So the plan is to open most of the northern roads in a couple of weeks. Yellowstone superintendent says fitting that many people onto half the park is impossible. Yellowstone typically sees about a million visitors a month in the summer. And I understand that's because a big part of the park is still closed, right? Like, the only roads open now are in the southern half. So the park is limiting entries with this even versus odd license plate system. We rented a car with an even number (laughter) and we got here.ĬHANG: All right. PAT SPARACIO: We started out with a tour group, and we were supposed to come to Yellowstone and stay in Yellowstone, and it was closed. Pat says once they got here, their plans changed completely. Pat Sparacio and Fred Berg came out to see Yellowstone for the first time from New Jersey. But a lot of folks were really bummed, too, that they're going to be spending less time than they usually would in the park. They're really grateful to be able to go into the park. WEITZ: People I talked to, they were excited. And so far, does it seem like people are just going with the flow, being cooperative with the system? If your license plate ends in an even number, you can go in on even days, odd numbers on odd days.ĬHANG: OK, there's a system. They're trying to limit the number of visitors for now so that things don't get too overwhelmed. And once I got to the entrance, park rangers were checking car license plates, making sure people knew about the new entry system. ![]() I ended up parking in town and walking to the entrance to talk to people. The traffic was so bad in town that the park decided to let people in early. And when I got here, it was gridlocked, just a line hundreds of cars long between town and the actual gate. ![]() So during a normal summer - let me see if I get this right - the park entrance you're at is usually, like, the busiest entrance at Yellowstone, right? Like, sometimes there are these long lines of cars waiting to get in. Yellowstone Public Radio's Olivia Weitz is at the park's west entrance, located just outside the town of West Yellowstone, Mont. Three of the massive park's five entrances can now be used by visitors, despite some major roads still being washed out. More than a week after catastrophic floods closed Yellowstone National Park, the park reopened today, at least partially.
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