Statistics from Yellowstone National Park would indicate heavy snowfall had a slightly adverse effect there. Park officials say heavy early season snowfall which continued through the season is believed responsible for depressing wheeled vehicle entries and providing a slight boost to over snow travel. Overall visitor numbers for December 2010 through March 2011 were down 5.36 percent from winter 2009-2010. The decline came in the number of visitors who came by auto, bus and RV through the park’s north entrance which was off nearly 12 percent compared to the same period a year ago. The number of snowmobile visitors was up slightly this year, after dropping off significantly between winter 2007-2008 and winter 2008-2009. The number of snow coach visitors also dropped between those same two winters, but has also rebounded and this past winter was slightly larger than the number of people who entered the park by snowmobile. Altogether, Yellowstone saw 88,804 winter visitors through its gates this year.
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