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Dunraven Pass and the Beartooth Highway have at Yellowstone: what applies in 2026?
Direct answer
Dunraven Pass and the Beartooth Highway have a shorter season: May 22 - October 12, 2026
Exact conditions
- Status
- Not required; the stated access rule still applies
- Applies to
- vehicles
- Place or corridor
- Canyon Village to Tower Fall (Dunraven Pass), Beartooth Highway (US-212), Chief Joseph Scenic Byway (WY-296)
- Effective dates
- May 22, 2026 through October 12, 2026
- Release model
- unpublished
Exceptions and limits
- These close roughly three weeks before the rest of the park's roads.
- The dates on this rule record the OPEN window.
Official source
National Park Service · reviewed August 27, 2026
"Open May 22 - October 12, 2026: Canyon Village to Tower Fall (Dunraven Pass)" and "Open May 22 - October 12, 2026: Beartooth Highway (US-212), Chief Joseph Scenic Byway (WY-296)".
Park Roads - Yellowstone National Park