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Beartooth Basin, Montana, has announced on social media that the ski area will not be opening this year for summer skiing. Beartooth Basin is one of the world’s six summer-only ski resorts and areas. The ski area cannot be accessed during the winter months as the access road to Beartooth Basin, the Beartooth Pass, is covered in too much snow.
“Beartooth Basin will be closed for the 2024 season due to a lack of snow. Here is to hoping to see you all up there next year!”
Beartooth Pass is the highest mountain pass in the Northern Rockies, and Charles Kuralt called it “the most beautiful drive in America” on his TV show ‘On the Road.’ Beartooth Pass typically gets cleared of snow in May and the resort typically opens around Memorial Day. Last season, the resort opened for just three weeks and had to cease operations on June 13 due to warm temperatures making operations unsafe.
Situated at an altitude of 10,900 ft (3,322m) in the Beartooth Mountains in Montana along the border to Wyoming, Beartooth Basin offers 600 acres of summer skiing serviced by three lifts. The ski area was established in the mid-1960s by three Austrian-American race coaches as an alpine ski racing summer training ground until its sale to its new owners in the late 90s, who opened it up to the public.
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