West Yellowstone Montana

Regular updates are available from the Central Federal Lands Highway Division Website. The portion of the Beartooth Highway that connects Yellowstone's NE Entrance to Cody, WY via Chief Joseph Byway opened at 8 a.m. on May 27 as scheduled. Red Lodge, MT is accessible via the Chief Joseph Byway. ... [Read More]

Montana Weather
Select a county or area Beaverhead Big Horn     Northern Big Horn     Southern Big Horn Blaine Broadwater Carbon     Absaroka/Beartooth Mountains     Eastern Carbon     Red Lodge Foothills Carter Cascade Chouteau Custer Daniels Dawson Deer Lodge Fallon Fergus Flathead     Flathead/Mission Valleys     Kootenai/Cabinet Region     West Glacier Region Gallatin Garfield Park Glacier     Eastern Glacier     Northern Rocky Mountain Front Golden Valley     Golden Valley     Judith Gap Granite     Bitterroot/Sapphire Mountains     Blackfoot Region     Butte/Pintlar Region Hill Jefferson Judith Basin Lake     Blackfoot Region   &nb ... [Read More]

NPS: Nature & Science» Geology Resources Division
Cody, Wyoming , lies 50 miles beyond the East Entrance. As you cross 8,530-foot elevation Sylvan Pass , watch for pikes and yellow-bellied marmots, illustrated above, in the rocky debris of talus slopes. You descend the west slope of the Absaroka Mountains, an eroded volcanic range named for the Crow Indians. Near Yellowstone Lake a spur road leads to Lake Butte Overlook for a view of this immense body of water. Yellowstone Lake occupies only the southeast quarter of the Yellowstone caldera. At the overlook you are 4 miles outside the caldera's east boundary. Just north of the lake the Earth's surface is rising about 0.9 inches per year! This suggests future volcanic activityhere. As you drive along the lake's edge, you can see Steamboat Springs. This is a hot spring remnant located on a line of faults, or fractures in the Earth, that also pass through Mary Bay and Indian Pond to the northwest. Bay and pond both occupy geologically recent hydrothermal explosion craters. The bo ... [Read More]

USGS Water Resources of Montana
Yaak River near Troy Blackfoot River near Bonner Clark Fork at St. Regis Middle Fork Flathead River near West Glacier Marias River near Shelby Yellowstone River at Corwin Springs Yellowstone River at Billings Rock Creek below Horse Creek, near International Boundary, had normal flow. ...

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Montana Vacation, Adventure, Recreation and Travel Planning Guide
A portion of the nationally recognized scenic Beartooth Highway, Highway 212, just south of Red Lodge, is temporarily closed for repairs. Travelers can still access the west side of the Beartooth Highway, Cooke City and Yellowstone Park by way of the area's other scenic route, the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway, S-296. Up-to-date information and alternate scenic route . ...

From the wondrous geological features of Yellowstone to the majesty of Glacier, Montana's National Parks inspire and astound.  Taking in everything that these parks have to offer is something that you'll never forget.  So what are you waiting for?  Visit Yellowstone & Glacier National Park. ... [Read More]

National Parks in Montana
Cities with national parks and recreation areas absarokee anaconda ashland augusta baker basin big sky big timber bigfork billings bozeman butte cameron chinook choteau clancy clinton columbia falls condon cooke city crow agency darby de borgia decker deer lodge dillon east glacier east glacier park ekalaka ennis eureka fairview fort benton fort smith fortine gallatin gateway gardiner glacier national park great falls hamilton harlowton haugan havre helena hobson hungry horse huson kalispell laurel lewistown libby lima lincoln livingston lolo loma martin city mcleod missoula monarch neihart noxon otter ovando philipsburg pryor red lodge rexford seeley lake sheridan sidney st ignatius st mary st regis stanford stevensville sula superior swan lake thompson falls townsend trout creek troy victor virginia city west glacier west yellowstone white sulphur springs whitefish whitehall wibaux wisdom wis ... [Read More]

CVO Website - Yellowstone Caldera, Wyoming
caldera collapses 2.0, 1.3, and 0.6 million years ago. The first great eruption (2.0 million years B.P.) produced the Huckleberry Ridge Tuff (more than 2,450 cubic kilometers) and a composite caldera more than 75 kilometers long, extending from Island Park on the west to central Yellowstone Park on the east. The second eruption (1.3 m.y. B.P.) produced the Mesa Falls Tuff (more than 280 cubic kilometers) and the Island Park Caldera west of Yellowstone Park; the third (0.6 m.y. B.P.) produced the Lava Creek Tuff (more than 1,000 cubic kilometers) and the present Yellowstone Caldera . Rhyolitic volcanism resumed within the Yellowstone Caldera after structural resurgence formed the Sour Creek and Mallard Lake ... [Read More]

Yellowstone Permitted Fishing Businesses
A commercial business permit is required to guide trips in Yellowstone National Park. The table below lists guided fishing businesses which are permitted to operate in Yellowstone National Park. Be sure to review the Yellowstone fishing pages for regulations and general information. ...

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Yellowstone's General Fishing Regulations
Yellowstone cutthroat trout generally declined in the second half of the 20 th century due to angler overharvest, competition with exotic fishes, and overzealous egg collection. Populations rebounded in the park after the advent of catch-and-release-only fishing rules in the 1970’s, but new and aggressive invaders are causing an increasing threat to these native fish and alarming park fisheries biologists. Nonnative lake trout, an effective fish predator, were discovered in Yellowstone Lake in 1994. Throughout the west cutthroat trout populations preyed upon by introduced lake trout have typically declined, exhibited lower growth, or have disappeared. Aggressive lake trout control efforts by the National Park Service and no harvest limits have resulted in removing thousands of lake trout from Yellowstone Lake since 1994, including more than 12,000 in 2000. Still, the number of Yellowstone cutthroat trout monitored during the annual fall count in Yellowstone Lake was lower in recent ye ... [Read More]

Yellowstone National Park: Its Exploration and Establishment (Notes)
116 Probably the 1866 edition of deLacy's "Mapof the Territory of Montana" . . ., which became available atVirginia City early in November of that year (sold at the city bookstore for $2.50). This map portrayed Yellowstone Lake as a lanceolatebody of water oriented on a northwest-southeast axis and separated fromthe Madison River drainage by a northward extension of the Wind RiverMountains. Just below the lake's outlet was the notation "Falls", andbelow that, "Alum Cr." was shown entering Yellowstone River from theeast, above a "Canon" which is identifiable as the third or Black Canyonof the Yellowstone. Below it, "Bear Cr." enters the river from the eastand "coal" is noted on the west bank. This map is mow known only in itsmanuscript form. ... [Read More]