West Yellowstone, Lodging, Business, And More!
West Yellowstone is a small Montana town located in a high mountain valley, surrounded by National Forests and Yellowstone National Park. West Yellowstone is also the best gateway to Yellowstone Park and its features. Yellowstone's west entrance is located right in West Yellowstone and is the closest and easiest route to Old Faithful and Yellowstone's geyser areas.
Fall brings a welcome quiet to Yellowstone interrupted only by the sound of a Canadian geese flying in a V overhead or the thumping of a thermal under your feet. Every turn brings a photo waiting to be taken.
September offers spectacular scenery and the annual elk mating season where huge bull elk battle for their harems with eerie echoing bugles across wide valleys. Yellowstone Country is at its best for scenery and wildlife watching.
This is the time of year when large spawning rainbow and brown trout move up from the Hebgen Lake channels into the Madison River and into the streams in Yellowstone Park. Stop by one of the local fly fishing shops for the latest hot spot or best tied flies.
Don’t miss Yellowstone’s newest attraction this fall. After an intensive two-year construction project, the small outdated Old Faithful Visitor Center was replaced with a new facility featuring exhibits on hydrothermal features, life in extreme environments, volcanic geology, and scientific investigations of these phenomena. There’s even a working geyser in the Young Scientist’s Room! The Center will be open daily from 8AM-7PM through September 30th.
Make plans now for an overnight trip, a long weekend, or a mid-week getaway before many of Yellowstone Park’s entrances close in preparation for oversnow winter tours. Check out these special September promotions and save on lodging, attractions, activities, and shopping.
September brings special events to West Yellowstone including the Yellowgrass Folk Festival and annual Knothead Square Dance Jamboree. There’s free admission to Yellowstone and Grand Teton Parks on September 25th. Or, join the West Yellowstone Old Faithful Cycle Tour on September 25th. Check out our “Calendar of Events” for more information.
Remember, the south, east and west entrances to the park will close on Monday, November 8th, 8:00 AM and re-open on December 15th but just for snowmobiles and snowcoach tours.
Looking for a unique vacation adventure? From December 15th through March 15th, you can access the wintry wonderland of Yellowstone's interior through oversnow tours leaving West Yellowstone daily. Snowcoach and snowmobile tours offer a rare glimpse into Yellowstone's quiet season. The snow covered landscape, frozen waterfalls and frosted trees when, contrasted with geysers and other geothermal features, creates a surreal winterscape. Frosty bison and elk are often seen along the roads, while snowy fields make it easier to spot coyotes, foxes, and wolves.
With an average of 143" of snow every year, West Yellowstone offers some of the best trail and off-trail winter access in the Continental U.S. The Rendezvous Ski Trail system starts right in West Yellowstone and offers a groomed 35KM trail, usually groomed daily and available from November through April. The new Boundary Ski Trail (pet-friendly) and Yellowstone Park’s Riverside Trail also start from West Yellowstone.
Outside the park there are millions of acres of public lands for snowmobilers to explore. Explore over 400 hundred miles of groomed snowmobile trails in the surrounding National Forests. Snowmobile right from your lodging onto a well-marked trail system which leads to spectacular scenery and exhilarating back country powder.
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