This Week in Yellowstone National Park
Oct 29, 2026 · 42 min · 12 segments
This week in Yellowstone National Park, from October 29th to November 4th, 2026, I’ll let you know about the road closures, give you some tips about how to enjoy the last open days of the interior of…
So the main news story this week is that Interior Roads are going to be closing on November 1st.
You can drive the interior roads on the 31st, have a spooky Halloween in the interior of the park, and then November 1st, you cannot enter the interior of the park.
That means you cannot get into the park from West Yellowstone, from Cody, or from Grand Teton, or anywhere like that, unless you drive all the way around.
I'm going to be talking about that a little more later, but that's the biggest news right now.
Everything shuts down in the interior.
Also know that A lot of the businesses in those towns that are not necessarily going to be Gardner, Cook City, or Silvergate will also have dramatically reduced hours or be closed.
Most businesses, restaurants, things like that, shouldn't say most, a lot.
Also, even in Gardner, Cook City, and Silvergate, there will be a lot closed right now.
This is theoretically shoulder season.
November is the least visited month in the park because it has the least amount of access.
So, Don't expect a lot when you're visiting as far as amenities go, but next week I'm going to tell you all about why November is one of my favorite months in the park.
So listen to that.
I will talk about a little this week, just in case you are, you know, going to be in the park and I want to have a benefit for you, but interior roads are going to be closed on November 1st.
The other bit of news is we had some snow in the park.
They closed some roads for a little bit.
Roads are back open.
Other than that, You know, enjoy and yeah, let's jump into the experience of the week.
So the main news story this week is that Interior Roads are going to be closing on November 1st.
You can drive the interior roads on the 31st, have a spooky Halloween in the interior of the park, and then November 1st, you cannot enter the interior of the park.
That means you cannot get into the park from West Yellowstone, from Cody, or from Grand Teton, or anywhere like that, unless you drive all the way around.
I'm going to be talking about that a little more later, but that's the biggest news right now.
Everything shuts down in the interior.
Also know that A lot of the businesses in those towns that are not necessarily going to be Gardner, Cook City, or Silvergate will also have dramatically reduced hours or be closed.
Most businesses, restaurants, things like that, shouldn't say most, a lot.
Also, even in Gardner, Cook City, and Silvergate, there will be a lot closed right now.
This is theoretically shoulder season.
November is the least visited month in the park because it has the least amount of access.
So, Don't expect a lot when you're visiting as far as amenities go, but next week I'm going to tell you all about why November is one of my favorite months in the park.
So listen to that.
I will talk about a little this week, just in case you are, you know, going to be in the park and I want to have a benefit for you, but interior roads are going to be closed on November 1st.
The other bit of news is we had some snow in the park.
They closed some roads for a little bit.
Roads are back open.
Other than that, You know, enjoy and yeah, let's jump into the experience of the week.
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