Bearclawbob from Cooke city

[boondocker97]

They got a single lane emergency route open to Gardner to get supplies in and tourists out, but I've heard the park might be closed all summer. At least on the north end.

Billings had to shut down our water treatment plant this morning since it is flooded out. Have a day to day and a half water supply. Yellowstone river needs to drop 2+ feet to get it operational again. River is running all time high of 88,000cfs and last year at this time it was all time low of 8,000cfs. Wild.

 

[christopher]

 

[boondocker97]

https://www.ktvq.com/news/local-new...e-flooding-opens-community-for-summer-tourism

River crested yesterday afternoon in Billings and dropped a few feet overnight so our water plant is back up and running!

 

[christopher]

https://www.ktvq.com/news/local-new...e-flooding-opens-community-for-summer-tourism

River crested yesterday afternoon in Billings and dropped a few feet overnight so our water plant is back up and running!

GOOD NEWS to hear!

 

[Ox]

 

[TreewellDweller]

Just curious, but do you think that the snowstorms that hit eastern Montana and North Dakota a few weeks ago might have contributed to this catastrophe? I know that both storms shut down the interstate and other state highways along with devastating their power grids. I mean, it dumped a couple of feet of snow on the plains of these states so who knows how much it dumped at higher elevations. Did these late snow storms contribute significantly to the devastation when it started raining so soon afterwards? Or are we to go along with blaming everything on global warming? Just wondering.

 

[christopher]

Just curious, but do you think that the snowstorms that hit eastern Montana and North Dakota a few weeks ago might have contributed to this catastrophe? I know that both storms shut down the interstate and other state highways along with devastating their power grids. I mean, it dumped a couple of feet of snow on the plains of these states so who knows how much it dumped at higher elevations. Did these late snow storms contribute significantly to the devastation when it started raining so soon afterwards? Or are we to go along with blaming everything on global warming? Just wondering.

The flooding was a result of a COOL Spring, A Warm Rain and a long lingering snowpack.
All three brought down a HUGE amount of water at the same time.

 

[christopher]

Just another comparison.
This was taken on the day of the Great Flood.
INSANE amount of water going through the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.

 

[TreewellDweller]

Just another comparison.
This was taken on the day of the Great Flood.
INSANE amount of water going through the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.

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Impressive shot of the canyon and the massive amount of water passing through it. Definitely some catastrophic results from all that runoff.

 

[christopher]

Impressive shot of the canyon and the massive amount of water passing through it. Definitely some catastrophic results from all that runoff.

Cooke City is not having a good summer
They are now at the far end of a long one way road.
Its going to be a bear for them until the National Park Service gets them connected once again.

 

[powdrdaz]

Pilot creek parking lot on Sunday

 

[powdrdaz]

Pilot creek in 2018

 

[boondocker97]

And with the Beartooth highway from Red Lodge being washed out in several places it will be even tougher to get tourists to loop up from that way.

As far as the road from Gardiner to Cooke City... I wonder if this will open up an opportunity to do some maintenance and widen the road a little in places that otherwise would have been out of the question before?

 

[christopher]

And with the Beartooth highway from Red Lodge being washed out in several places it will be even tougher to get tourists to loop up from that way.

As far as the road from Gardiner to Cooke City... I wonder if this will open up an opportunity to do some maintenance and widen the road a little in places that otherwise would have been out of the question before?

its going to be a HARD SEASON for those folks.

I have seen an EXPLOSION of ads on Social Media begging people to come and visit.

 

[powdrdaz]

The good news is Sun light is still good. Just the chip sealing and one corner getting fixed.
The bridge just before the parking lot as a little damage.
I hope they open the park enough to get to Lamar valley so people have a reason to go that way.Right now it's closed about a half mile past Silver Gate
This is the softball field

 

[Blk88GT]

The good news is Sun light is still good. Just the chip sealing and one corner getting fixed.
The bridge just before the parking lot as a little damage.
I hope they open the park enough to get to Lamar valley so people have a reason to go that way.Right now it's closed about a half mile past Silver Gate
This is the softball field

For those of us in far away places, we appreciate pictures of the small town and area we love so much.

 

[christopher]

Yesterday Yellowstone National Park made some comments that SOUNDED like they might open up a Temporary route into Cooke.

 

[Ox]

Cooke, as well as Tog both look to have a wee bit'o vacancy....


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[Blu Du]

hey bob anyone home?

 

[christopher]

hey bob anyone home?

See him occasionally on social media, but not here as yet

Bearclaw Bob'​

Well the snowman blessed us with about another 14 inches yesterday. He's saying we are going to see partly cloudy skies for the next 3 days. Saturday snow moves back into the picture.

AVALANCE REPORT: The southern mountains, including the area around Cooke City and West Yellowstone have gotten 2-3 feet of snow in the last week. With wind and snow continuing, both natural and human triggered slides could occur and the avalanche danger is rated CONSIDERABLE on all slopes.

If your looking for avalanche equipment, come in and check us out.
We are 19 days from Christmas.

The bakery will be open Friday, Saturday and Sunday's this winter.