Meg Simone 
“Plow The Plug” Petition Highlights Divisions In Mountain Snowmobile, Ski Community EXCERPTS FROM THE BILLINGS GAZETTE 11/5/22 ARTICLE BY BRETT FRENCH: (Read the full article online here) Shaleas Harrison, who researched the road’s history for Cooke City’s plowing advocates, said 1984 was the last time the plug was plowed in winter. Montana’s Park County Commissioners … Read more
Cooke City and UYSC Featured in SnowGoer Magazine “In order to keep it’s status as a must-visit location, it needs great snowmobiling infrastructure and local support, and that’s assured by the Upper Yellowstone Snowmobile Club.” – SnowGoer Magazine If you need more validation that Cooke City thrives as an end of the road, sled to … Read more
Revisit The Cooke City Snow Plowing Summit from May 20, 2011 Working Document Updated 7/14/2011 and 8/23/2011 The Cooke City Snow Plowing Summit may be a distant memory to some, but many of the same questions and issues still apply today. The entire document is worth reading including key questions on page 20-22 and a … Read more
Northeast Entrance To Yellowstone Reopens Thank you to Brett French and The Billings Gazette for a great recap of the hard work and determination by all agencies and contractors to support YNP Superintendent Cam Sholly in reopening the Northeast Entrance on October 15th. An excerpt: Ben Zavora, who runs a backcountry skiing business, said some … Read more
Northeast Entrance Road Residential Use of the OGR Starts 10/15/22 The Old Gardiner Road (OGR) will be ready for public travel no later than November 1. Realizing that individuals often need access to services in Gardiner, MT, and surrounding communities, the park will allow Cooke City/Silver Gate residents to conduct personal travel over the Old … Read more
Parkland: Farstad Oil / Story Distribution Will Deliver to Cooke City Per our conversation, Cooke City will have fuel delivered this winter as long as there is a road open. Thanks, Brett KavlieDistributor Sales Representative
Sysco will be running a truck to Cooke City this winter 2022-2023 “We have 28’ 32’ 38’ and 42 foot trailers so we will be able to service.“ – Brad Frank, Sysco
Upper Yellowstone Snowmobile Club in Opposition of Year-Round Plowing of Highway 212. Year Round Plowing of Highway 212 (The Plug) This letter is written in opposition of Year-Round Plowing of Highway 212 “The Plug”. As some will notice, this letter is virtually the same as the one written in 2021 on the same subject. The reason is nothing has changed. … Read more
Race Against Time: June Floods Fast Track Debate About Plowing “The Plug” An Excerpt From The Cowboy State Daily by Wendy Corr – read the full article, HERE. But plowing the “plug” means restricting snowmobile traffic in the Beartooth Mountains – an economic blow to communities which rely on winter tourism dollars. 100 Miles of … Read more
WSSA Shows Support On Behalf of 17 Local Snowmobile Clubs and Members Letter to Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon. An excerpt: Several decades ago, the WSSA was instrumental in developing various local areas into what has become the great statewide network of snowmobile trails we currently have across Wyoming. And WSSA and our local clubs are … Read more
