Gardiner Montana Blog

This artcle first appeared on BusinessWire.com on November 6, 2019. Bozeman, MT (November 6, 2019) – Yellowstone Forever, the official nonprofit partner of Yellowstone National Park, announced today it raised $1 million…

Yellowstone’s summer season is winding down, but there are still quite a few campgrounds and lodges open for business—not to mention all roads are still open for the season. That…

Every autumn the high-pitched “errrr-EEEEEEEEEEE-rrrrr” of elk bugles fill the air around northern Yellowstone National Park and southern Montana. This marks the start of the elk “rut” – or mating…

For a breathtaking tour along the top of the world drive the Beartooth Highway east of Yellowstone National Park. This 68-mile, scenic section of U.S. Route 212 zigzags along the…

Is a family trip to the world’s first national park on your list of must-do summer activities? If you ask us here at the Gardiner Visitor Center, it should be!…

Mild spring weather, snow-capped peaks, and hundreds of hooves pounding dusty roads—these are the sights and sounds of Memorial Day weekend in Gardiner, Montana, where the annual Hell’s A-Roarin’ Horse…

This time of year, Gardiner and northern Yellowstone visitors and residents are faced with a “choose your own adventure” dilemma...to ski or to hike? (Talk about a good problem to…

Yellowstone’s winter season has officially drawn to a close, which means most roads except for the Northern Range are closed to personal vehicles and park staff are currently hard at…

The bad news? The roads to Old Faithful are closed to personal vehicles from mid-November to late April. The good news? The road is open to commercial snowcoaches and snowmobiles as long as you join a snowmobile tour or obtain the proper permit. We’d argue this arrangement makes traveling through the park in the winter a more private, special experience—you’ll feel like it’s just you…