This weekend we went and skied Beartooth Pass which is near the Northeast entrance of Yellowstone National Park. The state line between Montana and Wyoming runs right through the Beartooth Mountains and it being at such a high elevation (over 10,000 feet) and with nasty weather, the highway is only open for a couple months in the summer. Traditionally, they plow the highway and open it every year for Memorial Day weekend and then a bunch of people come to ski the pass which has been closed all winter.
This is about mid-way up the pass...you park here, walk about 3/4 of a mile and then ski down to the bottom where you can hitch a ride back up to your car and do it all over again.
Trev and I on our trek to the Rock Creek Headwall
It is so pretty up here and fun fact, it is the largest plateau in North America over 10,000 feet
Walking across dirt, rock and snow to get to the skiing.
The weather was beautiful, moving in and out so quickly, in fact Trev and I got here on Friday night and got to ski on Saturday and lucky us because the closed the pass the next two days because of wind drifts in the road and none of our other friends, who got there Saturday night, got any runs in!
This is the edge of the plateau we were walking on where it finally drops off into a huge canyon, you can see Trevor as a little speck about to drop in.
Trevor tele-skiing in great spring snow down Rock Creek Headwall.
This is a view from the top of the run looking down. You can barely see the "parking lot" at the bottom which is actually a bend in the road where everyone watches and waits to get picked up and you can also see the switchbacks in the road on the right.
This is looking at it from the bottom and these are a couple of the lines we skied.
Trev and I sitting in the back of the truck with some other skiers and the dog "Louie", getting a ride back to the top to our car.
This is the scene at our campfire, we are lucky enough to have some amazing musician friends who played the night away. Great weekend!
This is about mid-way up the pass...you park here, walk about 3/4 of a mile and then ski down to the bottom where you can hitch a ride back up to your car and do it all over again.
Trev and I on our trek to the Rock Creek Headwall
It is so pretty up here and fun fact, it is the largest plateau in North America over 10,000 feet
Walking across dirt, rock and snow to get to the skiing.
The weather was beautiful, moving in and out so quickly, in fact Trev and I got here on Friday night and got to ski on Saturday and lucky us because the closed the pass the next two days because of wind drifts in the road and none of our other friends, who got there Saturday night, got any runs in!
This is the edge of the plateau we were walking on where it finally drops off into a huge canyon, you can see Trevor as a little speck about to drop in.
Trevor tele-skiing in great spring snow down Rock Creek Headwall.
This is a view from the top of the run looking down. You can barely see the "parking lot" at the bottom which is actually a bend in the road where everyone watches and waits to get picked up and you can also see the switchbacks in the road on the right.
This is looking at it from the bottom and these are a couple of the lines we skied.
Trev and I sitting in the back of the truck with some other skiers and the dog "Louie", getting a ride back to the top to our car.
This is the scene at our campfire, we are lucky enough to have some amazing musician friends who played the night away. Great weekend!
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