to the park some day!
Yes. The Old Yellowstone Road from Gardiner to Mammoth is a dirt road, high in the hills. It wouldn’t be able to handle much traffic. Maybe a supply road but not a main tourist route.
Great job reporting. The map helped lots. And also beautiful bits of footage.
Sorry I had to find your channel this way. But I'm glad I did. Good stuff. Thank you for taking the time to make the videos.
Thank you so much for all of your updates!!
These are definitely the most informative updates around, glad I sub'd. Keep them coming Todd, and stay safe!!!
What a wonderful job you have!! Beautiful views and big time tips would love to work there!!!
Thank you park junkie!
Thank you so much for keeping us up to date on what’s happening. Feel so bad for all those who lost so much 😢❤️
My husband and I took a trip out there a couple of years ago. My doctor, who goes there a couple times a year, told me to take the side roads when you see the brown signs on the side of the road. So the first one we came to on our first day, we saw a bear. We never got to see any moose or wolves, but we saw tons of other animals. It was a great trip. I hope to get back some day.
Thanks for the tip! May I ask, which area/ direction did you enter the park from? I hope to visit someday and enjoy the roads less traveled.
Your gorgeous! Thank you Todd for the info on a map. Now I have a clue on where everything is! Your right Yellowstone will always change.
Hi there! My brother works the road construction and is stationed in mammoth. Thank you for all the wonderful information!
Aloha Todd, we’ve had a lot of Ham operators from the northern area using my linked repeaters for a couple of days and they were doing a fine job!
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Great information, thank you so much! We are supposed to be in Yellowstone all next week, so I really appreciate the updates. You are very easy to listen to, and your knowledge of the park makes it simple to understand the areas of such an enormous park. I am really upset with the washouts as this was supposed to be a once in a lifetime vacation for us so I hope they allow visitors in at least some of the park before we are out of the area, but it is what it is, and I am really glad that everyone affected is safe.
So sorry for all those folks the flooding has impacted their livelihoods. Thank you for the specific update on the park, You can't get anything as detailed from the national news organizations. Keep up the good work and counting on allowing tourist in to the undamaged parts of the park. Hope you can get footage of some of the damaged areas later as the water recedes. Mother nature is all powerful.
My sister and family lives in Billings. We have visited all the towns that were badly flooded. We send out prayers for their recovery. Our community is cleaning up from being hit by a tornado so we know how devastating their losses are.
Thank you so much for the update
Beautiful there. Thanks for the info. Take care.
Thank you. Great reporting.! I am happy that I got to swim 🏊♀️ in parts of the washed out areas last summer!!!
Just behind the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel is the "Old Gardiner Road" which was the original North Entrance Road. It's a single lane, one way road starting from just behind the Mammoth Hotel exiting at the North Entrance Station where you pay to enter the park. It's not always open but I've found it to be in good shape when open on high ground not affected by streams or rivers. I'm sure the park service will use it as an option to supply Mammoth. It's 4 miles long and was replaced, not sure when, by the current road that was washed out that parallels the Gardner River through Gardner Canyon.
I visited Yellowstone in 2018. What an awesome park!
I saw a zoom(?) conference call with the Yellowstone Superintendent the other day. I think it was broadcast by a local TV station and posted on YT. The superintendent seemed very pessimistic with regard to the road between Mammoth and Gardiner. He mentioned they might abandon the existing road and build a new road away from the Yellowstone river. I assume for both structural/infrastructural reason and also for ecological reasons to keep the roadway away from the river. But either way (repair existing road, or build a new one), its going to take a long time, and I assume a solution won't be done this year.
Love these updates and videos. Stay safe!
tysm for the updates just moved from Yellowstone a few months ago praying for my friends and family
Thanks for the updates. Stay safe!
Glad I came across your channel. I appreciate the information you’re providing around the happenings within Yellowstone and how the Park Service is navigating the challenges in front of them. Wondering if eventually the Army Corp of Engineers will be assisting in the rebuild of infrastructure. Thank you!
I had been thinking the same. If there ever was a civilian project that the ACE could handle in service to the entire country, this is it.
Thank you for your daily updates.
Thank you for these updates. 🍻
Any info on volunteering would be much appreciated.
My son and I have been planning a 2 week Father’s Day backcountry trip in Yellowstone and grand Teton for the last year. Now we’re planning on helping however we can for at least the first week.
Our Jeep will be rolling in on Monday.💪🏼
Check out the links I posted. I’m sure one of the orgs could use your help. And any folks in Gardiner or Cook City could also use a hand. Take lots of mosquito repellent, that standing water will become a problem. 💕
There are a lot of seasonal workers who are already in the area still, I would think, and looking for work
Stay safe watch out for each other & please pass on that we're thinking of them.
I’ll be rolling up from the Tetons on Monday as well! Although only for 3 days
It might be worth calling to see if they can use help or if additional people will stress their resources.
Thx for the great reporting...keep it up...be safe
Another great report ...... keep up the good work and keep safe!
Love your information....Thanks for sharing! Prayers of safety...
Thank you for taking the time to post an update
Thanks for the info. Really great to have your channel to rely on for information. I have reservations at the Lake Hotel 2nd week in Sept. I live in Salt Lake and I have family coming out from Ohio/Indiana to see Yellowstone for the first time. We will only have 3 days in the park so was planning to stay in the southern portion anyway . . . so, hoping they can figure out how to get supplies in at least for the lower park before then. Funny thing for us is that the last time we had family out from back east to see Yellowstone was summer '88!
Lower loop likely to open next week. I can’t post link but see article at jackson hole news and guide
Yellowstone is the most magnificent place I have ever been
My friend, you know how to live, and you have a good life going on, congrats to you, thanks for the great video sir and honest information you are providing, stay safe bud!!! I'm enjoying a cup of coffee right now as I'm watching your videos ☕
Thanks for the update.
Nice updates. Thanks so much for posting.
I have been visiting Yellowstone, my favorite National Park since I was a kid more than 70 year ago. I've visited at least 20 times. We have plans to visit in mid July. Your videos are actually the best info I have been able to find on updates. Thank you. We have reservations for the cook out. Simply hoping and praying.
I am so grateful for your updates! We are planning a visit next July. I have been worried for days that we might miss out. Some of that damage looks like it will take a few years to repair. Maybe there is a chance we will be able to see it after all, even if not the whole thing. 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks for the detailed updates, I was supposed to be there next week!! You helped me decide its far better to rebook. I'll be rebooking for June of next year when flights become available.
Per conference call this morning 6/16 at 9:30 AM with Park superintendent Cam Sholly, The south i.e. the lower loop with entrances from West Yellowstone , Jackson or Cody is likely to open next week with odd even license plate days for entry. Upper loop is closed for the remainder of the summer
@@shill3282 what about the people who have lodging reservations, can they go inside on their first day of reservation? I have a reservation at canyon lodge from 27th. Do you have the recording of the conference call by any chance? Also did they talk anything about Canyon Village?
Yellowstone 5 times. All in winter snowmobiling. Stayed overnights in Gardiner. Loved the hospitality there. My heart goes out to those folks.
Thanks for the update!
The Old Gardiner Road is not an old wagon trail. It's a road. It's not paved, but it's not so primitive. They are already working to improve it so that they can move supplies and personnel. Regardless, they'll figure out how to get supplies in. Even if they can't use it, it's a three-hour drive around to the west gate, which isn't unthinkable.
Great Update. Appreciate Your Updating Us. GOD Bless
Thanks for a great update!
Thank you for the updates of the whole park, not just the party in the news. Obviously not the way you wanted to start your summer.