Snowmobiling In Yellowstone National Park Controversy

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

Snowmobiling in yellowstone national park controversy. Valid driver s license must be present at the time of the snowmobile rental to be able to drive. Only four non commercially guided groups are allowed in yellowstone per day which equates to one per park entrance. New federal rules announced tuesday will further restrict the noise and exhaust such vehicles are. The clinton administration served the ball when it ordered a phaseout of snowmobiles in yellowstone and grand teton national parks.

Yellowstone national park lodges. It s known as the snowmobiling capital of the world when the snowflakes start to fall but most snowmobile tour operators offer snowcoach tours as well. Tour pricing does not include tax of 4 lunch clothing gratuity park entrance fees. Snowmobiling is one way to discover yellowstone s winter wonders snowmobile regulations are designed to protect park resources and you and they are strictly enforced.

Snowmobiling in the park is controversial on several fronts. To go on an unguided tour of yellowstone you need to apply for a permit in august through a park lottery system at www recreation gov permits 250849 or 877 444 6777. It may come as a surprise but you cannot just show up at an entrance to yellowstone national park with your snowmobile and expect to get in. Snowmobile operators must have a valid state motor vehicle driver s license in possession see article below.

The story is essentially a protracted game of legal ping pong. A bison crosses a road ahead of a herd of snowmobilers in yellowstone national park in 2003. Snowmobile and snowcoach 800 828 9080 yellowstone vacation tours 406 848 5171. But in 1963 the national park was invaded by a new kind of monster snow coaches and snowmobiles.

We are from the south and aren t used to such cold temperatures. The west entrance of yellowstone national park closed to wheeled vehicles in the winter is located in west yellowstone mont. Snowcoach 307 344 7311 yellowstone year round safaris. My husband two teenage daughters and i decided to travel to jackson hole wyoming to take a 3 day snowmobile trip through yellowstone national park.

Hayden an american geologist convinced congress to make yellowstone a national park. The snowmobile controversy yellowstone national park has been a safe haven for nature since 1872 when ferdinand v.