SFR Yellowstone National Park is Closed to all incoming traffic.

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Billy said:
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Watching that video reminds me, again, of Norman Maclean.

” Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world’s great flood and runs over the rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.“

I knew that the river well, having spent 20 summers on it, living a few feet from the river’s edge. I will never know that river again as I once knew it.
 
Mike Cline said:
Mammoth should be fine as the Mammoth to Norris to West roads haven't had any damage as far as we know. Mammoth can be supplied from West. Gardiner should be fine as well. The waters are receding on the Gardiner and Yellowstone rivers, and it doesn't appear that there's been any significant damage to Hwy 89, just flooding over the road. The two towns that are in most peril are Cooke City and Silver Gate. They can be accessed arduously from the East via Cody or Red Lodge in the warmer summer months, but not in winter. With the Soda Butte washout it's going to be a tough time for those folks if it does not get fixed this summer.

The biggest economic impact is going to be in Gardiner as they've lost all access to the park. Not much reason to stay there if you can't get into the park. Additionally, a great deal of the park's administrative and maintenance facilities, including construction equipment are in Gardiner which is now cut off from the park. Makes necessary maintenance and repair that much more difficult.

From an angling perspective, there is some probability that the NPS might close off or restrict access to the Lamar Valley to facilitate repairs to campgrounds and roads by keeping tourists out. The Yellowstone River bridge at Tower is already under re-construction and it remains to be seen what damage the flood may have done to that bridge. The route to the Lamar now has to go through Mammoth or Canyon via Dunraven Pass--a long drive from West.

It's going to be an interesting and challenging summer for the NPS.
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I hope you’re right. The announcement to close the park entrances yesterday mentioned numerous bridges being damaged and mudslides, and I was wondering about how the road going up the hill out of Mammoth toward Norris fared, and I was also wondering about the potential for mudslides on Hwy 89 near Corbin Springs, where this happened in the past, or road damage or mudslide in Yankee Jim Canyon, for example.

As far as the Yellowstone river, it looks like It may have peaked yesterday.
 
From FB:

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From our state hydrologist as of 5:30am this morning re: Upper Yellowstone. We still have above average snow pack.
Rain forecast:
• Over the next six hours the National Weather Service (NWS) is forecasting 0.03 to 0.16 inches throughout the Upper Yellowstone with 0.16 inches expected in the National Park. Not much more is anticipated after that. Keep in mind this is only a NWS forecast.
Temperature:
• The National Park and Paradise Valley are expected to remain colder today (highs of 38 and 55 respectively). Then a warm wave will roll in starting with slightly increased highs Wednesday and significantly warmer conditions Thursday thru Saturday.
Snowpack:
• Rain on snow played a significant role in the current flooding. Between June 7 and June 13, 5.5 inches of snow water equivalent (SWE) was melted and subsequently became runoff. This was due to the 2 to 3 inches of rainfall rapidly increasing snowmelt rates. This is tremendous amount of snowpack to lose in a short period of time. That being said, the current SWE for the Upper Yellowstone is 11.8 inches. The median for this day is 7.7 inches. So significant snowpack still remains in the mountains.
Streamflow:
• Both of Corwin Springs and Gardiner River gages show a peak yesterday and decline since then.
What this all means:
• The next couple days flows will likely recede due to the lack of significant precipitation and cooler temperatures.
• Given no significant precipitation Thursday through Saturday, the warmer temperatures should not produce as much of an increase in runoff as the rain on snow event we just saw.
• Any significant rain events after Thursday will result in significant runoff (none is currently forecasted until Sunday)
• There is still a significant amount of snowpack remaining so keep an eye on rain forecasts over the next couple days and weeks.
Keep in mind weather forecasts are simply forecasts so focus most on the next two days rather than a week ahead. I will send these updates when conditions or forecasts change significantly.
May be an image of text that says 'SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IN YELLOWSTONE AB LIVINGSTON Reset Range 40 06/14 Ce 30 Peak 25 Link data: CSV/ JSON 15 0 Nov Mar May Jul1 Sep'
 
SpeyrodGB said:
Gardenir is cut off due to flooding and washed out roads. The repairs are going to take a long time. Some of the ariel news footage is quite impressive.
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My one granddaughters In laws live in Gardiner. They can't get out and her Father in law can't get home. It just sucks big time
 
dflett68 said:
the recipe is late/early snow piggybacked by heavy rain that gets up high enough in the system to flush it down. the snow doesn't get time to compact and set up, it just sloughs off like crumbs on a dinner plate rinsed in the sink. what should take weeks to melt flushes down the system overnight along with the rain.
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Just like the December floods in Washington State.
 
Just watched an FB video of a new “house boat”…currents plucked it right off the bank intact. 😞
 
Hate to see the destruction but love the fact that YNP wildlife get a break from humans. Last time I fished the Firehole I felt like I was in the Bronx and that was over 20 years ago.
 
I am somewhat confused about the YNP weather. Did other areas west/north of the Park (Ennis/Dillon, etc.) also have the very heavy rain leading to river washout?
 
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