When the Beartooth Highway closed at noon Friday, there wasn’t a single snowflake on the pavement. By Monday afternoon, U.S. 212 was still closed as nearly 1 foot of fresh snow was being plowed off the road with no estimated time for reopening.

Several corridors through Yellowstone National Park were closed for most of the weekend due to "hazardous weather and road conditions." The National Park Service emphasized that these weren't likely to be "season-ending closures," but it was enough to keep some roads closed until Monday.

The snow is being cleared because the Beartooth Highway and South, East, and West Entrances of Yellowstone aren't scheduled to close. Not yet, at least.

“The hard closure dates for the Beartooth Highway have been scheduled for October 15, just like last year,” sa

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