wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote:

"Chico Hot Springs"... north of Yellowstone National Park.
It "used to be" that you would buzz the hotel, and two folks in
pickup trucks would come out and block the road (road was marked
like a runway :-), and you would land and then taxi up to
your room. 4-star resturant, hot springs, descent hotel,
and cabin/room outbuildings.

I never did hear the story about why they closed the airport.

Because some moron flatlander came in in his underpowered cherokee ****
box on a 90 degree day with a 20 knot direct crosswind and tried to go
around, crashed and killed himself. His estate sued. The hotel won but
decided to stop the landings.