Stock imageHeavy SNOW caused the Montana Department of Transportation to CLOSE 10,947′ Beartooth Pass on US-212 yesterday at 8:10pm. The closure goes from Vista Point on the Montana side to Long Lake on the Wyoming side.
Road conditions will be reevaluated this morning around daylight.
Pretty awesome that we’re having road closures in Montana in August!
US-212 BEARTOOTH PASS IS CLOSED AT VISTA PT ON MT SIDE.
ROAD CLOSURE DUE TO SNOW.
THE PASS IS CLOSED AT VISTA PT ON MT SIDE AND FROM VISTA PT TO LONG LAKE IT IS COMPLETELY CLOSED ON WY SIDE DUE TO SNOW. TEMPS WILL DROP OVERNIGHT ON TOP TO CREATE VERY ICY CONDITIONS. PASS WILL BE CHECKED AGAIN ON THUR MORN AROUND DAYLIGHT TO WORK ON GETTING PASS BACK OPEN. IF YOU TRAVEL FROM RED LODGE YOU MUST TURN AROUND AT VISTA PT AND RETURN TO RED LODGE. – MTDOT, yesterday
US-212 was still closed as of this writing at 9am MST.
Colorado, British Columbia, and Alberta all got snow in the past 3 days.
There is a summer only ski resort up on Beartooth Pass (Beartooth Basin) that hasn’t been able to get open due to a lack of snow the past 2 summers.
YEAH THIS DOES NOT BOED WELL, FUTURE WISE >>UNLESS A SKIIER??
They say red lodge is a nice winter resort. We went up in summer on bikes. Stayed in red lodge!
Just a note. I was born in Red Lodge, it is the most beautiful and quiet town. We are from Utah and the Snow can be pretty mean, but it can also be very beautiful as it falls. That Switch back is the most amazing and scary road, other than the road in Glacier. I talk to my family about how beautiful your town is. Hooray love it.
I agree with Anonymous. Have any of you thought about what this may mean for the weather in December? This much snow is at least a couple months too soon, isn’t it? Anybody want to hazard a guess as to what this portends for this winter, in general, or is that too much of a “downer”?
Don’t worry Mary Lee. It is not unusual for Beartooth Pass to shut down with snow for a night this time of year – it’s almost 11,000 ft. It opened the following day and the temperatures are back to normal. It’ll probably get snow a few more times before closing for the winter in mid October.
Love it. But wife just said we’re not moving there. Damn.
Sorry but there is nothing Awesome about snow in August!!
Agreed!
Correct
Awesome
We were there We’d, it was beautiful! We’ve been staying just ahead of the fires, now find out we were just ahead of the snow! What a place. Awesome!
was in Glacier for a week & Bozeman fro a week in my Aussie shorty shorts last week .
Looks like we visited MT just in time . Back in Aussie just in time for Spring.
Love winter!
this highway is sooo awesome snow in July and August cannot beat it!
AWESOME! Hope it is a good sign! Bring it on!