Gardiner is located in Southwest Montana, at the North
Entrance to Yellowstone National Park, with the Yellowstone
River running right through the middle of town. Founded
in 1880, Gardiner became a center of activity for visitors
to the region, serving as the original, and only year-round
entrance to the park. Sandwiched between the Absaroka-Beartooth
Wilderness to the North, the Gallatin Wilderness to
the West and the world's first and most famous park
- Yellowstone - to the South, seasonal activities abound,
with a focus on the outdoors.
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Yellowstone’s Winter Road • By
Daryl L. Hunter
Winter in Yellowstone is truly a wonderful thing to experience, its deep snows,
bitter cold, abundant wildlife and stark beauty can imprint memories that can
last a lifetime...........................Access to Yellowstone in winter is
the problem, it has become illegal to take a private snowmobile into Yellowstone
and very few of us have snow coaches of our own or are capable of marathon ski
expeditions too access Yellowstone’s winter wonders, but it is not as inaccessible
as many think.........................Mountain above Gardner MontanaThe snowmobiling
destination resort of Cooke City and Silver Gate Montana need groceries regularly
to keep its citizens alive so Yellowstone Park maintains winter access to these
communities. US-212 can be accessed through Yellowstone’s north entrance
in Gardner Montana, so Yellowstone visitors can access a smidgen of Yellowstone’s
treasures in winter by car.--------------------------> more
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