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Posted by John (75.174.57.224) on 13:54:52 07/21/08
In Reply to: Winter Use - Part 1 posted by John
Beginning in the 2008-2009 winter season, Yellowstone's East Entrance and Sylvan P@ss will be open for motorized and non-motorized oversnow travel for a limited core season from December 22 through March 1 each winter, subject to weather, safety, equipment, and fiscal constraints.
A combination of avalanche mitigation techniques may be used in Sylvan P@ss, including forecasting and helicopter and howitzer dispensed explosives, as well as techniques that may be available in the future. It is the intent of the National Park Service to review and update the previous Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Operational Risk Management @ssessment safety evaluations, and to evaluate additional avalanche mitigation techniques in order to further improve safety and visitor access.
Avalanche management at Sylvan P@ss may necessitate unscheduled, temporary closures of the road segment through the p@ss. Management of the avalanche risk cannot guarantee the p@ss will be open every day of the winter season.
In addition, beginning this winter, five hundred forty (540) Best Available Technology (BAT) snowmobiles and eighty-three (83) snowcoaches will be allowed per day in Yellowstone, during a winter season which starts on December 15 and ends March 15 each year, weather and snow conditions permitting. Thirty (30) BAT snowmobiles and two (2) snowcoaches will be allowed per day through the park's East Entrance during the core season of December 22 through March 1.
All snowmobiles and snowcoaches will continue to be 100% commercially guided, and may travel only on existing park roads groomed for their use. Trail and off-road use of snowmobiles and snowcoaches has always been, and will continue to be, prohibited.
The amended Record of Decision, the original November 2007 Record of Decision, and the Winter Use Plans Final Environmental Impact Statement can be found at the National Park Service's Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) website at ht tp://parkplanning.nps.gov/docu-mentsList.cfm?parkId=111&projectId=12047. These docu-ments are also available in hard copy by writing the:
Winter Use Planning Team
P.O. Box 168
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 82190
Docu-ment requests may also be made by sending an e-mail to yell_winter_use@nps.gov; by calling 307-344-2019 during normal business hours; or by sending a request by fax to 307-344-2025.
- www.nps.gov -
Linda J. Miller
Public Affairs Office
Yellowstone National Park, WY
307-344-2013
L_J_Miller@NPS.GOV
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