Snowmobile Use In Yellowstone National Park

All snowmobile rentals both inside and outside of yellowstone national park require a valid driver s license to drive a snowmobile.

Snowmobile use in yellowstone national park. West yellowstone snowmobiling capital of the world west yellowstone offers 400 miles of snowmobiling terrain outside yellowstone national park on national forest service land and has a plethora of snowmobile guides that will take you in the national park. You can either rent a sled and go on your own or again hire a guide go on a tour. National park service regulation 36 cfr 2 18 prohibits snowmobile use in national parks when there is no specific rule authorizing their use. This means the only way to visit old faithful the grand canyon of the yellowstone and other popular destinations during winter is by guided snowmobile or snowcoach or through the non commercially guided snowmobile program.

Most winter visitors currently prefer to travel by snowmobile. Two it was written by a yellowstone park ranger. This is known as the closed unless open rule without a specific rule oversnow vehicles would be prohibited from entering yellowstone. These tours leave from our office in west yellowstone mt.

It tracks the history of the snowmobile in yellowstone reaching back to 1949 when the first snowplanes entered the park for tourism purposes and proceeding right on up to last fall s dueling judicial rulings over the fate of snowmobiles in the park. Snowmobiling outside yellowstone national park on the other hand in west yellowstone there is perfect high meadow type terrain which is great for off trail snowmobiling. Valid driver s license must be present at the time of the snowmobile rental to be able to drive. Snowmobile yellowstone national park yellowstone in winter is a special experience.

Winter use management goals. Winter travel hours are 7 am 9 pm.