Beartooth Pass

In preparation to open the pass, crews are busy clearing snow and making repairs to the nearly 11,000 foot high pass between Cooke City and Red Lodge, Montana.

The highway typically closes in mid-October with winter weather conditions atop the nearly 11,000 foot pass. This year it’s closing a few days later than last year.

All but one of Wyoming’s mountain pass highways will be open for Memorial Day weekend. The Wyoming Department of Transportation shuts down several of the…