Beartooth Pass conditions?

**yeahman** · 05-21-2022, 12:55 PM

I'm going to keep Sunday/Monday on my radar too. Weather pattern looks fairly active but it's still a ways out so who knows.

**SUPERIOR** · 05-21-2022, 02:55 PM

Also preemptively planning a beartooth jaunt early that week. Likely Monday for me, but could be a question mark depending on how busy it is

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**byates1** · 05-21-2022, 04:13 PM

How busy can it be when they are closed? I'll do bfast sandwiches if I'm heading there.

If the weather sucks I'm out..

**SUPERIOR** · 05-21-2022, 04:57 PM

I remember Memorial Day 2020 being quite busy! Folks all over, and the basin is just a fraction of the traffic. The good steep skiing near Reefer Ridge and the top of the pass is what I’m after. Gardiner Headwall might as well be a ski area some days out there!

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**anotherVTskibum** · 05-21-2022, 09:05 PM

Originally Posted by SUPERIOR

I remember Memorial Day 2020 being quite busy! Folks all over, and the basin is just a fraction of the traffic. The good steep skiing near Reefer Ridge and the top of the pass is what I’m after. Gardiner Headwall might as well be a ski area some days out there!

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I have seen moguls on Gardiner, albeit small ones.

IIRC, the first two springs I was out there--2015 and 16--the Basin didn't open. (I'm 100% sure on 15, not completely sure about 2016.) It was still a heck of a scene, and that was before half of Colorado moved to Bozeman to escape the Californians who moved to Colorado.

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**byates1** · 05-21-2022, 09:43 PM

Lol^

**byates1** · 05-23-2022, 03:58 PM

Weather looks meh at best this coming weekend. I might take a ride over the following sun Mon.

**SirVicSmasher** · 06-01-2022, 04:48 PM

22 inches forecasted for red lodge mtn...?

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**SUPERIOR** · 06-02-2022, 02:44 PM

Yeah, it happened.

Another cut off low (Similar to the storm in late April) was spinning over that area the last three days just nuking the Beartooths.

My bet was they would open the highway sometime today, but I haven’t checked on it. Should be good skiing up there this weekend.

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**total_immortal** · 06-02-2022, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by SUPERIOR

Yeah, it happened.
My bet was they would open the highway sometime today, but I haven’t checked on it. Should be good skiing up there this weekend.

511 is showing that they will re-evaluate the closure June 6, so unlikely that they'll open it this weekend. Plus the forecast is showing more snow (and heavy rain!?) for this weekend. What a strange spring this has been...

**yeahman** · 06-08-2022, 06:29 PM

Looks like they might try to open the road by this weekend, but then more weather coming in Sunday...looking at maybe Tuesday-Thursday next week as a possibility? What's the word?

**Trackhead** · 06-09-2022, 06:31 AM

Perhaps drive a little further to the Bighorns, quite plump up there, but a longer walk.

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**yeahman** · 06-09-2022, 10:16 AM

With gas being so fucking expensive I'm hesitant to even drive to Red Lodge.

**Trackhead** · 06-09-2022, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by yeahman

With gas being so fucking expensive I'm hesitant to even drive to Red Lodge.

Agreed. On the way back I was getting worse MPG than my 250hp boat in AK when I lived there. 5 fucking miles per gallon with a headwind, truck camper, trailer. Cussing the entire way.

Need an E-car to commute to ski this winter.....but none of them have the range in the winter for where I live.

**Lomax** · 06-10-2022, 09:54 AM

pass opened yesterday

**uglymoney** · 06-13-2022, 07:18 AM

Unreal. Vibes to the Red Lodge area.

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**yeahman** · 06-13-2022, 10:10 AM

Decided to risk it and book a site at Rattin campground next week Monday-Wednesday. Seemed like the safest option given all the flooding going on right now. Looks like the weather should stabilize somewhat, hopefully things will calm down by then. Planning to ski one day if it's feasible, probably drive over to the Lamar for a day too, assuming the road is open.

**uglymoney** · 06-13-2022, 10:18 AM

Northern Yellowstone closed.

https://www.facebook.com/10006928965...1982730121380/

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**anotherVTskibum** · 06-13-2022, 10:19 AM

https://www.facebook.com/10000903015...27419209564475

https://www.facebook.com/jackie.gerd...6806798047082/

Northern end of Yellowstone also hit hard, Gardiner reportedly not currently accessible by car.

**anotherVTskibum** · 06-13-2022, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by yeahman

Decided to risk it and book a site at Rattin campground next week Monday-Wednesday. Seemed like the safest option given all the flooding going on right now. Looks like the weather should stabilize somewhat, hopefully things will calm down by then. Planning to ski one day if it's feasible, probably drive over to the Lamar for a day too, assuming the road is open.

Current reports suggest that a lot of bridges are out. I wouldn't expect normal travel to be restored for weeks at best, and some stuff probably will take months.

Part of me wishes I was there and could help more directly, part of me is very glad I'm not, I already got to live through one disaster-level flooding event (Killington during Irene). Water shut off town-wide is a big f'ing deal, as is multiple towns being cut off from vehicle access.

**uglymoney** · 06-13-2022, 10:28 AM

Loss of water pressure means they have to flush the entire system. Truly a disaster. My wife is an engineer for a city here and her mouth fell open when she saw that not including bridges which is mostly her jam..

Going to be like 106 degrees here today with heat index. Derecho possible east of here. Can't escape the fucked weather.

Looks like the boys of BB made a great decision to sit this year out and we just feel so privileged to have been able to hit lift served there the last couple of years.

**yeahman** · 06-13-2022, 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by anotherVTskibum

Current reports suggest that a lot of bridges are out. I wouldn't expect normal travel to be restored for weeks at best, and some stuff probably will take months.

Yeah, sounds like a pretty fucked up situation, might end up bailing depending on what happens with the road to the pass.