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Beartooth Basin Ski Area, MT, to Wrap Up Season This Sunday, June 15

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Beartooth Basin Ski Area (@beartoothbasin) One of North America’s most unique summer ski areas is preparing to call it a season. Beartooth Basin Ski Area, perched at 10,900 feet on the Montana-Wyoming border, will close for the year this Sunday, June 15. The high-elevation, lift-served ski area has been spinning chairs […]
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Beartooth Highway, MT, to Open for 2025 Season Today With Beartooth Basin Ski Area Opening Next Week, Pending Weather

The Beartooth Highway, one of the highest and most scenic roads in the United States and home to summer-only ski area Beartooth Basin, is expected to open for the season on Friday, May 23, as crews wrap up final snow removal and road repairs ahead of Memorial Day weekend. “The work involves more than just snow removal,” transportation officials wrote […]
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Beartooth Basin, MT, Announces It Will Be Open This Summer For the First Time in 2 Years

Beartooth Basin, Montana, has been a premier summer skiing and riding destination since 2002. The summit of the Beartooth Pass has a rich history of skiing dating back to the 1950s. Beartooth Basin offers one of the most unique skiing experiences in the country. Beartooth Basin is one of only six summer-only ski areas in the world. While some resorts […]
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[UPDATE] Summer-Only Ski Area Beartooth Basin, MT, For Sale After 2 Tough Summer-Skiing Seasons

Running a ski resort is one of the most difficult businesses to operate successfully. There are so many aspects of the business to look at like lift maintenance, snowmaking operations, the food and beverage department, hospitality and guest relations, and much more. Add in the major factor that the industry heavily relies on Mother Nature to cooperate and provide cold […]
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Summer-Only Ski Area Beartooth Basin, MT, is For Sale After 2 Tough Summer-Skiing Seasons

Beartooth Basin, America’s sole summer-only ski area, has made the momentous decision after two bad seasons, which saw the ski area opening for a mere two-and-a-half weeks in 2023 and not at all in 2024. The ski area made the announcement on its website and social media accounts. Situated at an altitude of 10,900 ft (3,322m) in the Beartooth Mountains […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Beartooth Highway (US-212), MT/WY, Partially Reopened with Nighttime Closures After Severe Flooding Last Week

After the same round of flooding that wreaked havoc on Yellowstone National Park last week did the same to the Beartooth Highway (home to Beartooth Basin Ski Area) and forced it to temporarily close, the road has finally reopened—partially.  Related: [VIDEO] Small Child Nearly Trampled by Bison in Yellowstone National Park, WY, Yesterday Yellowstone National Park shared in a social […]
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Heatwave Causes Beartooth Basin Summer Ski Area, WY/MT, to Close For the Season Today

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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 […]
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VIDEO: Blustery Conditions Atop Beartooth Pass, MT | Cars Caught in Snow Drifts

 It’s looking like full-on winter atop Beartooth Pass on the border of Montana/Wyoming right now. Several cars were reported to have been caught in troublesome snowdrifts. The video provided above was taken on Saturday, September 26, courtesy of NBC Montana. Laurel Staples – NBC Montana chimed in this video of blustery conditions atop Beartooth Pass today.  Cars are caught in snow […]
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