North Yellowstone Flooding

[TheJason]

For the folks who get to stay in the park this is a unique situation. Been a long time since there were not thousands of tourist in the park in June. Probably pretty cool to enjoy the place without idiots even with the flooding.

Might be a long stay.

Lots of OT for Montana DOT employees.

 

[ccc23454]

For the folks who get to stay in the park this is a unique situation. Been a long time since there were not thousands of tourist in the park in June. Probably pretty cool to enjoy the place without idiots even with the flooding.

I imagin there are some people stranded inside park, at a minimum between washout areas. Must be a logistics nightmare for park and contractors: feed/house/provide basic requirements/remove vehicles. Washed out roads dont get fixed overnight!

 

[PrairieHunter]

Might be a long stay.

Lots of OT for Montana DOT employees.

Getting paid time and a half to hang out in one of the most beautiful places in the world with all the tourist kicked out. Sounds like a deal to me. A once in a lifetime experience.

 

[Carnage2011]

Unfortunately, I don't think it is. This is just the snowpack coming out all at once.

I disagree for at least a good part of SW Montana. There are still a lot of areas with a ton of snow. I think a lot of the water in the ruby/Jefferson/Madison valleys is due to great moisture the last few weeks. I believe west got 1.9” of rain just yesterday alone.

 

[PrairieHunter]

I imagin there are some people stranded inside park, at a minimum between washout areas. Must be a logistics nightmare for park and contractors: feed/house/provide basic requirements/remove vehicles. Washed out roads dont get fixed overnight!

I have not seen any reports of dire conditions like what you are describing. Do you have a link to that info?

 

[ccc23454]

I was in the absarokas this morning, there is significant new snow up high and it started snowing high again as i was leaving. At house we have set records for rain totals over last few weeks. Just crazy wet! On a different note fawns and calfs look like bumper crop as i seen tons.

 

[CPAjeff]

For the folks who get to stay in the park this is a unique situation. Been a long time since there were not thousands of tourist in the park in June. Probably pretty cool to enjoy the place without idiots even with the flooding.

We hit the park toward the end of May 2020 - what an incredible time! Lots of wildlife and hardly any people!

 

[Southern Elk]

The Madison is really swollen. Looks like it may get worse. I heard a rumor they may close HWY 84 because the Gallatin is too high at the bridge at 4 Corners. We crossed it about an hour ago and it was really high. Just a couple weeks ago it didn’t even look knee deep.

 

[BirdManMike]

Everyone south of Lewis in Livingston is now being advised to evacuate.

 

[Southern Elk]

 

[MTLabrador]

View attachment 225857

Natural selection.

 

[marksjeep]

Previous highest 5 peaks at the Corwin Springs gage (Water year, date, gage height, discharge).

1996​	1996-06-10​	10.92​	32,200​
1997​	1997-06-06​	10.91​	32,200​
1918​	1918-06-14​	11.50​	32,000​
1974​	1974-06-17​	10.71​	30,900​
2011​	2011-06-30​	10.36​	30,300​

Anyone looking for quick access to streamflow data:
https://dashboard.waterdata.usgs.gov/app/nwd/?aoi=wsc-wymt

Stay safe

 

[duckhunt]

Was planning a Yellowstone trip in July. Me and the wife just decided on a different trip this year. Going to spend a few days in southDakota for the buffalo round up in September and then to Wyoming for some history sights.

 

[BirdManMike]

Gardiner Canyon (N Entrance on way to Mammoth).

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=713502323225210

I cant look away. This is really bad. Hope they can get people and supplies in/out of Gardiner.

 

[rmyoung1]

Yeah. The road is gone. Can’t believe it. I mean, I often wondered when that road would be washed away but I always assumed it would be due to a mudslide. Crazy.

My mom is currently trapped in Gardiner

 

[PablitoPescador]

Time for some bison subsistence hunting!

 

[PrairieHunter]

Was planning a Yellowstone trip in July. Me and the wife just decided on a different trip this year. Going to spend a few days in southDakota for the buffalo round up in September and then to Wyoming for some history sights.

If you want a really neat place to enjoy some history try Ft Robinson State Park to the South of the Black Hills. There is an enormous amount of history in the still intact buildings where the military operated from, crazy horse died there, etc... Even some fossils on site. Really neat place that not a lot of folks know about.

 

[Stone_Ice_1]

Gardiner Canyon (N Entrance on way to Mammoth).

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=713502323225210

I cant look away. This is really bad. Hope they can get people and supplies in/out of Gardiner.

Anybody notice what looks like a loader in one of the pullouts in the middle of all those missing stretches of water? Gonna be a while before they get that.

Going to be some serious construction on that road to get access back to Mammoth. The old access road from Mammoth to Gardiner actually goes up away from the river to the west of there. Wonder if they will open that back up and maybe even seriously consider making it the new road?

 

[marshman]

My thoughts go out to those who are in trouble right now in that country, floods are no joke.
There are people in a bad way right now.

 

[shrapnel]

The Yellowstone gorged so high in 1995, that water was flowing over the outhouses at Yankee Jim canyon and water was clear up to the fence by the road North of Emigrant. The flooding in the Park wasn’t as bad as it is now though…