CUSTER GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST
BOZEMAN
– Beginning this fall and continuing through summer of 2020, the Upper
Hyalite Road south of Bozeman will be reconstructed and paved from the dam at
Hyalite Reservoir to the Y where the road splits and leads to Grotto Falls
Trailhead or Palisade Falls/East Fork Hyalite.
The project,
which is to start at the end of October, is aimed to provide for greater public
safety on one of the most popular National Forest recreational corridors in
Montana. It will also decrease runoff and sedimentation going directly into
Bozeman’s municipal watershed and decrease long-term maintenance demands.
Those
heading up to Hyalite this fall should expect delays of up to 30 minutes
associated with tree cutting along the road right-of-way and in a short section
close to the Chisolm day use area.
The majority
of work will occur next spring and summer of 2020.
