State Maintenance Crews Begin Clearing Beartooth Highway, MT, Home of Beartooth Basin Summer Ski Area Montana Department of Transportation snow maintenance crews have begun clearing U.S. Highway 212 (aka The Beartooth Highway) of snow, prepping the roadway for summer travelers. The Beartooth Highway is home to Beartooth Basin Ski Area, America’s one and only ‘Summer-Only’ ski area. At this time there has not been an official estimated date for the highway’s opening however, historically, it […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 22, 2024 0 Comments
Beartooth Basin Summer Ski Area Closes Unexpectedly: “Mother Nature Has Not Cooperated As of Yet” Summer-only ski area Beartooth Basin announced today on Facebook that it is indefinitely shutting down its operations due to a lack of sufficient snow to continue operating. The ski area, located on the Wyoming/Montana border at 10,900 feet, typically opens around Memorial Day and runs through the month of June for its summer ski season. This year the resort opened […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | June 13, 2023 0 Comments
North America’s Only Summer-Only Ski Area Beartooth Basin, MT/WY, to Close Thursday for Maintenance and Crew Day America’s only summer-only ski resort, Beartooth Basin, WY/MT, will close this Thursday, June 8th, 2023, for maintenance and a crew day. The ski area is located at the border of Wyoming and Montana at almost 11,000ft (3,322m) and is not accessible by car in the winter due to snow accumulations on Beartooth Highway, which can be as high as 26ft […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 7, 2023 0 Comments
America’s Sole Summer-Only Ski Resort, Beartooth Basin, WY/MT, Pushes Opening Back to This Saturday America’s only summer-only ski resort, Beartooth Basin, WY/MT, will open this Saturday, May 27, 2023. The ski area is located at the border of Wyoming and Montana at almost 11,000ft (3,322m) and is not accessible by car in the winter due to snow accumulations on Beartooth Highway, which can be as high as 26ft in snow drifts. The Beartooth Highway […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 26, 2023 1 Comment
Big Repairs Needed on Montana’s Beartooth Highway (Home to Beartooth Basin Ski Area) After Severe Flooding Damages Roadway Yellowstone wasn’t the only one that got it bad this week with all the flooding. Montana’s Beartooth Highway (US-212) was severely damaged after intense rainfall and flooding earlier this week and will require “extensive resources to repair,” a Montana Department of Transportation official said Thursday. Related: Northern Portion of Yellowstone National Park Likely to Remain Closed for “Substantial Length of […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | June 17, 2022 0 Comments
Beartooth Basin, WY/MT, North America’s Only Summer-Only Ski Area, Will Not Open This Year Due to Low Snow Due to low snow Beartooth Basin, the only summer-only ski area in North America, will not open this summer, a Facebook post this morning said. The area opened on May 29th in 2021 and May 30th in 2020. “We worked, we worked, but in the end, Mother Nature did not cooperate with our wishes. Beartooth Basin will not operate for spring […] SnowBrains | May 18, 2022 0 Comments
Heatwave Causes Beartooth Basin Summer Ski Area, WY/MT, to Close For the Season Today Beartooth Basin ski area, North America’s only summer-only ski area, announced yesterday that they would be closing today, June 15th, before summer has even officially begun. The ski area, which opened for the season on May 29th and usually stays open into July, cannot compete with the heatwave currently blazing down on the US. Ten days ago multiple days of hot […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 15, 2021 0 Comments
Huge Avalanche Near Beartooth Basin Ski Area, WY/MT Avalanche season doesn’t end until all the snow melts. This huge avalanche occurred last Friday (June 4, 2021) near the Beartooth Basin ski area, above Twin Lakes on Beartooth Pass. Related: Beartooth Basin, WY Report: Winter Conditions on the Summer Solstice Multiple days of exceptionally warm temperatures followed by rain caused a large cornice to break and trigger the nearly […] Avalanche AvyBrains | June 10, 2021 0 Comments