Beartooth Highway opens for season

Beartooth Highway opens for season
Towering snow walls flank the Beartooth Highway. / Courtesy of Chris Grover

The Beartooth Highway is open following its annual spring clearing, Montana Department of Transportation announced. MDT maintains the highway to the Montana-Wyoming border, where the National Park Service takes over through Wyoming and into Yellowstone.

The highway typically runs Memorial Day weekend through mid-October, weather permitting. High-elevation conditions can cause temporary closures throughout the summer. Updates are posted at MDT’s Facebook (@montanadot) and Instagram (@mtdot).