Google Earth Reveals Road

YOU CAN SEE IT NOW

Looks Like Two 'Overlooks'

.. The most significant road construction and closure this summer will take place between Madison Junction and Norris Geyser Basin. There will be a new road alignment and bridge construction just above Gibbon Falls.
.. Recently added imagery at Google Earth shows the new alignment and the approximate position of the new bridge. The road in it's new alignment will follow the crest of the canyon rather than the bottom of the canyon.
.. Assurances have been given that the viewscape will not be disturbed. We hope that the permits for bungee jumping are not too expensive.

Edifice Complex

NEW CENTER IS GRANDIOSE

But Not As Grand As Planned

.. Construction of the Old Faithful Visitors Center is progressing during the winter months.

Yellowstone's Hidden Web Pages

DIFFERENT PORTALS FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS

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.. Just a few places that you may not have seen because you tried to explore the official web site through conventional channels:
-- Old Faithful Visitor Education Center,
-- Videos Of Upper Geyser Basin,
-- YNP Offers Fly Fishing Program For Women
-- Anatomy of a Cone Geyser,
-- Yellowstone Fisheries Fund,
-- Artist Sketches of spaces in Proposed Old Faithful Visitor Education Center,
.. These are just a few of the "official" but hidden spaces on the "official" YNP Web Page. More to come.
.. By the way, here's what the visitor center looks like right now.

Spring Road-Plowing Announced

nps photo

PLOWING TO START MARCH 4
SYLVAN PASS Draft ASSESSMENT
Read The Yellowstone "BUSINESS PLAN"

.. The National Park Service has announced the schedule for clearing the roads for the summer season. This process takes time and the weather makes the posted schedule problematic, Check the Yellowstone Road Page for more accurate information. Or, Call park headquarters at (307) 344-7381.

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Starting 9 p.m. on Sunday, March 4, roads from Mammoth to Norris will be closed:
Then the closure of Norris to Madison and Norris to Canyon at 9 p.m., Tuesday, March 6. Remaining roads will close to over the snow vehicles at 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 11.

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Roads will open again to vehicles on Friday, April 20, from Mammoth to Old Faithful; Madison to the West Entrance; and Norris to Canyon.
Roads from Canyon to Lake, and from Lake to the East Entrance are scheduled to open Friday, May 4;
Lake to the South Entrance, and West Thumb to Old Faithful, Tower to Tower Fall on Friday, May 11; and Tower Fall to Canyon over Dunraven Pass on Friday, May 25.

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.. The Draft Avalanche Report for Sylvan Pass press release is available at the Yellowstone National Park web site. The full report is available HERE (PDF). The report says that there will be no changes to travel through Sylvan Pass.

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The Yellowstone National Park Business Plan is an interesting, (and lengthy document,) it can be accessed HERE (PDF). For a glimpse into the thought process of people planning the future of Yellowstone check the sections: PRIORITIES & STRATEGIES - Park Goals, and LOOKING FORWARD. This is a glorified budget request and justification. Note the Biz Buzz and words like "JUSTIFICATION" & "PUBLIC."

YELLOWSTONE DELAYED !!

HOW USUAL

JUST LIKE A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY
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. Well folks, after all the hoopla the "SOOPER VISITORS CENTER" at Old Faithful has been delayed.

.. HERE'S the AP press release:

Plans to build a new visitor center near Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone National Park have been delayed at least a year. The park received only one bid for the project this summer, and park officials say it was too high. They're re-examining the project, to see if there's any way to trim the cost to match their 26 (m) million dollar budget. In the meantime, demolition is poised to begin at the existing visitor center at Old Faithful. Yellowstone spokesman Al Nash says it's not unusual for a large project to be delayed, especially in times of high materials costs and brisk construction business. About 85 percent of Yellowstone visitors go to Old Faithful. During the peak summer season, five-thousand to six-thousand people a day wait on the boardwalk for an eruption. And when it's over, they go to the nearby visitor center. (Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

.. Of coures there is still no YNP news release to share with you.