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Temporary Closures Coming To Mount Washburn In Yellowstone National Park

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By NPT Staff - August 1st, 2019
Rotten log cribbing along the Mount Washburn Trail in Yellowstone National Park/NPS

Rotten log cribbing along the Mount Washburn Trail in Yellowstone National Park is scheduled to be replaced in August/NPS

Visitors to Yellowstone National Park this month likely will have to skip a hike up Mount Washburn via the Chittenden Road unless they do it early or late in the month.

Park officials plan to close the road and its associated trailhead parking area, and the Mount Washburn Trail via the Chittenden Road, August 6-8 to begin improvement work there. The work is expected to continue through August 27.

Here's a look at the planned closures:

* August 6-8, the summit of Mount Washburn will be inaccessible. 

* August 9-27, the summit of Mount Washburn will be accessible only via the Chittenden trailhead parking area. 

Located north of Canyon Junction, these closures are necessary for public safety and to stage material (44,000 pounds of log pilings and concrete, four dump-truck loads of cold mix asphalt, and three dump-truck loads of weed-free gravel). The materials will be used to replace a deteriorated multi-tiered log crib that structurally supports the Mount Washburn Trail, repair the unpaved Chittenden Road, and resurface the historic Mount Washburn Fire Lookout parking area.

Yellowstone has more than 900 miles of hiking trails. In lieu of Mount Washburn, park staff say you should 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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