Beartooth Highway
All American Road · Red Lodge, Montana
Sixty-eight miles of US 212 from Red Lodge to Cooke City, climbing in switchbacks to the Beartooth Pass at 10,947 feet and running for miles across an alpine plateau above the tree line — snowfields in August, tarns, and the Beartooth and Absaroka ranges in every direction. Charles Kuralt called it the most beautiful drive in America and the description has stuck for fifty years. It is open roughly from late May to mid-October and it can snow on it in any of those months.
US Highway 212, Red Lodge, Montana, 59068, United States
Seasonal. Generally open from late May, aiming for Memorial Day, until mid-October — both dates move by weeks depending on snow, and the pass can close for snow in any month it is open, including July and August. Check Montana and Wyoming DOT road status before travelling. There is no fuel, food or lodging between Red Lodge and Cooke City. The road is free; a separate Yellowstone entrance fee applies if you continue through the northeast entrance.
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