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Red Lodge Daily Digest Saturday, June 13, 2026

Ty McDuffey

13 Jun 2026 — 1 min read

Ty's Take

Summer tourist season is already on everybody's mind up here, which makes sense—it's the difference between a good year and a lean one for most of the businesses holding on in Red Lodge. The Park Service released their visitor guide for 2026 yesterday, and if you've got a lodge, a restaurant, a gas station, or a shop downtown, you're probably already dog-earing the pages about road closures and permit changes. The real question nobody's asking yet is whether the infrastructure—the roads, the ranger stations, the camping spots—can actually handle what's coming. We've seen what happens when Yellowstone gets slammed, and it rolls right downhill to us.

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