Yellowstone opens lottery for unguided snowmobile permits beginning Aug. 1

Yellowstone opens lottery for unguided snowmobile permits beginning Aug. 1

YELLOWSTONE, Wyo. — Yellowstone National Park recently announced that individuals may apply to the 2025–26 winter lottery for permits to snowmobile in the park without a commercial guide. That’s according to a release from the park, which states that the Non-Commercially Guided Snowmobile Access Program, authorized in 2013, allows permit holders to enter the park for up to three days with a group of up to five snowmobilers. This year’s lottery w…

Yellowstone announces dates of snowmobile access permits

EBS STAFF Each winter when most roads in Yellowstone National Park close to automobiles, and open to oversnow vehicles, winter recreation and wildlife enthusiasts eagerly adapt their methods of exploring America’s first National Park in its quiet and cold season. Yellowstone announced the details for their lottery system for snowmobile access without a commercial guide.