SNOW caused the Montana Department of Transportation to CLOSE 10,947′ Beartooth Pass on US-212 today at 6:30am MST for the 3rd time in 18 days.  The closure goes from Stateline on the Wyoming side to Vista Point on the Montana side.

“[ 6:30 AM 9/12/16 ] Beartooth Pass is now closed due to snowy conditions. Rain has begun to transition to snow at high elevations and we are expecting 6 to 8 inches of snow and hazardous travel conditions in the Bighorn Mountains Today into Tuesday morning, so plan accordingly.” – NOAA Billings, MT today

Beartooth Pass will remain closed until further notice.

NOAA has issued Winter Weather Advisories for Montana that will remain in effect today until noon.  4-8″ of snow is forecast for Beartooth Pass today.  

NOAA has also issued Winter Weather for Wyoming that will remain in effect until 6am Tuesday morning.  6-8″ of snow is forecast in the Bighorn Mountains and 4-8″ of snow is forecast for the Absaroka Mountains (Beartooth Pass).

US-212 Beartooth Pass also closed due to heavy snow on August 24th, 2016 and September 5th, 2016.  Beartooth Pass has been closed thrice in the past 18 days and it’s still officially summer!

US-212

BEARTOOTH HIGHWAY – WYOMING STATE LINE TO VISTA POINT

Road Closed

BEARTOOTH PASS IS CLOSED

US-212

BEARTOOTH HIGHWAY – VISTA POINT TO LOWER GATE

Road Closed

BEARTOOTH PASS IS CLOSED

– MT DOT today

It snowed all over North America yesterday with Sunshine Village Alberta Canada, Kicking Horse B.C., and Glacier National Park MT getting snow.

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.

PHOTOS of SNOW in NORTH AMERICA TODAY & YESTERDAY: