Is it snowing in yellowstone at this time for driving on the upper and lower loop?

I am considering going to yellowstone this weekend entering from west yellowstone. How is the road conditions in the park now? Is it snowy and icy? Can I drive there with a car w/o snowchain from west yellowstone?

Is it snowing in yellowstone at this time for driving on the upper and lower loop?
I just came home from Yellowstone on Saturday. It snowed a lot the week I was there. We had snow in the park 10/5-10/9. The roads were dry and clear by last Wed. 10/10, but we did get 8 inches one of those snowy days. We stayed in West Yellowstone as well and headed into the park one morning before 7am. By 9am it had snowed so much that they were closing roads and tons of people got stuck at the Canyon visitor's center and at Old Faithful Village. It took about 4 hours for them to open a couple of roads. As far as I know, it hasn't been bad since the middle of last week, however, there were signs up in the park suggesting use of snow tires. Dunraven Pass is closed for the season. Craig's Pass was closed off and on all week because the road would thaw and then freeze over again. If it does snow, they do a pretty good job of getting the roads cleared.





I have attached a web cam link so you can see what it looks like in different parts of the park....clear right now. There is also a link for weather conditions and I think maybe even road info. If you click on the web cam for Old Faithful (top left) you can scroll down to see what the temp is. It hasn't gotten much above 30 this week as was the case most of last week.





Enjoy your trip!





http://www.yellowstone-natl-park.com/web...





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Park roads do not close to vehicular traffic until 11/5 this year. It snowed last night 10/17.
Reply:Better check the official Yellowstone website - I believe most of the roads are closed now into Yellowstone. Only one stays open all year - the northern one on the Montana border, and even then you can't go in very far.



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