Grand Teton/Yellowstone National Parks Prepare For Flooding

Grand Teton National Park and the surrounding area received an astonishing amount of snow this past winter season. Snow pack levels reached record levels as approximately 725 inches. Now that warmer weather has finally arrived  in that area of the state, officials are worried that the melting snow pack could potentially mean flooding around the Park. 

The Grand Teton National Park Service are taking precautionary efforts and will erect flood barriers around park headquarters and various other buildings. Park officials say that all park facilities are open at this time.

Officials at Yellowstone National Park have stated that all the roads within Yellowstone National Park  are finally open for the season. On Wednesday, Dunraven Pass, which is the parks highest in elevation road was opened. The mass amount of snow as well as avalanches had delayed the openings of other roads in the park.

Rain and possibly even more snow could temporarily close roads around the park again if the wet weather prompts any more rock slides or avalanches. Crews are still working on clearing the Beartooth Highway between Red Lodge and Cooke City Montana.

A flood advisory has been posted for northwest Wyoming which includes all of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Elsewhere in the state flood warnings have been issued for Carbon, Albany and parts of Sheridan and Lincoln Counties.