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Mount Washburn Trail In Yellowstone National Park Closing For Summer

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By NPT Staff - July 6th, 2018
Mount Washburn Trail, Yellowstone National Park/NPS

The Mount Washburn Trail in Yellowstone is closing for the rest of the season for construction projects/NPS file

Any day now, the popular Mount Washburn trails from Dunraven Pass and Chittenden Road in Yellowstone National Park will close for the rest of the season. Located north of Canyon Junction, the trails and trailhead parking lot closures are needed for construction projects.

The projects include:

* Construction at the historic Mount Washburn Fire Lookout to improve park telecommunications services in developed areas. Contractors will build a three-sided antenna mounting structure and repair rock walls and surfaces around the lookout, reduce the number of antennas attached to its exterior, and complete concrete preservation work in and outside of the structure.

* Windows in the lookout, damaged in a storm this winter, will be replaced.

* The park’s trail crew will rebuild rock walls along the Dunraven Pass switchbacks using heavy equipment and rehabilitate other portions of the trail. Explosive work may occur.

Yellowstone has more than 900 miles of hiking trails. In lieu of Mount Washburn, consider hiking Bunsen Peak near Mammoth Hot Springs, Purple Mountain north of Madison Junction, or Avalanche Peak along the East Entrance Road.

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