Beartooth Basin Ski Area is a

ski area A ski area is the terrain and supporting infrastructure where skiing and other snow sports take place. Such sports include alpine and cross-country skiing, snow boarding, tubing, sledding, etc. Ski areas may stand alone or be part of a ski resort. ...

in the

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in northern

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, located at

Beartooth Pass The Beartooth Highway is an All-American Road in the western United States on a section of U.S. Route 212 in Montana and Wyoming between Red Lodge and the Northeast entrance of Yellowstone National Park. It crests at Beartooth Pass in Wyo ...

in the

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near the

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border. It is the only ski area in North America that is only open in the summer, generally from late May through early July, since

U.S. Route 212 U.S. Route 212 (US 212) is a spur of US 12. It runs for from Yellowstone National Park to Minnesota Highway 62 at Edina, Minnesota. It does not intersect US 12 now, but it once had an eastern terminus at US 12 in St. Paul, Minnesota ...

(

Beartooth Highway The Beartooth Highway is an All-American Road in the western United States on a section of U.S. Route 212 in Montana and Wyoming between Red Lodge and the Northeast entrance of Yellowstone National Park. It crests at Beartooth Pass in Wy ...

) is closed in winter. Opened in 1962, it totals at an elevation of . The north-facing slopes of Beartooth Basin are served by two

platter lift A surface lift is a type of cable transport for snow sports in which skiers and snowboarders remain on the ground as they are pulled uphill. While they were once prevalent, they have been overtaken in popularity by higher-capacity and higher ...

s, and there is no day lodge. Parking is alongside the highway at the pass, slightly above the summit of the ski area.

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* Ski areas and resorts in Montana Ski areas and resorts in Wyoming {{Montana-stub